SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the semiconductor industry experiencing a boom leading to a vibrant job market, South Korean tech giants are facing a growing dilemma: how to prevent technology leaks while competing for top talent. Industry leaders like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix routinely require employees to sign non-compete agreements, typically barring them [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has developed the world’s first 16 gigabyte DDR5 chip using the sixth generation of the 10 nanometer chipmaking technology. According to SK hynix, the new product comes with an improvement in cost competitiveness when compared with the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Sapeon Korea Inc. and Rebellions Inc., two artificial intelligence (AI) chipmakers in South Korea, have signed a formal merger agreement. In June, the two companies said they sought a merger as they seek to improve competitiveness in the global market for AI chips. The merged entity will be named [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is set to deploy a substantial semiconductor ecosystem fund starting in the third quarter of this year, targeting fabless chip design companies for scale-ups and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This move is part of a broader strategy to expand the country’s semiconductor value chain beyond memory [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s memory chip exports to Taiwan surged over 225 percent in the first half from a year earlier on robust demand for high-performance high bandwidth memory (HBM) products sparked by the fast growth of the global artificial intelligence (AI) market, data showed Sunday. Outbound shipments of memory chips [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The semiconductor and automobile industries led South Korea’s exports in the second quarter, with the items accounting for a record high of more than 30 percent of total outbound shipments, data showed Sunday. Combined exports of chips and cars reached US$54.3 billion in the April-June period, taking up the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Semiconductor, a South Korean optoelectronics company, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the world’s top supplier of backlight LEDs, surpassing long-time industry leader Nichia of Japan. According to a report released by market research firm Omdia, Seoul Semiconductor captured 16.5% of the global backlight LED market in 2023, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean chip giant SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it is set to receive up to US$450 in grants from the U.S. government for its investment to build a production base for advanced semiconductor packaging in Indiana. In April, the company announced a plan to invest $3.87 billion to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, said Tuesday it has started mass production of the industry’s thinnest mobile DRAM, LPDDR5X DRAM, tailored to on-device artificial intelligence. The new 12-nanometer (nm)-class 12 gigabyte (GB) and 16GB LPDDR5X DRAM packages are only 0.65 mm high, making them the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, said Monday it will focus on developing advanced packaging technologies for next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, aiming to solidify its leadership position in the booming artificial intelligence (AI) chip market. HBM is a high-performance DRAM in high demand, [...]