Battery and display production equipment maker Naintec has been chosen to lead a national project to develop new focus rings, which are used in the etching process of wafer fabrication.The company will aim to develop a focus ring with reduced mean time between cleans in the two-year project given by

South Korean fabless firm Eyenix said on Monday that it has recently started the production of its latest SoC for security cameras.EN675 is made based on RISC-V architecture and begun production in July.The SoC packs an image signal processor, video codec, CPU and neural processing unit.This allows

Samsung said on Monday that is has collaborated with Hyundai Steel to develop a technology that allows wastewater slurry formed from chip production to be reused in steel production.This is possible as a large part of wastewater slurry consists of calcium fluoride, which in turn is used fluorite tha

YEST’s subsidiary Yes Power Technix is planning to double its production capacity for silicon carbide (SiC) power management IC by early 2022.Yes Power Technix is expanding its SiC power management IC factory at Pohang, South Korea, TheElec has learned.The company currently has a 100mm line and 150m

Fab equipment maker Auros Technology will start the development of its new thin film measurement equipment in the fourth quarter.It will start the development when it enters its new factory currently being built at Dongtan at Hwaseong city.The new factory will house a large clean room where the comp

Fab equipment maker Auros Technology has signed a contract with Samsung Electronics to supply 2.2 billion won worth of equipment.It will be providing its overlay equipment to the South Korean tech giant, people familiar with the matter said.Overlay kits are used to check whether the circuits are pre

Semiconductor IP market is expected to grow 11% per year on average from 2020 to 2025, analyst firm Counterpoint Research said.The market was worth US$5.2 billion in 2020 but will be worth US$8.6 billion in 2025.Companies like Arm, which is strong in the mobile market, as well as Synopsys and Cadenc

Fab equipment maker Nextin is seeing its supply of its Aegis brand of inspection equipment increase to customers this year, TheElec has learned.The company had signed multiple contracts with customers this year, totaling four and combined being worth 17.4 billion won.In the third quarter alone, it h

Intel on Thursday unveiled the Xeon E-2300 server processor aimed at small and medium businesses.The processor uses Intel’s C250 series chipset and has 17% increased performance compared to its predecessor, the company said.Memory speed has also increased 23% from the previous generation. The chip a

The invalidation of patents related to silicon carbide (SiC) ring owned by TCK is expected to open the door for followers to enter the lucrative market for the semiconductor production material.However, legal risks remain for them, while large customers have strict customizing standards for SiC ring

Jusung Engineering said on Wednesday that it has signed a deal worth 47 billion won to supply solar cell production equipment to Europe’s Encore Group.The deal is worth 39.73% of its sales last year.The contract will go into effect on September 6 and last until August 5.

Global fab equipment sales hit its record quarterly high during the second quarter, according to data from SEMI.Sales in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan increased solidly during the quarter.Sales reached US$24.9 billion during the quarter, an increase of 48% from a year ago.Sales increased 5% f

Jusung Engineering will supply production equipment for solar cells to a Russian company, TheElec has learned.The deal is worth between 40 billion won to 50 billion won. This means it is worth between 32% to 42% of Jusung’s revenue of 118.5 billion won it recorded for the entire year of 2020.It will

Global sales from semiconductors reached its monthly record in July, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) of the US.Sales reached US$45.4 billion during the month, the organization said.It is an increase of 29% year-on-year and an increase of 2.1% from the previous month.Global

TSK has lost in its patent lawsuit that saw its patents related to silicon carbide (SiC) ring production invalidated by a South Korean court.DS Techno had earlier filed filed the lawsuit against the company asking the patent court to invalidate the patents.The latest court decision was made in the a

The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the US has opened an investigation into Samsung, LG, Dell, Lenovo and other electronics maker.The ITC said on Monday that it is looking into whether their products from notebooks, desktops, servers, handsets to tablets have violated patents related to semi

SK Hynix was supplying its CMOS image sensor (CIS) for Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3, TheElec has learned.The sensor’s model name is HI-1337. SK Hynix began the production of the sensors on its 300mm wafer line last year.It has 1 micrometer pixels, 13MP resolution and supports 2x zoom.SK Hynix has brand

Fab equipment maker APTC has reduced its product lineup from six last year to three this year.The company is removing older equipment and kits that have low demand.APTC will no longer sell some of its plasma etching equipment and doping kits.The firm focuses on 300mm wafer plasma etching equipment.

Techwing has begun the operation of its new lines at its factory at Asan during the second quarter, TheElec has learned.The fab equipment maker spent 18 billion won for the expansion.The additional lines will manufacture the company’s new equipment, including burn-in testers, which are used to stres

US fab equipment makers exported US$3.86 billion worth of their kits in July, according to SEMI.This is 4.5% higher than June __ while it is an increase of 49.8% year-on-year.Fab equipment export from the US at a rise in recent months.In January, export exceeded US$3 billion for the first time in Ja