South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. said on Wednesday it has opened a new factory to boost the production of dual TC bonders, essential process equipment for the production of high bandwidth Memory (HBM) used in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors.

According to sources in the semiconductor industry on July 31, domestic Memory semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are pushing for the expansion of dedicated HBM lines.

Samsung Electronics reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

SK hynix Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2023. The company recorded revenue of 7.306 trillion won, operating loss of 2.882 trillion won (with operating margin of negative 39%), and net loss of 2.988 trillion won (with net margin of negative 41%) for the three-month period ended June 30, 2023.

In order to follow the Memory market change, CFM will add DDR Module（Server）product quotations on July 18, 2023.

According to industry sources on July 3, Samsung Electronics will first make a change in personnel at the DRAM Development Office in its Memory Business Group. Hwang Sang-jun, a vice president who worked in the Memory Strategic Marketing Office, has been tapped as the new head of the DRAM Development Office.

ChinaFlashMarket(CFM) releases the June monthly report, which summarizes price changes of Memory spot price and important events, analyzes that part of Memory products with advanced process may rise in price in the third quarter.

SK hynix will now aim for the ASPICE Level 3 certification with a more advanced software development process.

SK hynix Inc. announced today that it has started mass production of its 238-layer 4D NAND Flash Memory, following the development in August 2022, and that product compatibility test with a global smartphone manufacturer is underway.

The 218-layer 3D flash leverages 1Tb triple-level-cell (TLC) and quad-level-cell (QLC) with four planes and features innovative lateral shrink technology to increase bit density by over 50 percent.

During Embedded World 2023 (March 14-16, Nuremberg / Germany) BIWIN will show its cutting-edge embedded and industrial Memory solutions in Hall 1, Stand 241 to meet the needs of today’s most demanding applications in PC, industrial automation, in-vehicle, server and smart mobile terminal industries.

Samsung is planning to build pilot lines by the end of the year for its planned new fabs in South Korea and the US, TheElec has learned.

Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) announced the appointment of Mark Montierth to the role of corporate vice president and general manager of its Mobile Business Unit.

BIWIN Storage Technology Company Limited (known as BIWIN at Stock Symbol: 688525) successfully joined on Sci-tech Innovation Board on December 30th.

BIWIN, a leader in flash storage and DRAM, will be in Las Vegas for January 5-8th 2023.