Abov Semiconductor said on Thursday that it will supply three new microcontroller units (MCU) aimed at automobiles this year.These will be a lidar MCU (A31Q213), a passenger assistance system MCU (A94Q216) and a mobile device charging MCU (A94Q427).A Abov spokesperson said the company will start pro

The Korea Automobile Association (KAA) and Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) signed a MOU on Wednesday for collaboration.The MOU singed following the formation of a council for collaboration between the two industries on March 4.KAA and KSIA’s partnership is done in light of the recent

Fab equipment spending in 2020 increased 16% compared to 2019, according to SEMI.Spending is expected to increase 15.5% this year to reach over US$70 billion, according to the organization. It will increase 12% in 2022 to over US$80 billion.Fab equipment spending increased substantially for three ye

AMD on Monday unveiled its new Gen 3 Epyc 7003 Series CPU aimed at data centers.The chip, codenamed Milan, aws the world’s fastest CPU for servers that will double the workload performances in high performance computing, cloud and enterprise, AMD CEO Lisa Su said at the online event for the unveilin

Semiconductor testing firm APACT said on Tuesday that it recorded 49.6 billion won in sales and 6.5 billion won in operating income for the entire year of 2020. Its net income for the year was 6.7% billion won.Sales increased 6% from 2019 while operating income declined 19.8% from the previous year.

South Korean fabless semiconductor companies recorded noticeably polarizing earnings in 2020.TheElec collected earnings of the top 17 fabless companies, including design houses and chipless firms, and based on revenue in South Korea.The four top companies, Silicon Works, ADTechnology, Abov Semicondu

SK Hynix’s acquisition of Intel’s NAND business unit has received approval from the US government.The South Korean memory maker said on Friday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) gave the go-ahead for the deal.SK Hynix already received the approval from the Federal

Surround view monitor (SVM) system-on-a-chip (SoC) made by South Korean fabless company Pixelplus has been installed on a Japan-made automobile, TheElec has learned.The company supplied in September last yearthe SoC, model name PI5008K, that supports SVM and rear camera along with an image sensor to

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday launched a new solid-state drive (SSD), called NVMe SSD 980.It is the company’s first consumer SSD that is NVMe interface based.The Korean tech giant used its Gen-6 V-NAND for the SSD. It offers up to 3,500 and 3,000MB/s sequential read and write speeds, respectively

South Korean battery manufacturers are expanding their facilities in Europe as local automobile makers accelerating the launch of new electric vehicles.LG Energy Solution is placing orders for equipment to install on its third factory in Poland. The third factory will be built on land previously own

Samsung’s suspension of its semiconductor plant in Austin due to power outage will increase prices of solid-state drives (SSD), market research firm TrendForce says.Client SSD prices will increase between 3 to 8% in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, the firm said. Prices of enterpris

Infineon Technologies said on Tuesday that it has provided its CoolGaN device to Delta’s rectifiers.Its GaN devices follow JEDEC standards and has lifetimes over 15 years, the German company said.This makes it fit for industrial telecom and server SMPS, the company said.CoolGaN 600 V e-mode HEMT in

Telechips have succeeded in commercializing 14-nanometer (nm) application processor for automobile cockpit, TheElec has learned.The firm will be supplying the chip, Dolphin 3 (model name: TCC805X), to a Chinese automobile company through a local tier-1 supplier.Mass production and supply will begin

KNW said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of Solvay Korea.The company acquired 4 million shares for 20 billion won.KNW has secured fluorine (F2) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) businesses through the acquisition. The chemicals are used for semiconductor production and as insulators in g

SK Hynix begun mass production of 18GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAM, the company said on Monday.The chips will be supplied to Asus for ROG(Republic of Gamers) 5 gaming smartphone.SK Hynix said the new chip can run at up to 6,400Mbps, which is 20% faster than its predecessors that supported to up to 5,500Mbps.

Qualcomm on Thursday announced Snapdragon Sound which will offer significantly improved audio quality in wireless headphones, earbuds and smartphones.The US chip giant will offer its latest processors and Bluetooth audio SoCs, among other technologies, to offer hi-fi 24-bit 96kHz audio, ultra low la

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Thursday that it has formed a council to promote collaboration between local semiconductor and automobile companies.The announcement comes amid a global shortage of semiconductors that have caused automobile companies to suspend production

A research team of a South Korean university has developed a 738GHz high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) for potential applications in 6G networks.The team led by professor Kim Dae-hyun of Kyungpook National University’s College of IT Engineering developed the HEMT. It is over 30GHz than the pre

Nordic Semiconductor will expand into the cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market of South Korea this year, a company executive said.Nordic has focused on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) so far. But starting this year, it will supply long-distance wireless technology, Sean Choi, the company’s regional s

Samsung Electronics’ subsidiary Harman has acquired a Silicon Valley-based automotive technology company.Savari has technology on 5G edge and vehicle-to-everything communications (V2X), Harman said.The company offers V2X sensor solutions and edge-based analytics for automotive and smart infrastructu