LB Semicon is expected to test image sensors and application processor of customer Samsung Electronics in scale starting in May, TheElec has learned.The chip back-end processing firm begin testing the initial stock of chips in March.New testing facility made to handle Samsung’s order will operate at

South Korea fabless chip firm Zinitix said on Monday that it has supplied its wearable touch IC to FitBit.The chips are being used in the latest tracker model launched by FitBit, the Korean firm said.Touch controller IC accounts for around 90% of Zinitix’s sales. Samsung is its customer, which uses

Fixed price of DRAM surged in April from a month ago, according to DRAMeXchange.The price of PC DRAM (DDR4 8Gb) at the end of the April was US$3.8, an increase of 26.67% from the previous month.It is the highest rate of increase since the January of 2017, when the price of DRAM increased by 35.8% fr

Wireless chip supplier RFHIC has chosen as a vendor for a national project to develop gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor, the company said on Monday.The project is overseen by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Ministry of National Defense.It aims to develop an X-band GaN semiconductor

NXP Semiconductors said on Thursday that it has launched its new quad flat non-leaded package (QFN) RF front end solution for Wi-Fi 6 and 6E.The solution, called WLAN7205C, will be used in the recently launched OnePlus 9 smartphone.The new solution not only supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 standard but a

Fab equipment firm Jusung Engineering will spend 36.3 billion won to build a new production facility in Gwangju, where the company is based, it said on Thursday.The company will build a new four story facility with the fund. It will demolish its hold building to build the new enlarged facility. The

Fab equipment maker Tokyo Electron is expected to record its highest earnings this fiscal year, according to a report by Japanese media NikkeiCiting estimates from analysts, Nikkei said the company is expected to record 1.6 trillion yen in sales for its fiscal year running from March, 2021 to March,

Korea Enterprises Federation (FEK) said on Tuesday that it has sent a signed petition of local business leaders to the Blue House, South Korea's Presidential residence, requesting a pardon for Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae-yong.The federation said the petition was signed by its chairman Sohn Kyung-s

Yongin City said on Monday that it has secured fab equipment companies DSE Tech, NexStar and Justem as investors for its planned semiconductor cluster.The three companies will spend 41.5 billion won in the city to build their equipment factory and related facilities.DSE Tech is a tier-1 supplier to

Yes Power Technix said on Monday that it will supply 50 billion won worth of silicon carbide (SiC) power management semiconductors to a Taiwan-based company.The South Korean component maker will supply around 80 million units of the chips by December 2025 to the customer. Yes Power Technix didn’t na

Silicon Labs said on Thursday that it will sell its Infrastructure & Automotive business to Skyworks Solutions for US$2.75 billion in an all-cash deal.The transaction includes power, timing and broadcast products, intellectual property and 350 associated employees.Silicon Labs expects to receive aro

Membrane system firm SepraTek has chosen to head a South Korean national project to develop dissolved oxygen (DO) membrane degasifier (MDG), the company announced.A SepraTek spokesperson said the company has its own membrane contactor technology that is more efficient had removing dissolved gas comp

Swagelok Korea is expecting increased sales from its fluid systems used in semiconductor production this year.The US-based company manufactures gas and fluid systems components, such as fittings, valves and hoses. Its Korean subsidiary provides its services to Samsung, SK Hynix and local fab equipme

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has refused to take part in a preliminary review for a South Korean government project to develop next-generation processing-in-memory (PIM).The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has chosen PIM AI semiconductor as a national p

ASML said on Wednesday that it has recorded 4.36 billion euros in net sales and 1.33 billion in net income in the first quarter of 2021.This is a rise of 83.3% and 225%, respectively, from a year ago.The Netherlands-based company sold seven units of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) system in the first quar

Yes Power Technix, a subsidiary of YEST, will receive silicon carbide (SiC) trend MOSFET technology from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) for 2 billion won, the company announced.The technology was developed by KERI. South Korea is the third country after Japan and Germany to de

Applied Materials has touted its latest optical wafer inspection system that utilizes big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in South Korea.The company said at an online press event for South Korean media that it plans to expand its supply of its systems from foundry and logic to mem

Hanmi Semiconductor recorded 70.5 billion won in sales and 18.5 billion won in operating income in the first quarter of 2021.This is a rise of 80.1% and 161.5%, respectively, from the same time period a year ago.The company said it is seeing a surge in orders for semiconductor production equipment d

South Korean fab equipment manufacturer Jusung Engineering has won orders from SK Hynix for multiple units of atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment that will be used to manufacture next-generation DRAM, TheElec has learned.The South Korean memory maker is planning to use the equipment to deposit h

The power outage this week at TSMC’s P7 plant is expected to affect customers Renesas, NXP and Sony to varying degrees, according to market research firm TrendForce.The plant suffered a power outage due to accidental severing of a power cable during construction on Wednesday. Power was restored on t