Semiconductor board companies in South Korea have started spending on flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA) in earnest due to high demand.But sources in the industry told TheElec that despite this, it is very unlikely that these companies will be able to narrow the gap with leading companies in Japan,

Semiconductor deposition and etching equipment firm TES’ gas-phase etching equipment (GPE) has passed Samsung Electronics’ quality test, TheElec has learned.It is highly like that the fab equipment maker will supply the GPE equipment to Samsung Foundry within the year.GPE equipment is a dry etching

A plan to buy its own building by Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA), a trade association of the display industry with members such as Samsung Display and LG Display, is being criticized by association members as out of touch, TheElec has learned.Those working at member companies told TheElec

Revenue from fab equipment is expected to reach US$124.3 billion in 2022, according to analyst firm VLSI Research.This will be an increase of 22% year-on-year. VLSI Research said that demand for fab equipment that wasn’t met because of supply chain disruptions last year has been pushed to 2022.Coupl

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is a hot topic in the semiconductor industry right now.Interest in the technology has steadily risen since Samsung first adopted an EUV equipment for its 7-nanometer (nm) foundry service in 2017.The need for more advanced chips in 3nm and 2nm nodes, which is fue

Gas sensor firm Senko said on Tuesday that it has begun supplying gas detectors to South Korean chip giant SK Hynix.It will be supplying 3,600 units to SK Hynix this year, in a deal worth 3 billion won.The chip giant is likely to open a bid for more gas detectors so the total number of units Senko w

SKC is aiming to supply semiconductor package boards to tech giants such as Intel, Nvidia and AMD, TheElec has learned.Its chip package glass subsidiary Absolics will aim to supply the boards, sources said, which will begin production in 2023.In October, SKC had said it plans to commercialize semico

Printed circuit board maker Simmtech is planning to start operations of its new factory in Malaysia between May or June next year, TheElec has learned.The factory will manufacture memory module PCBs __ which mounts multiple memory chips on a single board. Such PCBs are used in PC, server and solid-s

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.

Printed circuit board firm Korea Circuit is considering entering the battery market, TheElec has learned.Since early 2021, the company had held talks with multiple startups in the battery sector to potentially invest in them.It had held talks with a battery separator company and a battery anode comp

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

Samsung Electro-Mechanics held a board meeting on Thursday to approve spending US$850 million, or 1.1 trillion won, in equipment and infrastructure to manufacture flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) at Vietnam.The company will spend the amount up to 2023 to build the new FC-BGA production line.TheEle

FST will begin producing its first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicles in 2023, a company executive said on Wednesday.FST executive vice president Choi Jae-hyouk also said during the 2021 Semiconductor EUV Ecosystem Big Trend Relay Conference hosted by TheElec that the fab equipment and material mak

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

New Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Chang Duck-hyun visited the company’s facility in Busan, his first official move as CEO of the component arm of Samsung.The facility and Busan manufacture multi layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA), two key products for the company

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

South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor was supplying its Wicop LED product to car manufacturers such as Changan Automobile, SAIC-GM-Wuling and Nio, analyst firm TrendForce said.The South Korean company had reached a 10% market share in the global automotive headlight market this year, the analys

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