Intel's autonomous driving subsidiary Mobileye unveiled its autonomous vehicle strategy and latest technology gains at CES 2021.Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua said the company has been focusing on Mobileye's automatically generated, crowdsourced high-definition maps, a driving policy based on Responsibi

Japanese electronic parts manufacturer Rohm Semiconductor is planning to expand its silicon carbide (SiC) power device production.The company has finished construction its new production building for SiC power device at its Apollo Plant in Chikugo, Japan in December of last year, Rohm said on Thursd

Abov Semiconductor will supply specific absorption rate (SAR) sensors to Samsung Electronics for the Galaxy S21 smartphone series and Galaxy Buds Pro earphones, TheElec confirmed.SAR sensor, or proximity sensor, is used to reduce electromagnetic waves of electronic devices when the human bodies are

Qualcomm on Tuesday said Cristiano Amon will succeed Steve Mollenkopf as CEO, effective from June 30.Mollenkopf had been the CEO since 2014 and faced patent dispute with Apple, anti-trust investigation from the Fair Trade Commission.He also led Qualcomm in the years of its rapid growth and high prof

Shortage in large-sized display driver IC (LDDI) is expected to continue to the third quarter of 2021, according to TrendForce.In the upstream semiconductor supply chain, various foundries’ 8-inch wafer capacities have mostly been allocated to other chips with higher profit margins, in turn lowering

The South Korea government is expecting semiconductor export to surpass US$100 billion in 2021.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Tuesday that export is estimated to increase 10.2% this year to US$109.3 billion from last year’s US$99.2 billion.This will be the second highest ever fig

Qualcomm on Sunday unveiled its new application processor aimed at budget 5G smartphones.The Snapdragon 480 is its first AP to have a 5G modem. It comes with Snapdragon X51 5G modem that supports both mmWave and sub-6GHz spectrum. It also supports both TDD and FDD connectivity.The CPU has eight core

Samsung Electronics said on Monday that vice chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the company’s Pyeongtaek semiconductor plant.According to Samsung, Lee told executives and employees that they must collaborate with partners, academia and research institutes to build a healthy ecosystem to make history in s

The South Korean government is planning to increase funding in research and development of materials, components and equipment in 2021.The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said they plan to increase funding for related projects by over 20%.The South Korean g

ACM Research has launched alloy anneal capabilities for its Ultra Fn Furnace tool to extend its furnace product line to power device manufacturers. The new feature was added in to meet requirements from insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) devices as transistors get thinner, smaller and faster.T

Smartphones powered by Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics’ 5nm application processors are expected to launch in January 2021.The companies have unveiled their new APs starting in November. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 for flagship smartphones was made with the 5nm process. Snapdragon 678 for mid-tier pho

South Korean company KEC has developed a low voltage MOSFET (LV MOSET) semiconductor for vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC).The company will supply the chips, called KFS70N06K, to Hanon Systems and Doowon Climate Control, it said on Wednesday.The chip will be applied to blow m

Semiconductor IP company CEVA will focus on offering automotive digital signal processor (DSP) IP to South Korea next year, the company said.CEVA was founded in 2002 and offers DSP IP and related software for companies. In 2014 it acquired RivieraWaves and in 2019 it bought Hillcrest Labs to expand

South Korean chip maker DB HiTek has decided to increase the price of semiconductor contract production, or foundry, by up to 20%, TheElec has learned.The company decided to increase the price due to high demand for foundry services globally, people familiar with the matter said. DB HiTek has also s

Intel on Thursday unveiled three new Optane memory products and three solid-state drives (SSD) made with 144-layer 3D NAND flash.The US chip giant unveiled: Optane SSD P5800X, Optane Memory H20 SSD and its Gen 3 Optane Persistent Memory (code name: Crow Pass).Optane SSD P5800X is Intel’s first produ

Semiconductor testing company Tesna said on Tuesday that it has begun operation of its new testing factory.The factory will test Samsung Electronics’ CMOS image sensors. Operations of the facility at Anseong began near end of October.A Tesna spokesperson said testing volume will increase to mobile a

Naver Cloud and Intel will co-develop filed programmable grid array (FPGA)-based smart network interface card (NIC), the companies said on Monday.The South Korean cloud service provider will use Intel’s solution to develop the smart NIC.Naver Cloud has previously developed a SmartNIC using Intel’s F

Hyundai Mobis will acquire the semiconductor business of affiliate Hyundai Autron.The deal was approved by Mobis’ board on Friday and is worth 133.2 billion won.Hyundai Mobis will aim to grow is competence in designing, developing and evaluating semiconductor for automobiles, it said.Its main goal w

DRAM average sales price (ASP) is expected recover slightly in the first quarter, according to market research firm TrendForce.According to the research firm: Graphic DRAM will see increase between 5 to 10%. Server DRAM will stay flat or increase by 5%. Consumer DRAM will stay flat or increase by 8%

Xilinx will reach over 20 million accumulated unit shipment in automobile semiconductors next year, the company said on Wednesday.The company had shipped 19.6 million units so far since 2006, it said.More automobiles are using semiconductors from increased adoption of advanced driver assistance syst