Samsung is planning to produce 2-nanometer (nm) chips based on gate all around (GAA) in 2025.It is also planning to start manufacturing GAA 3nm chips in June next year, the company said on Wednesday.At Samsung Foundry Forum held online, the South Korean tech giant also shared that it has developed a

Samsung on Thursday introduced its open-source software solution that will help developers develop Compute Express Link (CXL) memory.The interface was proposed by companies to design more efficient data centers.Samsung unveiled its first CXL DRAM in May.The recent solution, a scalable memory develop

KLA said on Thursday that it has named Rollin Kocher as its new country manager for South Korea.Kocher will replace KLA-Tencor Korea president Bruce Chung to head the South Korean operation of the firm.Kocher will focus on expanding the company’s South Korean business and sales and support of its la

South Korean blank mask maker S&S Tech has succeeded in developing a pellicle used in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process during wafer fabrication with 90% light transmittance, TheElec has learned.The company is the first in South Korea to develop a full-sized EUV pellicle.ASML, the sole manufactu

RFsemi said on Wednesday that it has begun production and supply of silicon carbide (SiC) power management IC to a South Korean customer.It has been collaborating with the customer since last year to manufacture chips using 6-inch wafers.RFsemi will be supplying JBS diode, which makes the current fl

Global chip foundry companies are enforcing stricter evaluation standards for requests from fabless companies for testing and production.The stricter evaluation process was being enforced from the foundry companies are seeing unprecedented high demand due to the global chip shortage, people familiar

The CEO of South Korean fab equipment maker Semes, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, is visiting the US to secure talented engineers, TheElec has learned.Semes CEO Kang Chang-jin is seeking to hire senior engineers that are experts in semiconductor etching equipment, sources said.Semes is South K

Analog semiconductor firm Texas Instruments has unveiled a new DC-DC bias supply module that it says can extend the drive time of electric vehicles.UCC14240-Q1 was made using a distributed architecture that operates individual bias switches.The module is 3.5mm in height and 12.8mm x 10.3mm in surfac

Electrochemical gas sensor company Senko is expected to see new sales from the semiconductor sector during the fourth quarter.The company is expected to supply its sensors to two fabs run by SK Hynix, one at Cheongju and another a Icheon, which will help it secure sales of 2.5 billion won to 3 billi

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

Apple unveiled its latest application processor on the new iPhone 13 series A15 Bionic.The chip was manufactured using TSMC’s 5-nanometer (5nm) process.A15 Bionic has over 15 billion transistors, 27% more than its predecessor A14 Bionic.The new chip has two high performance cores and four low power

South Korea is expected to spend the most in fab equipment among countries in 2022 with US$30 billion, according to the latest report from SEMI.Taiwan is expected to spend the second most with US$26 billion, followed by China’s US$17 billion.According to SEMI, Japan will be the fourth largest spende

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

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.