Samsung’s semiconductor business unit had a difficult time for the past year.The unit, called the Device Solutions (DS) division, recorded 15 trillion won in operating loss last year, its worst performance ever.This contrasted with its performance in the prior years, where it would earn 30 trillion

Samsung will exclusively use Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processors for its upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable phones, TheElec has learned.The tech giant has only used Qualcomm’s application processor on its foldable phones up to now and this will be the case again for the new phones as we

TSMC’s design house partner Asicland has won AI chip firm D.notitia as a customer.More and more South Korean AI chip firms are seeking to use the Taiwanese contract chip maker to manufacture their chips, which is expected to boost Asicland’s earnings in the coming years.The design house firm said la

Samsung is developing a 16-stack 3D DRAM, a senior company executive said.Siwoo Lee, executive vice president of DRAM pathfinding at Samsung, told reporters during the International Memory Week event lat week that some companies, including Samsung, are preparing samples for a 16-stack 3D DRAM. Micro

Samsung SDI has kicked off a project to reevaluate its battery production equipment to boost efficiency, TheElec has learned.Called V Project, which stands for Value Reengineering Project, the South Korean lithium-ion battery maker is aiming to reevaluate is existing production equipment to increase

South Korea is planning to open an AI semiconductor innovation center in Silicon Valley.The Korean Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) said on Wednesday it would take applications up to the 30th of this month for those who wish to reside at the planned center. A committee will review the appli

German laser firm LPKF Laser & Electronics will supply this year its laser equipment for use in the through glass via (TGV) process of glass chip board production.LPKF CEO Klaus Fiedler told TheElec in an interview that the company signed a deal to ship its kits to a customer working on manufacturin

Bearing maker WONST is targeting an annual revenue of 100 billion won this year, CEO Lee Taek-won told TheElec.The company is aiming to list on the Korean bourse next year on the back of hitting the revenue target, Lee said.WONST had originally aimed to go public this year, deciding on Shinhan Secur

Samsung may cancel its planned launch of a budget model version of its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable phone, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant initially planned to showcase three foldable phones during the summer: Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, and an affordable version of the Fo

SK Hynix is planning to start mass production of HBM4E in 2026, a company research said.The South Korean memory maker originally planned to start mass production of the Gen 7 high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in 2027.But SK Hynix team leader and researcher Kwi Wook Kim said during International Memory Wee

CGP Materials is aiming to reach 150 billion won in annual revenue by 2027 through the expansion of its semiconductor patterning material business.The electronic material firm said on Thursday that it has started construction of a new factory in Sejong City.CGP Materials CEO Park Chun-geun said duri

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has developed Zoned UFS (ZUFS) 4.0 and start mass production of the mobile NAND solution in the third quarter.ZUFS improves on conventional UFS flash memory with increased data management efficiency.It manages data per their characteristics and saves them in differe

The US chip production capacity is expected to triple from 2022 to 2032 from the enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act, but extending current support and considering additional measures was needed to “stay the course”, according to a joint report by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and

LG Electronics is attempting to sell battery production equipment to non-LG companies.This stems from its recent failure to win orders from the joint battery factory of LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor in the US, sources said.LG Electronics’ Production engineering Research Institute (PRI), known

Samsung is taking a two-track approach to its development of high-bandwidth memory (HBM).The company’s newly formed HBM development team, which was turned into a permanent office from a task force in March, is focusing on the development of HBM4, sources said. HBM4 is the sixth-generation iteration

BOE has decided to use OLED deposition machines from South Korea’s Sunic System for its production of Gen 8 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.Rival Canon Tokki didn’t put in a bid for the order, paving the way for Sunic System to clinch the deal as the single vendor.The South Korean equipment make

SK Hynix is testing the performance of Tokyo Electron’s cryogenic etching equipment, TheElec has learned.The South Korean memory chipmaker has sent test wafers to the fab equipment maker for the tests instead of installing them in its own fab, sources said.Tokyo Electron’s new kit etches at high spe

South Korean chemical giant LG Chem was testing its own build-up film with a potential flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) customer, a company researcher said.Builder-up films are an insulating film used in chip packages such as FC-BGA and glass substrates.The industry mostly uses Ajinomoto Build-Up

A national project to promote the development of advanced technologies in chip packaging has been passed by the South Korean government, TheElec has learned.It passed the preliminary feasibility review of Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning, a government think tank to set policies for sci

SK Hynix has beat market estimates on its latest earnings on the back of rising prices of memory chip prices and strong sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM).The South Korean chip giant said on Thursday that it recorded 12.42 trillion won in revenue and 2.88 trillion won in operating income in the fi