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2024.12.09

16:34

Samsung new head of chip foundry business Jinman Han: to focus on both advanced and mature processes

Jinman Han, who was just promoted to president and general manager of foundry business at Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions division at the end of last month, said in an internal letter to employees today that Samsung's foundry department has to realize mastering both advanced and mature processes, according to ETNews and Sedaily.Han said that the most critical task for Samsung's foundry department is to realize the 2nm capacity yield improvement.Samsung Electronics took the lead in the realization of the world's first GAA process, but there is still a big gap in the commercialization of advanced processes."We need to break the vicious cycle of 'window of opportunity closes so we gamble again at the next node,'" he said.Han believes that the competitiveness of mature processes is equally important, and that the foundry department should work hard to expand the commercial scale of mature processes, and needs to focus on acquiring more customers.

2024.11.01

07:42

Samsung may close around 50% of wafer production lines

Asia Tech Wire (Nov 1) -- Samsung plans to further scale down its foundry production, aiming to reduce operations to around 50% by the end of the year, according to The Chosun Daily.

2024.10.23

09:54

Intel seeks to team up with Samsung against TSMC

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 23) -- Intel seeks to establish a foundry alliance with Samsung Electronics to counterbalance TSMC, according to Korean media reports.

2024.10.22

03:06

Samsung Biologics signs $1.24 billion manufacturing deal

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 22) -- Samsung Biologics, the pharmaceutical arm of Samsung Group, announced Tuesday that it has signed a $1.24 billion manufacturing contract with an Asian pharmaceutical company.

2024.10.18

10:19

Samsung may delay receiving chip equipment from ASML for new U.S. factory

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 18) -- Samsung may delay receiving chipmaking equipment from ASML for its new U.S. factory, according to Reuters.

2024.10.14

03:01

Samsung Electronics' market value evaporates $66.2 billion amid market winter

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 14) -- Samsung Electronics saw its market value evaporate by nearly 90 trillion won ($66.2 billion) amid a market "winter", according to Aju News.

2024.10.11

07:14

Samsung Electronics said to exit LED business

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 11) -- Samsung Electronics will exit the LED business and is ready to launch a complete organization restructure, according to Aju News.

2024.10.08

09:53

Samsung announces settlement, but Indian union says strike will continue

03:28

Samsung not interested in spinning off foundry business, Lee says

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 8) -- Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong said in an interview with Reuters on Monday that the company has no intention of spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business and its logic chip designing operations.

02:59

Samsung Electronics exec apologizes for Q3 results below market expectations

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 8) -- A Samsung Electronics executive apologized for lower-than-market-expected third-quarter results.

2024.09.26

07:57

Samsung, LG working on sound-emitting display for smartphones

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 26) -- South Korea's Samsung and LG are developing a sound-emitting display for mobile phones, according to Sisa Journal.

2024.09.24

08:25

Samsung to invest additional $1.8 billion in Vietnam

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 24) -- Samsung Group intends to invest an additional $1.8 billion in Vietnam, said Choi Joo Ho, general director of Samsung Vietnam at a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday.

2024.09.23

03:50

Samsung targets mass production of all-solid-state battery for wearables in H1 2026

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 23) -- Samsung is targeting mass production of a small all-solid-state battery for wearable devices in the first half of 2026, according to South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper.

2024.09.11

08:11

Samsung Electronics said to use 2nm process to make ADAS chips for Ambarella

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 11) -- Samsung Electronics has bagged another foundry order for its advanced 2nm process to produce advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) chips for U.S. fabless semiconductor design company, according to THE ELEC.

2024.09.09

06:35

Samsung launches AI home appliances production line in India

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 9) -- Samsung has launched its AI home appliances production line in India.

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