Display and semiconductor inspection kit maker Youngwoo DSP said on Wednesday that it has been chosen as the leading company in a national project to develop inspection kit used for chips 10-nanometer (nm) or under.Under the project, headed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Youngwoo DSP

DNF said on Wednesday that it will receive 20.9 billion won in equity investment from Samsung Electronics to expand its production capacity and increase R&D spending.A DNF spokesperson said the company plans to start building a new factory near its headquarters in Daejeon late this year or early nex

Intel said on Monday that it has secured Qualcomm and Amazon Web Services as its customer for foundry services.The world’s largest chip maker by revenue also revealed that it was planning to develop a 1-nanometer (nm) process by 2025.Intel’s plan is aggressive and it is clear that the company intend

In 1904, English physicist John Ambrose Fleming developed the first vacuum tube. The tube had a filament inside as well as a cathode and anode plates placed on either end of the glass tube. Electrons flowed between the two electrodes. Radios used in the early 1900s used such tubes. Despite being a h

Coasia Nexell said on Monday that it has received 3.9 billion won in investment from South Korean institutional investors.These include Cape Investment & Securities and other funds.A Coasia Nexell spokesperson said the company plans to spend the fund to meet rising demand for SoC design and strength

Sales of semiconductor electronic design automation (EDA) and IP hit US$3.157 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 17% from a year ago, according to SEMI.It is the highest growth since 2011.Spending in the sector also increased. In the first quarter, it was shown that 49,024 people were hire

The three top outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) companies are expected to see their system-in-package (SiP) sales increased up to 20% this year, according to Yole Development.These companies are ASE of Taiwan, Amkor Technology of the US and JCET of China.Yole Development projects

Fab equipment maker ASML plans to manufacture 60 units of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems in 2023, the chief of the Netherlands-based firm said.During the conference call for the second quarter, ASML CEO Peter Wennink said the company plans to manufacture around 40 units this year.This will be exp

Samsung Electronics has started the development of a lidar sensor for autonomous driving, TheElec has learned.The company was aiming to commercialize the technology in 2026, people familiar with the matter said.Samsung is aiming to strengthen its automotive business, they said. The company launched

Mecaro has sold its shares in its subsidiary KOFI R&D at a cheaper rate than their face value, TheElec has learned.The move is a big setback for the company as it was in the midst of diversifying its portfolio in light of recent poor earnings.Mecaro had bought a 58.07% stake (a million shares) of KO

Samsung will start applying pellicles in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process used in advanced chip production starting in 2023, TheElec has learned.Pellicles, which are used to protect masks from dusts, will be used in mass production starting in late 2023, people familiar with Samsung’s internal

Nextchip said on Monday that it has started development of advanced driver assistance system SoC Apache 6.Prototype of the chip will be released in the second half of 2022, the company said.Apache 6 is the successor to Apache 5, which has neural processing unit (NPU) applied.The new chip will have s

Fabless firm Siliconarts said on Monday that it has launched its general-purpose GPU IP called RAIV.General-purpose GPU is used for AI software for deep learning and machine learning.Siliconarts said its RAIV IP can process big data used for deep learning or machine learning fast.It also supports ma

Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) market is expected to grow 11% this year compared to a year ago thanks to increase in demand from smartphones and wearable devices, according to market research firm Yole Development.MEMS refers to microscopic devices. Microphones, sensors and other devices wi

Cirrus Logic’s deal to buy Lion Semiconductor for US$335 million is talk of the town in South Korea’s semiconductor industry.Last week, Cirrus Logic announced that it was acquiring the California-based startup that specializes in power management ICs for wired and wireless charging as well as DC-DC

Samsung Display and its parent company Samsung Electronics are reviewing potential use of an underused liquid crystal display (LCD) plant in South Korea, which could possibly result in the plant being converted to a semiconductor plant, TheElec has learned.The plant at Cheonan, owned by Samsung Disp

Samsung secured half of the global smartphone memory revenue in the first quarter this year, according to Strategy Analytics.The South Korean held a 49% market share in the space.This was followed by SK Hynix’ 23% market share and Micron’s 14%.Smartphone memory revenue for the quarter totaled US$11.

Apple’s sales from its own chips increased 54% year-on-year in the first quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.Cupertino recorded US$2 billion in sales from its A series of application processor on its iPhones and M series of AP from its Mac PCs, the analyst firm said.Apple introduced the M serie

Fab equipment firm FST said on Thursday that it has developed the “world’s first” pellicle mounter/demounter for the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process used in semiconductor production.The equipment mounts and dismounts pellicles on the masks automatically. The equipment has passed a review conducted

Nexperia, a Dutch chip firm owned by China’s Wingtech, said on Monday that it will acquire UK chip foundry Newport Wafer Fab.CNBC said in its report that the deal is worth 63 million pounds.Nexperia will own a 100% stake in Newport’s fab in Wales.The UK foundry’s fab was founded in 1982 and has a pr