Apple unveiled A14 Bionic, an application processor (AP) that applies a 5 nanometer (nm) process. This chip was first applied to the new product ‘iPad Air’ announced through an online event on the 16th 2020. It will also be installed on the’iPhone 12 (tentative name)’ scheduled to be released next… Read More »Apple unveils a new chip for Iphone 12
Samsung Electronics announced on the 30th that it will start operating the semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek Line 2. The first production item is the 3rd generation 10-nano class (1z) LPDDR5 mobile DRAM applied with an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process. Pyeongtaek Line 2 will be operating as a complex line that… Read More »Samsung starts production of 3rd generation 10-nano class LPDDR5 mobile DRAM
In the United States, the number of deaths due to the novel coronavirus infection exceeds 1,000 per day as the economy becomes sluggish, and millions of applications for unemployment benefits are submitted every week. In such a crisis, semiconductors have become the key point in the new industrial policies that are… Read More »CHIPS and era of post-globalization
Huawei is stockpiling several years worth of semiconductor chips used in mobile communication base station equipment. Unlike the smartphone division, where development of the latest in-house application processor has stopped, the impact of US sanctions on the communications equipment business will likely be limited for the time being. In… Read More »Huawei reserves several years of semiconductor inventory for communication equipment
Intel announced in late July 2020 that the company’s technology roadmap is expected to be further delayed. From this we can expect for AMD to likely take the further market share from Intel in the future. Currently, nearly half of AMD’s sales come from TSMC’s 7nm process products. However it is planned… Read More »Is AMD taking Intel’s market share?
Ubi Materials has completed joint development of CMP Slurry with SK Hynix and is preparing to supply the first 3D NAND flash mass production line at the Cheongju plant. Experts expected that it could be applied to mass production lines as early as the end of this year and at… Read More »Success of a start-up in semiconductor materials (CMP slurry)
Industry sources report Huawei is recruiting lithography machine technicians on a large scale. This may mean that Huawei may intend to develop its own chip manufacturing technology without relying on third-party suppliers. Under US sanctions the lithography machine giant ASML stopped supplying EUV lithography machines to SMIC. In May of… Read More »Huawei is recruiting lithography machine technicians
The International Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Association (SEMI) announced on the 22nd that this year’s semiconductor equipment investment will increase 6% year-on-year. More than $63.2 billion is expected to be invested this year, more than $59 billion last year. It is expected to hit a record high of $70 billion… Read More »Semiconductor equipment investment increased in 2020
Virtualization technology has emerged that can share access to graphics processing unit (GPU) for multiple people. On the 7th, Nvidia’s domestic distributor, Leaders Systems, announced that it will provide a 90-day free trial of’RWWN (Remote Work With NVIDIA)’, a virtual graphics processing unit (vGPU) software. vGPU is ideal for jobs… Read More »Remote access to GPU by NVIDIA
The performance of major semiconductor makers in the first quarter was improved significantly. The top 10 semiconductor companies reported sales in the first quarter of this year. Sales were reported in the order of Intel , Samsung Electronics , SK Hynix , Micron , Broadcom , Qualcomm , Texas Instruments… Read More »The situation on the semiconductor market