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SK Hynix begins mass production of fourth-generation 10-nanometer-class DRAM using EUV technology
Feb
Seoul, South Korea, July 12, 2021. SK Hynix (or the "Company", www.skhynix.com) announced that it has begun mass production of 8Gigabit (Gb) *LPDDR4 with the fourth-generation 10-nanometer (1a) process in early July. Mobile DRAM products.
* LPDDR4 (Low Power Double Data Rate 4)-a low power DRAM specification specially developed for mobile terminals. "DDR" is the …
TSMC’s June revenue surged record-breaking, and it is estimated to contribute to the mass production of Apple’s A15 processor
Feb
According to foreign media reports, last week TSMC, the leading foundry company, announced its June 2021 revenue, a record amount of NT$148.471 billion, or about US$5.3 billion. This is the first time that TSMC’s monthly revenue has exceeded the US$5 billion mark. The monthly growth was 22.8%, which was also a 32.1% increase over the same period in 2020. The sharp…
Musk:Chip shortages cause Tesla's Powerwall production to fail to meet half of demand
Feb
According to reports, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed in court on Monday that the current consumer demand for the company’s Powerwall products is about 80,000 units. However, due to the shortage of chips, Tesla this quarter It is not even possible to achieve half of the demand.
Musk said that in the best case, Tesla will be able to produce 30,000 to 35,000 househo…
The shortage of chips caused the proliferation of fakes, and the sales of X-ray detector manufacturers doubled year-on-year
Feb
The global shortage of chips has become increasingly serious, which has caused widespread concern among industry experts earlier that it is only a matter of time before the market is flooded with fakes. However, while unscrupulous merchants found new "gold mines", the sales of X-ray detectors that detect fake chips also doubled year-on-year.
The current chip shor…
WSJ: About 30 billion U.S. dollars! Rumor has it that Intel is exploring the acquisition of GlobalFoundries
Feb
According to the Wall Street Journal, according to people familiar with the matter, Intel is exploring the acquisition of GlobalFoundries Inc. This move will promote the semiconductor giant's plan to produce more chips for other technology companies and was named the largest acquisition in history.
People familiar with the matter said that this transaction may br…
Nikkei: It is difficult for manufacturing to return to the United States, but the era of real turbulence may be approaching
Feb
The U.S. government has repeatedly called for the "return of manufacturing to the United States", but in fact this is tantamount to seeking fish.
In February 2021, US President Biden signed an executive order to review the supply chain of four key projects: pharmaceuticals, important minerals, semiconductors, and high-capacity batteries. Biden said that the execu…
Strive for "post 5G" to achieve overtake! Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry provides 10 billion yen support to Kioxia and Socionext
Feb
In order to further improve 5G performance and develop semiconductors for “post 5G”, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan plans to provide Kioxia and Socionext with a total of 10 billion yen (RMB 588 million). funds.
According to Nikkei, the funds will support the development of large-capacity memory chips suitable for factory sensors and othe…
Dialog Semiconductor reaches the industry's highest ranking in the Iotmark-Wi-Fi benchmark test
Feb
Leading Battery and Power Management, Wi-Fi, Low Power Bluetooth (BLE), Industrial Edge Computing Solutions Supplier Dialog Semiconductor (German stock exchange trading code: DLG) announced today, its DA16200 SOC in EEMBC IotmarkTM The Wi-Fi benchmark is available 815 high points. The results obtained by the DA16200 further consolidated the leading position in the U…
SEMI: 29 new fabs will be added within two years, equipment spending will exceed 140 billion U.S. dollars
Feb
SEMI released the latest quarterly "Global Fab Forecast Report" on Wednesday (23rd) and pointed out that global semiconductor manufacturers will start the construction of 19 new high-capacity fabs before the end of this year, and start construction of another 10 wafers in 2022. Factory to meet the ever-increasing demand for chips in the broad market.
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Korean media: Chinese companies are buying semiconductor manufacturing equipment from all over the world
Feb
According to data released by SEMI, China's semiconductor manufacturing equipment purchases in the first quarter were 5.96 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 70% year-on-year, second only to South Korea's 7.31 billion U.S. dollars. As the shortage of cores continues to intensify competition in the global semiconductor industry, China's efforts to purchase equipmen…
South Korean experts call on the South Korean government to strengthen support for the DRAM industry
Feb
South Korea has the world's top two memory chip manufacturers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which are important economic lifelines. Experts in the Korean semiconductor industry called on the Korean government to more actively support domestic DRAM players, such as providing tax cuts to allow the DRAM industry to play its role as a "silicon shield."
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South Korea next year will invest US$2.2 billion in three major industrial projects such as future automobiles and system-level chips
Feb
South Korea’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Information and Communication announced on June 24 that it will invest 23.5 trillion won (20.846 billion U.S. dollars) in national R&D projects next year. Among them, 2.48 trillion won (US$2.2 billion) will be used for biotechnology and healthcare, future automobiles, and system-on-chip (SoC) industries.
The above-…
Samsung Electronics will pay US$9.8 billion in taxes and fees worldwide in 2020, and South Korea’s share will exceed 70%
Feb
According to the 2021 Sustainability Report released by Samsung Electronics on Monday, the company paid 11.1 trillion won ($9.8 billion) in taxes and fees last year. This figure is an increase of 14.4% over the previous year.
Samsung Electronics will pay 8.1 trillion won in taxes and fees in Korea in 2020, accounting for 73% of its total taxes and fees. The Ameri…
The price of bare wafers keeps rising, and fabs may have to negotiate long-term supply contracts with bare fabs
Feb
The Morgan Stanley survey pointed out that the global demand for bare wafers will increase in demand, which will drive the tight supply of wafers until 2022, especially 8-inch and 12-inch bare wafer fabs, which will reach a state of high demand in short supply by 2022. The fab may have to negotiate a five-year long-term supply contract with the bare fab, and the con…
Struggle with TSMC, Samsung announces successful tapeout of 3nm GAA
Feb
At the technical forum, TSMC emphasized that the 3-nanometer process will be officially mass-produced in the second half of 2022. Competitor South Korea’s Samsung also said recently that the GAA-based 3-nanometer process technology will be officially taped out, which is the only two companies in the world. For semiconductor wafer foundries that can achieve a 5nm p…