SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fabless semiconductor company FADU Inc. said Monday it has partnered with U.S. data storage firm Western Digital Corp. to co-develop next-generation technology for solid-state drives (SSDs) targeted at business applications. The collaboration focuses on developing Flexible Data Placement (FDP) technology, which aims to optimize the performance, reliability [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won had held a meeting with C.C. Wei, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), in Taiwan and they discussed bolstering cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies, SK Group said Friday. SK Group has SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) –In a move toward reducing reliance on imports, South Korea is establishing a semiconductor fabrication plant for 8-inch power semiconductors in Busan. This facility aims to bolster self-sufficiency in a critical industry. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that EYEQ Lab has begun constructing the new plant within [...]
SUWON, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) –A former Chinese employee of SK Hynix has been arrested and indicted on charges of illegally transferring the company’s core technology for reducing semiconductor defects to Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, prosecutors said on May 28. The 30-year-old woman, identified only by her last name A, worked at SK Hynix’s [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States, China and countries around the world are waging an intense battle to gain supremacy in the semiconductor industry, crucial for cutting-edge technologies. On May 23, in a meeting presided over by President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s government unveiled a comprehensive 26 trillion won support package for [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said Friday the testing process of its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips is proceeding smoothly in cooperation with its customers. “Samsung Electronics is currently working closely with a number of companies to continuously test the technology and performance,” the company said [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Two companies that supply semiconductors to China have entered Samsung Electronics’ list of five top revenue sources, underscoring the growing importance of the Chinese market for the South Korean tech giant. According to Samsung’s quarterly report disclosed on May 16, its five biggest revenue drivers in the first quarter were [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Edwards, a leading British semiconductor equipment company, has inaugurated a new facility in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, dedicated to producing crucial components for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography processes. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that Deputy Minister for Trade and Investment Choi Woo-seok attended the opening ceremony held [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will push to set up a package worth over 10 trillion won (US$7.28 billion) to support the chip industry as part of efforts to boost the competitiveness of the critical industry and to prop up economic growth, the finance ministry has said. The planned assistance program of [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it has developed a next-generation mobile NAND solution designed for on-device artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The new Zoned UFS (ZUFS) 4.0 is a NAND flash memory chip that improves efficiency of data management, and optimizes data transfer between operating system and [...]