Fab equipment maker YEST was currently developing an anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysis machine, TheElec has learned.The move is seen as the company’s attempt to enter the so-called ‘green hydrogen’ business, where hydrogen is produced without carbon emission.South Korea’s Ministry of

S&S Tech was currently focusing on improving the defects on its blank mask for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process in wafer fabrication, TheElec has learned.Blank masks are used to make the pattern masks to draw circuit designs on the wafer during the EUV lithography process.Molybdenum-silicon (Mo-Si)

AI chip firm DeepX is planning to launch four neural processing unit (NPU) chips during the third quarter of 2022, TheElec has learned.The chips, model named Genesis, are aimed at edge device, autonomous driving and data center applications, people familiar with the matter said.DeepX will use Samsun

Atomic force microscope firm Park Systems has developed an inspection equipment for masks used in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process in wafer fabrication, TheElec has learned.The equipment can inspect the mask for defects and improvements without damaging it, people familiar with the matter said.

Overlay equipment maker Auros Technology is aiming to expand its revenue from overseas next year to account for 30% of its total, TheElec has learned.Overseas revenue currently accounts for 10% of its total revenue.It is aiming to win new customers, mostly in Greater China, to meet its aim, people f

E-SOL has supplied its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicle transmittance measuring kit to a South Korean chipmaker, TheElec has learned.The company has installed its EUV pellicle transmission and reflectance measurement system (EPTR) at the production line of the customer, people familiar with the ma

Samsung said on Thursday that it has developed an enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) based on the PCIe 5.0 standard.PM1743 has double the bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 SSDs at 32GT/s, the company said.This will make the latest SSD optimal for data centers and enterprise servers, which are seeing an explosio

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) equipment will account for over 60% of the lithography equipment used in wafer fabrication by 2025, according to an executive of fab equipment firm ASML.Speaking at the 2021 Semiconductor EUV Ecosystem Big Trend Relay Conference hosted by TheElec and the Korea Semiconductor

Fab equipment maker Intekplus’ machine vision camera is expected to be used in Samsung Display’s production facility for foldable display modules in Vietnam, TheElec has learned.Intekplus will be supplying its camera to an equipment supplier to Samsung Display, sources said.Machine vision is an indu

Hanmi Semiconductor said on Monday that it has launched a new 12-inch dual-chuck saw used to cut semiconductor packages.Micro Saw P1121 is the latest in the company’s dual-chuck saw brand Micro Saw.It launched the 10-inch version called Micro Saw P2101 in June and a 20-inch version for cutting print

Samsung on Thursday said it has begun supplying new memory chips for electric vehicles and other automotive applications.The new chips for infotainment systemㄴ are 256GB PCIe Gen 3 NVMe ball grid array (BGA) solid-state drive (SSD), 2GB GDDR6 DRAM and 2GB DDR4 DRAM.Those for autonomous driving syste

Samsung and IBM on Wednesday unveiled a new semiconductor transistor design that allows more transistors to be integrated on the chip surface.Called VTFET, it stacks the transistors vertically that allows the electricity to flow up or down.This is different from the FinFET structure used currently i

Semiconductor capital spending this year is expected to reach US$152 billion this year, a 34% increase from 2020, according to market research firm IC Insights.Spending in foundry __ the contract production of chips __ is expected to account for 35% of that total, or US$53 billion, the firm said.It

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has shipped a 24Gb DDR5 chip to an unspecified customer.Currently, commercialized DDR5 chips offer a maximum capacity of 16Gb.SK Hynix said it applied its Gen 4 (1a) 10-nanometer process node for its latest memory chip.It also used extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithogr

Fab equipment maker Techwing is planning to enter the machine vision market in the long term, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.The company is currently developing its own electric die sorting and burn-in testing kits, which are used in the back-end of wafer fabrication.Techwing currently offer

Magnachip said on Tuesday that it has ended its merger deal with Chinese private equity firm Wise Road Capital.The Chinese firm had planned to pay US$1.4 billion to merge with the chip company, with the pair signing the merger agreement in March.However, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United

South Korean display and fab equipment makers are suffering from increased lead times for key components they need to make equipment with, TheElec has learned.If the issue is prolonged, the companies may face delays in delivering their equipment up to the second half of 2022, which may affect the on

Samsung said on Thursday that it has promoted 198 executives in its year-end reshuffle this year.The company said it has chosen those in their 30s and 40s as vice presidents and executive vice presidents.Promotions were made across all its business units, from TV, smartphones to chips.Samsung said i

The average sales price of power management IC (PMIC) is expected to increase 10% up to the first half of 2022, market research firm TrendForce said.PMICs are used to supply power to electronic devices.Like other chips, there is currently a shortage of them due to the COVID-19 pandemic that caused a

Semiconductor material and component firm Hana Materials has hired a new executive, an expert in M&A, to look for new business opportunities, TheElec has learned.GS Energy managing director Kang Dong-ho has been appointed the executive vice president of business development at Hana Materials last mo