Samsung had sent a new confidentiality agreement to its semiconductor and component partners in July, TheElec has learned.The agreement asks for stricter security measures for sensitive technologies and includes a financial penalty for breaching the contract, sources say.The contract was written by

Samsung Electronics will begin mass production of an 8-layer DDR5 memory late next year, the company said at chip industry conference Hot chips 33 on Monday.It will use its through silicon via (TSV) technology for the 512GB DDR5 memory module.The company had used 4-layer TSV technology for DDR4, mak

Samsung said on Tuesday that it will spend 240 trillion won in the next three years in strategic businesses, which includes computing chips, biopharmaceuticals and next-generation telecommunications.The move will create 40,000 new jobs and 180 trillion won out of the total sum will be spent in South

Samsung on Tuesday introduced its latest progresses in processing-in-memory technology at chip conference Hot Chips 33.The company said it successfully integrated a PIM-enabled high bandwidth memory, also known as HBM-PIM, into a commercialized accelerator system.It also applied PIM to DRAM modules

Samsung’s quarterly sales from DRAM exceeded US$10 billion for the first time in two years during the second quarter of 2021, according to analyst firm TrendForce.Worldwide DRAM sales during the quarter stood at US$24.1 billion, an increase of 26% from the previous quarter.Strong demand for DRAM and

South Korean chip packaging and testing companies posted mixed results in their second quarter earnings.Those working with system semiconductors saw earnings improve substantially while their counterparts specializing in memory chips recorded lackluster results.This is due to SK Hynix doing more of

The global top five fab equipment makers all recorded strong growths in their latest quarters.Applied Materials, ASML, Lam Research, Tokyo Electron and KLA all recorded double digit growths in their revenue and operating income compared to a year ago.The companies benefited from high demand for thei

Pixelplus said on Friday that it has won an order to supply image sensor for surround view monitors (SVM) to a Japanese automobile maker.The company will supply an initial stock worth 4.5 billion won of the sensors.Pixelplus said the company is in talk with the customer to expand supply going forwar

Most South Korean fabless chip companies recorded poor earnings during the second quarter due to the prolonged global chip shortage.However, some of the companies saw profits thanks to increase in unit prices.LX Semicon, meanwhile, saw operating income increase by nine times from a year ago during t

Mecaro president Lee Jong-soo will be joining Jusung Engineering around the end of the month, TheElec has learned.Lee will become president of Jusung’s semiconductor business, replacing Roh Jae-sung.He was previously an executive at South Korean chip giant SK Hynix.Jusung chairman Hwang Chul-joo is

Ram Tech said on Thursday that it is actively working to go through its plan to build a new factory at the city of Dangjin.The company will communicate with the local government, which recently rejected its factory plan, to take the project back on track.Ram Tech has succeeded in producing hydrogen

Semiconductor IP firm Chips&Media said on Wednesday that it has signed an IP contract with a US-based mobile semiconductor company.In 2019, the firm had signed a similar contract with one of the so-called FAANG companies __ Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google.Chips&Media said it is expecting

SK Hynix on Wednesday launched a 2TB option for its Gold P31 solid-state drive (SSD) brand for consumers.The company first launched 1TB and 500GB models of the brand in January.Gold P31 comes in PCIe NVMe interface and M.2 form factor.SK Hynix said the PCE3 NVMe interface boasts six times the speed

South Korean equipment makers posted mixed results in the second quarter.Fab equipment makers recorded strong earnings during the quarter, while display equipment makers posted poor performances.Multiple fab equipment makers recorded triple digit growths and marked record earnings in the second quar

Auros Technology said on Tuesday that it has posted 30.28 billion won in sales from the January to June time period.This already exceeds the sales of the overlay equipment maker’s sales of 17.5 billion won for the entire year of 2020.Auros recorded 22.6 billion won in sales during the first quarter

Samsung Electronics has narrowed its market share in CMOS image sensors (CIS) with Sony by a few points last year, according to date from research firm Yole Development.The Japanese tech giant held a 40% market share in the sector in 2020, which is 2 points lower than the previous year. During the s

Intel’s latest Gen 3 Xeon Scalable Processor, codenamed Ice Lake, will take up up to 30% of the global server CPU market by the year’s end, according to market research firm TrendForce.The US chip giant announced the x86 architecture-based processor in April.Intel has claimed the processor has 1.46

South Korean chip foundry company DB HiTek saw its operating profit margin rate reach 30% during the second quarter of 2021 from high demand for its contract chip production services.The company said on Friday that it recorded 274.7 billion won in sales and 81.4 billion won in operating income durin

Optical inspection equipment makers are facing difficulty securing machine vision cameras due to a shortage caused by high demand, TheElec has learned.Lead time for the cameras has been usually around eight weeks but this has been extended up to 52 weeks, multiple people working at equipment compani

The regional manager and key executives at KLA’s business unit in South Korea are expected to quit soon, TheElec has learned.KLA-Tencor Korea president Bruce Chung and up to five others have quit or is planning to quit the company soon, people familiar with the matter said.KLA’s US headquarters is e