SK Hynix signs 5 year procurement contract worth $4.34 billion with ASML Holding N.V.

On Wednesday, the world’s second-largest memory chip maker SK Hynix stated, it has agreed to a five-year procurement contract worth $4.34 billion (4.8 trillion won) with ASML Holding N.V. to secure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) scanners that are used to manufacturing chips. In a regulatory filing, SK Hynix said, the deal is for its planned mass-production…

Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp to build new NAND memory chip production line to meet surging demand across industry sectors

On Thursday, Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp stated, it would build a new production line for NAND memory chips in central Japan in order to meet surging demand for data storage across industry sectors ranging from smartphones to self-driving cars. The new line, the seventh for Kioxia, will be built at its existing plant in Yokkaichi,…

Samsung Electronics to invest 113 trillion won in logic chips upto 2030

Samsung Electronics will investment 11 trillion won annually upto 2030, so as to become the world no.1 in logic chips. On Wednesday, Samsung Electronics stated it would be sinking in $9.57 billion (11 trillion won) annual through 2030 in its logic chip businesses, including its foundry business. The investment by Samsung Electronics, the world leader…

Samsung Group to invest $22 billion in new technologies over the next 3 years

Technological areas in which Samsung Group will invest include, AI, bio-pharma, 5G and electronic components for next gen automobiles. On Wednesday, Samsung Electronics, a unit of the South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group stated, over the next three years it plans on investing up to $22 billion (25 trillion won) in artificial intelligence, electronic components for…