Chip packaging firm LB Lusem will expand its power chip operation to reduce reliance on display driver IC, the company CEO said on Monday.Power chip accounted for 0.7% of its sales in 2019 but the company will expand this to 10% by 2023, LB Lusem CEO Hyunchang Shin said at a press conference ahead o

The top five fab equipment companies all recorded double digit growth in the first quarter of 2021.Applied Materials recorded sales of US$5.582 billion for its fiscal first quarter (February to April), an increase of 41% year-on-year.Net income for the quarter was US$1.33 billion, an increase of 76%

Nextchip will supplying its advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) system-on-a-chip (SoC) to a Japanese tier-1 supplier.The company was preparing to manufacture the Apache 4 for supply, Nextchip chief marketing officer (CMO) Yoo Young-jun told TheElec.It marks the first time that the company is su

Pixelplus is expected to supply more of its surround view monitor (SVM) total solution for automobiles going forward, a company executive said.The company has secured the technologies for the system-on-a-chip (SoC), image signal processor (ISP), image sensor and transmission IC that are required for

The global memory chip market is expected to be worth US$155.2 billion this year, according to market research firm IC Insights.This will grow by 16% to be worth US$180.4 billion in 2022, the firm said.If it is met, the 2022 figure will exceed the previous record of US$163.3 billion in 2018.IC Insig

Arm said on Thursday that South Korean design house SemiFive has joined the Arm Ecosytem.SemiFive will now have access to Arm’s Cortex-A, Cortex-R, Cortex-M CPUm Mali GPU, Ethos NPU and other architecture Ips.The Korean firm plans to use Arm’s IP to deisgn custom system-on-a-chip and application-spe

South Korean equipment makers recorded mixed results in the first quarter of 2021.Fab equipment vendors posted high growth, while display equipment firms underperformed.Fab equipment makers benefited from aggressive spending by semiconductor companies.Semes, Samsung Electronics’ fab equipment subsid

Magnachip said on Thursday that it will be spending 500 billion won in research and development as well as building facilities in South Korea for the next five years.The chip maker claimed the spending will produce 2 trillion won worth of economic effect locally.Out of the total, Magnachip will spen

Dongwoon Anatech was developing 3D gesture controller technology with a supplier, a company executive told TheElec.The controller is aimed the automobile market, company CTO Lee Jae-shik said.The technology will be sued by the driver to use hand gestures to control the automobile’s navigation, infot

Thermal imaging sensor will play a larger role in advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) in future autonomous cars, according to an executive at camera module maker Mcnex.Jung Young-hyun, director of auto-component product development at Mcnex, said while thermal imaging sensor and thermal infrare

DB HiTek said on Monday that it plans to expand its production capacity within the year to meet rising demand from customers due to the current global ship shortage.The chip maker will add 9,000 wafers per month in production capacity within 2021.A company spokesperson said its two fabs in Bucheon a

Raontec is planning to list on KOSDAQ in June.The firm filed a renewed security report to authorities, it said on Friday.Raontec had earlier turned in a security report but authorities last month told it to turn in against with revisions.The company updated to the report to include its first quarter

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Thursday promised to provide support and foster the local semiconductor industry.Moon spoke at an event in Samsung’s Pyeontaek chip plant to promote the local chip industry.On the same day, the government announced that it would offer 40% to 50% tax credits for

TSMC said on Thursday that the recent power outage in Taiwan has not affected its chip production.According to the local Central News Agency, equipment malfunction at an electrical substation in Kaohsiung City has caused electricity produced at a nearby thermal power plant to be cutoff, at around 2p

System semiconductor company Coasia has recorded 112.8 billion won in sales and 2.7 billion won in operating income in the first quarter.Sales increased 11% from a year prior. The company turned a profit compared to the same time period in 2020.Coasia said high sales from its IT component business,

ASML will start supplying pellicles used in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems with transmittance of over 90% this year.ASML Korea marketing manager MyoungKuy Lee said at an SMC Korea seminar that the company will begin production of pellicles with over 90.6% transmittance rate.The pellicles have sec

Samsung Electronics is facing production problems for its Galaxy A series of smartphones due to the current global chip shortage, TheElec has learned.A person familiar with the matter said there has been no official sales date set for most regions in the world for Galaxy A52, A52 5G and A72, which w

LB Lusem will add 10 million units per month in its display driver IC (DDI) backend processing capacity, the company CEO Hyunchang Shin said on Monday.The company currently has a capacity of 80 million units per month, which was running at full capacity due to high demand, Shin said.The firm plans t

Power module firm Vicor Korea will focus its sales on the local automobile industry this year, country manager Kichun Jung said, with a special focus on electric cars.The Korean unit of Vicor recently formed an automotive division. It also hired YS Jun, a veteran in the automotive chip industry with

Power gallium nitride (GaN) chip market is expected to grow at a high rate in the next five years from consumer charging devices, according to market research firm Yole Development.The power GaN market was worth US$46 million in 2020, but this will grow 70% on average per year until 2026, when the m