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

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

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has began to manufacture its new solid-state drive (SSD) called PE8110 E1.S.The SSD is aimed at servers and the company will begin supplying them to customers in May.PE8110 E1.S is based on 128-layer NAND. SK Hynix said the new SSD has improved writing and reading s

SK Hynix has formed a new group that will focus on development of fab equipment technologies, TheElec has learned.The South Korean memory maker had hired an outside expert and named them an executive vice president to lead the fab equipment development group.The group will be under direction supervi

SK Hynix has settled its patent lawsuit with Netlist.The South Korean memory maker will pay royalties to the latter under their patent cross-licensing agreement, the company said.SK Hynix will be paying around US$40 million for use of Netlist’ patents.In 2016, Netlist filed a patent infringement law

A gas leak at SK Hynix’s chip plant in South Korea has injured three people.The South Korean memory giant said on Tuesday that hydrogen fluoride leaked during equipment inspection at its M16 plant in Icheon.One suffered burns on their arms and legs, while two inhaled the gas. They were rushed to the

Tesna recorded an operating margin rate of 23.09% in 2020, the highest among semiconductor packaging and testing companies in South Korea.The top ten companies for packaging and testing (back-end process) combined recorded average operating margin rates of 5.66%.Tesna’s operating margin rate beat ot

SK Hynix is in talks to supply its memory chips for cars with German auto-component giant Bosch, TheElec has learned.SK Hynix has completed the development of the memory chip that meets specifications requested by Bosch, people familar with the matter said.DRAMs used in cars have increased reliabili

The top 40 semiconductor and display equipment companies in South Korea saw their operating income and sales increase substantially in 2020.The companies combined recorded 12.72 trillion won in sales and 1.22 trillion won in operating income, an increase of 25.8% and 66.5%, respectively, from 2019,

South Korean chip giant SK Hynix on Wednesday has named a new co-CEO.SK Telecom vice chairman Park Jung-ho was newly named co-CEO by the board.Park will be in charge of building the corporate culture and drawing up long-term strategy to increase SK Hynix’ global competence, the company said.Current

SK Hynix will focus on improving the profitability of its NAND flash business going forward, the company CEO said on Tuesday at its shareholders’ meeting.The South Korean memory maker invested in Kioxia in 2018. Last year, it announced that it would be acquiring Intel’s NAND business unit.SK Hynix C

Solus Advanced Materials on Friday named former SK Hynix president Suh Kwang-pyuk as a new independent CEO at its shareholders’ meeting and board meeting.He will become the joint CEO to current CEO Chin Dae-jae. CEO Lee Yoon-seok, which oversaw the company along with Chin, will step down from his po

The CEO of SK Hynix said on Sunday the importance of memory will become more important in the era of digital transformation.Company CEO Lee Seok-hee, speaking at the 2021 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), said the company will overcome various material, structure and reliabili

Semiconductor testing firm APACT said on Tuesday that it recorded 49.6 billion won in sales and 6.5 billion won in operating income for the entire year of 2020. Its net income for the year was 6.7% billion won.Sales increased 6% from 2019 while operating income declined 19.8% from the previous year.

South Korean fabless semiconductor companies recorded noticeably polarizing earnings in 2020.TheElec collected earnings of the top 17 fabless companies, including design houses and chipless firms, and based on revenue in South Korea.The four top companies, Silicon Works, ADTechnology, Abov Semicondu

SK Hynix’s acquisition of Intel’s NAND business unit has received approval from the US government.The South Korean memory maker said on Friday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) gave the go-ahead for the deal.SK Hynix already received the approval from the Federal

Samsung’s suspension of its semiconductor plant in Austin due to power outage will increase prices of solid-state drives (SSD), market research firm TrendForce says.Client SSD prices will increase between 3 to 8% in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, the firm said. Prices of enterpris

Dongjin Semichem and ENF Technology have sent requests to their customers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to increase the price of thinners by up to 50%, TheElec has learned.The companies are asking for the raise to come in to affect starting in April. Samsung and SK are running simulations to cons