Samsung has verified 8.5Gbps speed on its LPDDR5X DRAM with Qualcomm.The company said the chip was made with its 14-nanometer (nm) node that incorporates the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process.The milestone only comes five months after it verified 7.5Gbps on the DRAM in March, Samsung highlighted.The

Samsung is planning to use a technology called back side power delivery network (BSPDN) to develop 2-nanometer (2nm) foundry process.The technology was introduced last week at SEDEX 2022 hosted by Samsung by researcher Park Byung-jae.Park had said in the foundry market, technology was developing fro

Nextchip is planning to launch a prototype of its new advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) chip Apache 6 next year.The company had spent 14.4 billion won in research for the first half of this year and most of the funds went into the development of the SoC, company representatives said.It is a s

Nextin is preparing to launch its new inspection equipment for 3D NAND.The company had co-developed the kit with Intel but will not be supplying them to the US chip giant, sources said.However, Nextin had won a supply deal with a South Korean memory chipmaker, they said.The equipment, called IRIS, i

Samsung’s third-quarter operating profit has nosedived from low demand for memory chips and IT products.The tech giant said on Friday on its earning guidance that it expected an operating income of 10.8 trillion won and consolidated sales of 76 trillion won.Operating profit dropped around 32% from l

Semiconductor back-end firm Hana Micron will start operations of its new factory in Vietnam before year’s end, TheElec has learned.The new factory will supply more for SK Hynix as compared to Samsung, sources said.A senior executive of Hana Micron said excluding sales from abroad, Samsung had so far

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has succeeded in using neon gas from local suppliers for 40% of its chip production.The chip giant said it was aiming to use wholly sources from South Korea for neon gas in 2024.SK Hynix had up to recently wholly relied on import for neon gas, which is used during

Telechips is planning to start mass production of its microcontroller unit (MCU) for automobiles next year, TheElec has learned.The 32-bit MCU is for infotainment and the fabless company will start manufacturing them sometime in the first quarter of 2023.Telechips begin developing the chip under a n

South Korean semiconductor design house Coasia is planning to hire over a hundred engineers this year.Company executive Seol Byung-chan told TheElec that it has adopted a new employee education program called Global Design Education Centre.The program pays an employee for a year but instead of being

South Korean chip contract manufacturer Key Foundry has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) research team as demand for chips made using the material continues to increase.The company is aiming to offer 8-inch GaN wafer foundry services for customers, sources said.Key Foundry currently contract manufactu

Samsung Display and LG Display is opting to use larger substrates for the production OLED panels aimed at IT devices besides smartphones, TheElec has learned.They are developing the substrate to be Gen 8.7 (2290x2620mm) slightly larger than Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrates commonly adopted as Gen 8

Samsung has been conducting prolonged tests on coolants from Chinese companies as it attempts to diversify its supply chain for the ingredient used in wafer fabrication.The South Korean tech giant has not finalized whether it would accept the coolants as it was unsatisfied with their quality, source

S&S Tech is planning to install key equipment that will allow it to manufacture extreme ultraviolet (EUV) blank masks, TheElec has learned.The mask maker is planning to install ion beam deposition (IBD) machines from US company Veeco Instruments.The installation of such equipment means S&S Tech has

Samsung is planning to secure more production capacity for OLED display driver ICs from its contract chip maker UMC of Taiwan next year.Samsung System LSI, the unit that designs logic chips, is expected to order more of its display driver ICs made due to high demand for them by key customers, source

Samsung has supplied its DDR5 DRAM with a high-k metal gate process applied to a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer G.Skill, according to analyst firm Techinsights.The chip was being used in the G.Skill Trident Z5 series memory package, the firm said.Techinsights said it expects high-k metal g

Samsung said on Thursday that it has joined the RE100 initiative and will target reaching net zero carbon emission by 2025.RE100 stands for Renewable Energy 100% and its aim is to have companies use 100% renewable energy by 2025.Samsung said it uses the most energy among ICT manufacturers __ it used

K Siltron is planning to form a joint venture with RFHIC and Yes Power Technix that will develop technologies related to silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors, TheElec has learned.The plan awaiting approval from SK Corporation, the holding company of the SK business group.SK

Samsung on Wednesday started mass production of NAND flash chips at its P3 line at its Pyeongtaek facility.P3 is the company’s largest semiconductor production facility to date and started construction back in late 2020.The fab is designed to manufacture NAND flash, DRAM and logic chips for Samsung’

SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it will begin building a new fab with 15 trillion won in South Korea in October.M15X will be added to its existing facility in Cheongju, right next to fab M15.The new fab will have a multi-story structure, which means based on the surface area it will be larger than SK

LSI, previously the fab equipment business of Mujin Electronics, is expected to supply 30 units of wafer cleaners to SK Hynix this year, TheElec has learned.The company is in talks with the South Korean memory to supply over 60 units in 2023, sources said.LSI was formed by chip and display material