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10-day semiconductor industry exports have dropped 23.4%! South Korea's exports will record the biggest decline in 10 years
Feb
South Korea ’s export performance has been sluggish. However, the latest customs data show that South Korean exports have shown a slight rebound recently. In the first 10 days of December, the export value increased by 7.7% compared with the same period last year, but the export value of semiconductors in key industries still fell by 23.4% compared with the same p…
Kunshan company shut down in China, Samsung also announced withdrawal from HDI business after LG
Feb
According to the Korea Central Daily, Samsung Electric announced on the board of directors on December 12 that it would liquidate Kunshan, China, and officially withdraw from the smartphone mainboard (HDI) business.
It is understood that Kunshan Samsung Electric was registered and established in 2009. In June 2010, it officially launched HDI mass production and b…
Semiconductor industry is expected to pick up, Han Yin and Nomura have different forecasts
Feb
Against the backdrop of a slowdown in semiconductor prices, the Bank of Korea and domestic and foreign market research agencies have predicted that the semiconductor boom is expected to rebound next year. Most current forecasts point out that after the semiconductor price bottoms out early next year, it will start to rebound in the middle of the year, but based on t…
Regarding the control of semiconductor exports, Japan and South Korea's trade department will hold talks at the director level after three years
Feb
According to the Yonhap News Agency, on the morning of December 16th, Japan and South Korea ’s trade management departments held a director-level talks on Japan ’s restrictions on South Korea ’s export trade in the office of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Conduct a policy dialogue on export management of strategic commodities.
Lee Hao-hyun, Tr…
US technology companies no longer buy it! Refusal to sign U.S. government's latest anti-Huawei agreement
Feb
According to the Financial Times, U.S. technology companies have rejected the Trump administration's announced request to stop purchasing products from certain Chinese companies because they fear such a policy could violate competition laws.
According to people familiar with the matter, the US State Department requires telecommunications operators and chip makers…
South Korea is also fighting for localization! Samsung V-NAND process significantly improves the proportion of domestic equipment
Feb
Samsung plans to introduce a large number of etching equipment from South Korean company SEMES, which was originally provided by Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Tokyo Willec (TEL). The Korean industry expects that Korean semiconductor equipment can increase the proportion of use in the front-end process.
Korean media reported that in the first half of next…
Broadcom plans to sell RF chip business worth $ 10 billion
Feb
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Broadcom intends to sell the RF business of one of its wireless chip divisions, a move that will accelerate the company's fundamental transformation from a semiconductor manufacturer.
The division generated $ 2.2 billion in Broadcom's 2019 fiscal year and was one of the original businesses of its predecessor comp…
Renesas Introduces Versatile, Low-Power Microcontrollers RL78 / G14
Feb
According to the END Japan website, Renesas launched a new low-power RL78 / G14 rapid prototyping board in December. The reference unit price is $ 20. It is suitable for motor control of portable devices and Internet of Things (IoT) sensor devices. Development and multi-functional development, users can flexibly respond to rapid changes in technology and markets, sh…
Ni Guangnan optimistic about open source chips: RISC-V and Intel ARM will be three points in the world
Feb
According to the Pemba News report, the recent International Chip Conference 2019 (Chips 2019) was held in Beijing. Ni Guangnan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, looked forward to the prospect of open source chips.
He said: "In the future, RISC-V is likely to develop into one of the world's mainstream CPUs, thereby forming a three-pointed pat…
The market share in the mainland is rising, and the memory factory ESMT is estimated to grow against the trend throughout the year.
Feb
Memory IC design factory ESMT held a financial report on the 25th, looking forward to the market outlook, the company believes that although the environmental uncertainty remains in the fourth quarter, but the mainstream memory supply and demand is stable, smart speaker orders are booming, the fourth quarter revenue is expected to be flat It is the third season with…
Raising $ 10 million, Nowi will vigorously develop energy harvesting PMIC
Feb
According to eeNews analog reports, Nowi BV has recently raised $ 10 million through a round of equity financing. This round of funding will be mainly invested in PMIC products, with a view to commercial production in 2020.
The funding was provided by Amsterdam-based venture capital firm Disruptive Technology Ventures (DTV).
It is understood that in 2018, DTV …
BOE lost? Samsung and LG rumored to provide OLED screens for next iPhone
Feb
On November 27, according to etnews reports, Samsung Display and LG Display will become the only suppliers of OLED screens for the new iPhone in 2020.
Insiders revealed that Apple is expected to launch three new sizes of OLED panels in the new 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch iPhone models to be released in the fall of 2020. However, the overall iPhone model is li…
Seoul Semiconductor to auction key technology patent portfolio for 5G network design and smartphone cameras
Feb
Seoul Semiconductor has announced that it will auction its RF semiconductor patent portfolio and high-power LED package patent portfolio, and is looking for potential buyers or license partners for some of these technologies.
Seoul Semiconductor believes that this is a good opportunity for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises that have difficulty obtai…
QLED commercialization possibility? Nature issues Samsung breakthrough results
Feb
According to the Korea Central Daily News, the British "Nature" journal published the breakthrough research results of Dr. Eunjoo Jang and Dr. Yu-Ho Won of Samsung Electronics Comprehensive Technology Institute. Samsung claims that it has verified the possibility of commercialization of self-luminous QLED.
QLED (quantum dot light emitting diode) is a technology t…
Intel: Selling Modem chip business to Apple is completely Qualcomm's
Feb
Intel Corps said in a court filing today that the sale of the modem chip business to Apple was completely forced by Qualcomm's unfair authorization. As early as January 2017, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an antitrust allegation against Qualcomm, saying that Qualcomm's patent authorization policy violated federal laws and constituted unfair …