Hanmi Semiconductor said on Thursday that it has supplied its Micro SAW T2101 dual-chuck saw to a global automotive semiconductor company.The company said the saw can cut conventional packages as well as those that are thick or need water-proofing.Hanmi Semiconductor said it expected to ship more sa

Semiconductor wafer maker SK Siltron said on Wednesday that it plans to spend 1 trillion won for the next three years to expand its production of 300mm wafers.Additional facilities will be built on 42,716 meter-square of land and construction will start during the first half of 2022, the company sai

Intel said on Tuesday that it plans to spend 17 billion euros, or approximately US$19 billion, to build new chip plants in the city of Magdeburg in Germany.Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger also said that the company plans to spend around US$90 billion for the next ten years in Europe to build additional chip

E-SOL, the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) solution subsidiary of FST, is developing a ‘lite’ version of its EUV pellicle inspection equipment.The model will be smaller with a lower price tag compared to EPTR, which the company completed development during the fourth quarter last year, the company said.EU

South Korean outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) companies saw their revenues increase by double-digits in 2021, their filings showed.OSAT companies handle packaging and testing of processed wafers. They are seeing demand for their services increase from the ongoing global chip shor

China’s market share in the global foundry market is expected to remain flat for the next five years, according to analyst firm IC Insights.The country accounted for 8.5% of the global foundry market in 2021 but this will only grow to 8.8% by 2026, according to the firm.China peaked at taking 11.4%

Pre-owned fab equipment seller Surplus Global is planning to enter the fab equipment component distribution business.The company said it was building a platform that distributes, repairs and offers quality assurance for legacy components, people familiar with the matter said.Surplus Global plans to

A 14-nanometer (nm) AI SoC designed with SemiFive’s design platform will go into production during the second half of the year, the company said on Friday.The development of the AI chip, which was designed for data center and edge AI applications, had been completed last year in collaboration with t

Chip reliability testing firm QRT said on Wednesday that it has filed a patent for developing a semiconductor device for protection against electrostatic discharge, or ESD.The patent allows the chip to efficiently release ESD to protect the circuits, the company said.It also allows such semiconducto

Fab scrubber and chiller firm GST is aiming to supply one of its chillers to a major Taiwanese chipmaker within the year.The South Korean kit maker has been demo testing the equipment with the potential customer since November of last year, sources said.GST could win the order sometime in the second

Apple was developing the chip modules and packages to be used in its so-called Apple Car with a South Korean outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) company, TheElec has learned.The project started last year and is expected to be completed in 2023, sources said.The move coincides with Taiw

The CEO of AI chip platform startup Openedges Technology expects the company to experience double to triple growth per year going forward from high demand for its IP solutions.The company launched its mixed-precision (4/8bit) computation neural network processing unit (NPU) IP dubbed Enlight last mo

Samsung lost its patent lawsuit against memory module firm Netlist in the US.Netlist said on Thursday that the United States District Court for the Central District of California entered a judgment in favor of the firm against Samsung for material breaches of obligations under their joint developmen

Samsung is planning to wrap up quality evaluation for its 3-nanometer (nm) gate-all-around (GAA) process within the first half of 2022.However, despite these efforts by the Korean tech giant to move on to this next advanced semiconductor process node, the company was falling behind in building an in

Communication chip firm RFHIC is expected to win around 80 billion won in government subsidies for the development of chips related to satellite communication, TheElec has learned.The company is planning to expand its development gallium nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave IC (MMIC) to include module

AMD said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of Xilinx, in a record chip industry deal worth around US$50 billion.AMD had announced the purchase back in 2020 and had been seeking approval from regulators since then.The company said it plans to lead the computing, graphic and adaptive SoC

Samsung was researching and developing a new material to use to make focus rings, TheElec has learned.Focus rings are commodities used in the etching process of wafer fabrication. It fixes the wafer in place to maintain the plasma density and prevents the sides of the wafer from contamination.In the

SK Hynix has significantly downsized its team that develops memory products for automobiles, TheElec has learned.According to sources, Daeyong Shim, vice president head of SK Hynix’s Automotive Business, was transferred to the Semiconductor Academy, a team dedicated to educating the company’s suppli

Hyundai Motor was considering procuring home appliance IC controllers as the prolonged global chip shortage continues to affect automobile production, TheElec has learned.The South Korean automobile giant was conducting tests to see whether these controllers can replace the ones it currently uses an

Lam Research on Thursday announced new etching solutions that can be used for gate-all-around (GAA) transistor structures in wafers.The solutions were already in use by Samsung for its 3-nanometer (nm) GAA process, the company said.They were being manufactured by Lam Research Manufacturing Korea, th