314 news items tagged Korea
GlobalWafers to expand 12-inch wafer production at Korea plant, report says
Thursday 19 April 2018Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has struck a deal with a provincial government in South Korea for expansion of its local plant in Cheonan, South Chungcheong, according to a report...
Rising component and material costs to put pressure on gross margin
Thursday 19 April 2018IC foundries, and PC and handset manufacturers continue to encounter rising costs of components and materials, and will see their gross margins come under downward pressure in 2018,...
GlobalWafers order visibility clear through 2020
Friday 13 April 2018Taiwan-based GlobalWafers, a supplier of semiconductor silicon wafers, has reported clear order visibility through 2020.
Everlight wins patent lawsuit in Korea
Tuesday 10 April 2018LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has announced that South Korea's intellectual property authority has upheld the company's patent KR768539 against Seoul Semiconductor's...
Korea becomes largest semiconductor equipment market in 2017, says SEMI
Monday 9 April 2018Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled US$56.6 billion in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 37% from 2016 sales of US$41.24 billion, according to SEMI....
China playing bigger role in global fabless IC market, says IC Insights
Monday 26 March 2018China-based companies have shown the largest fabless IC market share gain since 2010, according to IC Insights. China-based fabless chipmakers collectively captured an only 5% share...
Samsung enhances 8-inch foundry offerings
Wednesday 21 March 2018Samsung Electronics has announced more value added 8-inch (200mm) technology solutions for its foundry customers. On top of its existing embedded flash memory (eFlash), power, display...
Fab spending poised for 5% growth in 2019, says SEMI
Tuesday 13 March 2018Fab equipment spending will increase at 5% in 2019 for a fourth consecutive year of growth, according to SEMI. China is expected to be the main driver of fab equipment spending growth...
Samsung breaks ground on new EUV line in Hwaseong
Friday 23 February 2018Samsung Electronics has announced that it has broken ground on a new EUV (extreme ultraviolet) line in Hwaseong, Korea, aiming to maintain its leadership in state-of-the-art semiconductor...
Nanya January revenues hit record for 4th straight month
Wednesday 7 February 2018DRAM chipmaker Nanya has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.15 billion (US$210.1 million) for January 2018, hitting a monthly record for the fourth consecutive month.
Samsung reportedly to sign MoU with China NDRC
Friday 2 February 2018Samsung Electronics reportedly will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which has expressed concerns over Samsung's...
LGD approved to set up first overseas 8.5G OLED panel fab in China
Friday 29 December 2017LG Display (LGD) will move to set up an 8.5G OLED panel plant in Guangzhou, southern China, as South Korea government has lately issued a green light for the investment project, according...
Colorful expects rising revenues in 2017
Tuesday 19 December 2017Colorful Technology expects its revenues to rise on year in 2017 thanks to graphics card and motherboard demand from the gaming market and the cryptocurrency mining fad. As for 2018,...
Digitimes Research: Korea pushing 5G commercialization
Thursday 14 December 2017The South Korea government has set an ambitious goal to grab a larger pie of the global 5G market as it calculates that its 5G hardware and software market is expected to grow at...
Semiconductor equipment market to break record in 2017, says SEMI
Wednesday 13 December 2017SEMI has projected that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 35.6% to US$55.9 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor...
Samsung starts mass production of 10LPP process
Thursday 30 November 2017Samsung Electronics announced recently that its foundry business has commenced mass production of system-on-chip (SoC) products built on its second generation 10nm FinFET process...
Digitimes Research: Top-3 Korea fixed-network players vary in marketing strategies
Monday 20 November 2017The top-three high speed fixed network communications firms in South Korea have adopted different marketing strategies to attract customer patronages, with the leading player Korea...
Toppan gearing up support for migration to 7nm, 5nm
Tuesday 7 November 2017Toppan Printing is gearing up for its foundry customers' migration to 7nm process technology in 2018 and 5nm process in 2019, according to the Japan-based photomask vendor.
Gowin, TSMC team up for 28nm FPGA chips
Friday 3 November 2017China-based Gowin Semiconductor has announced the development of its first 28nm FPGA product, the GW3AT-100, fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
Digitimes Research: Panel makers stepping up 10.5G development
Thursday 5 October 2017With competition in the TV panel market gradually mounting in the above 55-inch segment, some makers have been aggressively establishing new 10.5G production lines, including: China's...
IT component shortages could worsen during holidays
Monday 2 October 2017With components including DRAM and panels still in shortages, the long holidays in China, South Korea and Taiwan in October are expected to pose a great challenge to smartphone and...
Samsung ready to mass produce MRAM chips using 28nm FD-SOI process
Tuesday 26 September 2017Samsung Foundry will soon be ready to enter mass production of magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) chips built using 28nm fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) process...
Japan, Korea, Taiwan among top-5 Google Play markets
Thursday 21 September 2017In terms of app sales revenues, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are among the top-5 Google Play markets globally, according to James Sanders, Asia Pacific director of Google Play.
MediaTek to unveil 5G prototype chip by end-2017
Monday 18 September 2017MediaTek is expected to complete development of its 5G prototype chip by the end of 2017, and is gearing up for trials of its 5G solutions in 2018, according to industry sources.
TUV Rheinland launches photobiological safety lab in South Korea
Friday 15 September 2017TUV Rheinland has opened a photobiological safety testing laboratory in South Korea. The new facility will help Korea-based manufacturers of LED products and lighting systems to target...
- GlobalWafers to expand plant in central S. Korea (Apr 17) - Yonhap News
- Applications for patents on AI chips Increase 10-fold in 4 years (Mar 16) - BusinessKorea
- Qualcomm receives authorization from the European Commission and Korea Fair Trade Commission for NXP acquisition (Jan 18) - Company release
- Semiconductors take up 16% of South Korea exports (Oct 27) - Yonhap News
- LG Display, Huawei to sign long-term smartphone OLED supply deal (Sep 20) - BusinessKorea
- Korea Smart ID to provide fingerprint smart cards for UN (Sep 12) - BiometricUpdate.com
- China faces foes in Tokyo, Seoul and beyond on semiconductors (Jul 27) - Wall Street Journal
- Samsung rumored to resume making iPhone chips for Apple in 2018 with 7nm 'A12' (Jul 18) - Apple Insider
- SK hynix joins hands with Japan's ORIX for Toshiba deal: report (Jun 2) - The Investor
- LG Innotek to supply facial recognition camera module for iPhone 8 (May 11) - The Investor