277 news items tagged South Korea
MPI, LCP materials for smartphone antennas to coexist
Wednesday 4 December 2019Modified polyimide (MPI) and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) materials for smartphone antennas are expected to coexist, with the former being adopted mainly for Android models, and the...
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
Monday 25 November 2019GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Samsung reportedly to step up capacity expansion pace
Friday 1 November 2019Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to place new equipment orders for its memory fabs in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) and Xian (China), gearing up to resume its aggressive capacity...
Samsung sees profit improve sequentially in 3Q19
Thursday 31 October 2019Samsung Electronics has reported KRW 62 trillion (US$53.37 billion) in consolidated revenues, rising 10.45% sequentially but dropping 5.28% on year. Its third-quarter 2019 operating...
Samsung to ship more handsets built by ODM partners in 2020, says report
Wednesday 30 October 2019Samsung is expected to give more handset orders to its ODM production partners in China in 2020 as the Korean vendor seeks to further improve its competitiveness by reducing production...
Wafer capacity by feature size shows rapid growth at sub-10nm
Thursday 17 October 2019Leading-edge processes, defined as sub-28nm technologies, accounted for the largest portion in terms of monthly installed capacity available in 2015. By the end of 2019, sub-28nm...
Charging station standard crucial to Taiwan electric car market, says CharIN Asia head
Monday 14 October 2019The establishment of a charging station standard is necessary for a market to see broader adoption of electric cars, according to Jacques Borremans, head of Charging Interface Initiative...
DRAM contract prices stop falling
Friday 27 September 2019Contract prices for DRAM held flat in August 2019, with prices for 8GB PC DRAM modules averaging US$25.50, according to DRAMeXchange.
Intel provides new Optane, 3D NAND updates
Friday 27 September 2019Intel has unveiled its second-generation Optane storage-class memory codenamed Barlow Pass that will be launched along with its new-generation Xeon CPUs in 2020. Intel also disclosed...
China aggressively poaching talent from Korea, Taiwan chipmakers
Thursday 19 September 2019China-based semiconductor firms are keenly luring talent away from chipmakers in Taiwan and South Korea by offering much higher pays, seeking to shorten time for technology development...
DuPont sells SiC wafer division to SK Siltron
Wednesday 11 September 2019DuPont Electronics & Imaging has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its compound semiconductor solutions (CSS) business to SK Siltron. The transaction is expected to...
Samsung EUV process reportedly facing hurdles
Friday 23 August 2019Speculation has started circulating in the chipmaking industry that Samsung's 7nm EUV manufacturing yield rates are still lower than expected and may interrupt production for Qualcomm's...
Asustek not expecting much impact from rising component prices in 2H19
Wednesday 14 August 2019Asustek Computer willl not be much impacted by a likely rally in prices for memory chips, LCD panels and other components in the second half of 2019 as the hikes will only have short-term...
JCET kicks off 12-inch wafer bumping production in S Korea
Wednesday 31 July 2019Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), the largest China-based IC backend service provider, has announced that volume production is kicking off at its new 12-inch wafer...
Winbond 12-inch fab runs at full capacity
Tuesday 30 July 2019Specialty DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics has seen its 12-inch fab run at full capacity starting July, thanks to the arrival of new orders and seasonal factors.
5G phones to represent 51% of total phone sales in 2023, Gartner says
Friday 19 July 20195G-capable phones will represent 6% of total sales of phones in 2020, according to Gartner.
DRAM contract prices remain under downward pressure, says DRAMeXchange
Thursday 18 July 2019Spot market prices for DRAM memory have started rebounding recently and will continue their growth in the short term, according to DRAMeXchange. But DRAM contract market prices are...
Japan export control to have limited impact on Samsung foundry biz
Wednesday 17 July 2019Japan's tighter export control on photoresists and two other critical materials used in South Korea's high-tech sector are unlikely to benefit TSMC much given the relatively small...
Topco says it sells Japan-sourced photoresist to clients only in Taiwan, China
Friday 12 July 2019Taiwan-based Topco Scientific, a distributor of semiconductor materials, has clarified that it will supply Japan-sourced photoresist and other related semiconductor materials to clients...
Korea DRAM suppliers show no sign of cutting production, but price increases to depend on inventory levels
Friday 12 July 2019There has been no sign indicating that Korea-based DRAM suppliers are cutting their output, despite recent speculation claiming Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are doing so, according...
Japan trade restrictions on Korea to impact global industrial development, says AUO chairman
Thursday 11 July 2019Any form of trade war, such as Japan's restrictions on exports of key chemical materials to Korea, will have a negative impact on global industrial development, as each of the players...
Semiconductor supply chain needs at least 3 months to digest inventory
Tuesday 9 July 2019It will take at least three months for global semiconductor inventories to be digested while semiconductor supply chain players are still plagued by overcapacity and clients' conservative...
Silicon wafer suppliers see demand fade, spot prices plummet
Thursday 27 June 2019Silicon wafer manufacturers have experienced a slowdown in orders from the chipmaking industry, while spot prices for silicon wafers are falling fast, according to industry sources...
5G to contribute almost US$900 billion to Asia economy over next 15 years
Wednesday 26 June 2019Asia's mobile operators are set to invest US$370 billion building new 5G networks between 2018 and 2025, according to the latest Asia Pacific edition of the GSMA's Mobile Economy...
G2 and Beyond: US-China row is war over technology control, says Digitimes president
Monday 24 June 2019Commenting on the US-China trade tensions and how they are affecting the ICT upstream supply chains in Taiwan, Japan and Korea, Digitimes president Colley Hwang has pointed out that...
- Feuding Korean firms risk disrupting electric car battery supplies (Nov 27) - Reuters
- S. Korea's semiconductor exports expected to rebound next year: report (Nov 3) - Yonhap News
- S. Korea calls for all-out efforts to overcome challenges in chip industry (Oct 24) - Yonhap News
- SK Hynix shifts away from Japanese input material with Korean product (Oct 2) - Reuters
- South Korea August exports tumble for ninth month as world economy cools (Sep 1) - Reuters
- Japan's curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire (Aug 30) - Reuters
- South Korea's top court orders retrial for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong (Aug 29) - CNN
- South Korea's economy facing 'perfect storm' as Japan trade dispute continues and exports plunge (Aug 23) - South China Morning Post
- Japan allows further exports of high-tech material to South Korea (Aug 20) - Reuters
- South Korea downgrades trade ties with Japan (Aug 12) - CNN