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Monday 3 March 2025
Weekly news roundup: Dixon Technologies eyes US$3 billion display unit; Huawei Ascend 910C reportedly hits 40% yield
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from February 24 – February 27.
Thursday 27 February 2025
US tech giants launch quantum chips, South Korean firms focus on applications
As US technology companies continue to unveil quantum processing units (QPUs), the commercialization of quantum computers is expected to accelerate. South Korean firms are also investing...
Thursday 27 February 2025
SK Hynix reportedly hits 70% yield in HBM4 testing
SK Hynix has reportedly reached a significant milestone in its pre-production trials by raising the yield rate of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) to 70%. This achievement...
Thursday 27 February 2025
China stimulus programs fuel memory price rebound, but Korean vendors have concerns
Prices of mature process memory, long hit by oversupply due to fast capacity expansion at Chinese makers, are expected to rebound, thanks to the Chinese government's consumption stimulus...
Thursday 27 February 2025
SK Hynix begins first fab construction at Yongin cluster, eye 2027 completion
SK Hynix has advanced the groundbreaking of its first-phase Yongin Semiconductor Cluster plant (Yongin 1) from March 2025 to late February 2025 after the Yongin Special City government...
Wednesday 26 February 2025
US govt pressures South Korean firms with US$1 billion investment target
Donald Trump, President of the United States, has repeatedly signaled potential tariff increases on semiconductors and possible adjustments to the CHIPS Act subsidies, intensifying...
Wednesday 26 February 2025
YMTC's hybrid bonding patents: is Samsung losing ground in 400+ layer 3D NAND?
South Korea's NAND flash leaders, Samsung and SK Hynix, face a potential threat as Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC) takes the lead in hybrid bonding for 400+ layer 3D NAND...
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Samsung signs licensing agreement with YMTC for Hybrid Bonding tech
Samsung Electronics has reportedly signed a patent licensing agreement with Chinese NAND Flash manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technology Corp (YMTC) to license its Hybrid Bonding technology...
Wednesday 26 February 2025
SK Hynix to finalize Intel NAND takeover in March, cementing eSSD leadership
SK Hynix will finalize its acquisition of Intel's NAND flash business, now rebranded as Solidigm, in March 2025. This strategic move strengthens its enterprise SSD (eSSD) market position...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Semco exits smartphone HDI market with closure of Kunshan plant
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has officially shut down its smartphone motherboard (HDI) factory in Kunshan, China, as part of a broader strategy to pivot toward higher-value business...
Monday 24 February 2025
Samsung, union agree 5.1% wage hike in 2025 as tensions ebb
Samsung Electronics and its largest labor union have tentatively agreed to a 5.1% wage increase and stock awards for staff in 2025, signaling efforts by the two sides to defuse tensions...
Monday 24 February 2025
AI boom sends HBM demand soaring as Samsung eyes ASIC market shift
The global AI boom is set to keep high bandwidth memory (HBM) in short supply through 2025, as demand surges across AI and data-intensive applications, according to experts at SEMICON...
Monday 24 February 2025
Weekly news roundup: China shifts strategy on US tech rivalry; Intel reboots foundry business with UMC and MediaTek alliance
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of February 17 – February 21.
Monday 24 February 2025
Samsung to launch LPW DRAM in 2028, touted as 'mobile HBM' for on-device AI
As AI applications advance, the demand for high-performance and energy-efficient memory is growing across on-device AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and data centers. In response,...
Saturday 22 February 2025
Economy minister of Netherlands and former ASML CEO visit Samsung's Pyeongtaek plant
Dirk Beljaarts. Economy Minister of Netherlands and Peter Wennink, former CEO of ASML, visited Samsung Electronics' semiconductor facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, drawing significant...