Market research firm DRAMeXchange reported on Aug. 30 that the average price of 8 Gb DDR4 DRAM chips, which are used mainly in PCs, was US$2.94 that day, showing no change from the previous month. The price slightly rose in December last year and fell for seven months in a row from January to July t

The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said on Aug. 29 that the Supreme Court ruling regarding Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong is likely to add uncertainties to the South Korean economy already going through a lot of difficulties due to the ongoing trade war between the United Stat

Although NAND flash prices have rebounded since the start of the second half, the upward momentum is unlikely to continue due to a sluggish demand recovery, industry experts say. In addition, concern is raised over a supply glut next year due to massive investments by NAND flash makers such as Samsu

Sales of the world’s top three memory makers -- Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron -- plunged by more than 30 percent in the first half of this year due to the slumping global semiconductor market.The world’s top 15 semiconductor makers' sales totaled US$148.72 billion in the first half,

Global semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron are trying to overcome a sharp drop in chip demand and prices with innovative technologies.U.S. chipmaker Micron announced on Aug. 16 that it has developed the industry's first 16 Gb mobile DRAM LPDDR4X. This produc

The Korea Customs Service announced on Aug. 16 that South Korea imported 529 tons of hydrogen fluoride for use in semiconductor manufacturing processes from Japan last month. The total value of the import is US$961,000. For reference, the average monthly amount on a customs clearance basis used to b

SK Hynix Inc. announced on Aug. 15 the launch of its “Gold S31” solid-state drive (SSD). Gold S31 (SATA III – first generation) is the first of the company’s new SuperCore series of consumer SSDs, an internal drive lineup based on SK Hynix’s core technology.The company says Gold S31 will be a perfec

Market research firm IHS Markit said in its report on Aug. 13 that Intel’s and Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business sales for the second quarter of this year are estimated at US$15,449 million and US$12,972 million, respectively.Samsung Electronics topped the global market in 2017 and for the

SK Hynix announced on Aug. 12 that it has developed an HBM2E DRAM, a high-bandwidth memory semiconductor that can used for artificial intelligence (AI) devices and supercomputers.The company said its new chip sports the industry’s fastest speed. It exceeds 460 gigabytes per second (GB/s), based on 3

Samsung Electronics has developed a 100-million-pixel image sensor ahead of Sony, the leader in the global image sensor market.Samsung Electronics announced on Aug. 12 that it has released the industry's first 108-milion-pixel mobile image sensor “ISOCELL Bright HMX.” Samsung became the first co

[비지니스코리아=정민희 기자] SK하이닉스가 1초에 영화 124편 분량의 데이터를 처리하는 고대역폭메모리(HBM:High Bandwidth Memory)를 개발했다.고성능 GPU(그래픽처리장치), 슈퍼컴퓨터, 인공지능(AI) 등 4차 산업 기반 시스템에 적합한 고사양 메모리 솔루션 시장을 선점한다는 계획이다.SK하이닉스는 메모리 반도체 업계 최고속 ‘HBM2E’ D램 개발에 성공했다고 12일 밝혔다.HBM2E는 기존 D램보다 데이터 처리 속도를 혁신적으로 끌어올린 HBM D램의 차세대 제품이다. 이전 규격인 HBM2 대비 처리 속도

[비지니스코리아=김은진 기자] 삼성전자가 차세대 서버용 고성능 SSD·고용량 D램 모듈의 양산에 돌입한다. 이들 모듈은 AMD 사의 신형 중앙처리장치(CPU)와 함께 데이터 센터용 서버에 탑재된다.삼성전자는 PCIe 4.0 인터페이스 기반의 고성능 NVMe SSD 'PM1733' 라인업과 고용량 D램 모듈 RDIMM(Registered dual in-line memory module), LRDIMM(Load-reduced dual in-line memory module)을 본격 양산했다고 9일 밝혔다. 'PM1

Intensifying competition among Chinese smartphone makers over high-pixel cameras is pushing up the adoption of Samsung Electronics' image sensors. Chinese smartphone makers want to attract customers with low-price, high-performance products.Samsung Electronics aims to ramp up its share of the im

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the company’s semiconductor assembly plant in Onyang, South Chungcheong Province, on Aug. 6 as the first destination for his on-spot management after Japan excluded South Korea from its trade whitelist.Lee visited the Onyang plant to check its s

Samsung Electronics announced on Aug. 6 that it has begun mass-producing 250-gigabyte (GB) SATA solid state drive (SSD) that integrates the company’s 6th-generation (1xx-layer) 256-gigabit (Gb) three-bit V-NAND. The company has delivered the SSDs to a global PC manufacturer.The new SSD is based on t

Memory chip manufacturers such as Micron Technology, SK Hynix and Western Digital have recently announced that they would cut production in step with a decline in global demand. On the contrary, Samsung Electronics said that it is not going to reduce its memory chip production and it is going to dea

Samsung Electronics Co. has suggested that it may partially adjust its output of memory semiconductors such as DRAM and NAND flash. Previously, the company made it clear that it would not artificially cut production. The company is expected to convert some memory production lines to non-memory ones,

Concerns are growing that Japan's economic retaliation against Korea, which started in the semiconductor and display sectors, may expand and hit the Korean industry as a whole.As Japan is expected to remove South Korea from a "whitelist" of trusted importers, Korean companies that import the 1,1

The Japanese government announced on July 1 that it would start to restrict the export of semiconductor and display materials to South Korea from July 4, causing many South Korean companies to be nervous.“Japanese companies now must obtain a permission from the Japanese government to export resist,

Samsung Electronics has made it clear that it would not cut production of memory semiconductors such as DRAMs. In addition, the global semiconductor giant said it is difficult to assess the impact of Japan's export curbs on its semiconductor business, pledging it would minimize damage through va