Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said Tuesday that it has developed a 26-nanometer based NAND flash memory chip, becoming the world’s second flash memory maker to apply the below 30-nanometer technology.
Hynix will start …

Elpida Memory, the world’s third-largest memory chipmaker, widened its share of the global market in the last three months of 2009, narrowing the gap with South Korean chipmakers, industry data showed Thursday.
Japan’s biggest computer memory …

Employees of a U.S. based-semiconductor equipment firm have been arrested on suspicion of leaking technology developed by Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest chipmaker, to rival Hynix over the past several years, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The Seoul …

South Korean memory chipmakers have entered a full recovery track, probably earning more than 10.8 trillion won (US$9.42 billion) in the fourth quarter of last year, analysts said Sunday.
The combined sales of the nation’s chipmakers …

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, agreed to pay US$3.32 million to settle a claim in the United States accusing the company of price-fixing on memory chips, according to a U.S. court record released …

Hynix Semiconductor is willing to negotiate with Rambus on the settlement of a decade-long legal dispute over the use of patented chip technology if the U.S.-based firm proposes a reasonable deal, the chief of the …

Hynix Semiconductor said Wednesday it has developed 2-gigabit DDR2 using 40-nanometer technology that operates on lower power than other mobile chips.
The new mobile DRAM chip, called the LP DDR2, consumes 70 percent less power, operating …

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest chip maker, will invest 2.3 trillion won (US$1.96 billion) next year on its manufacturing infrastructure, the company said Thursday.
Hynix said the money will be spent on improving productivity and the …

The South Korean government and private sector will jointly inject 58.4 billion won (US$50.5 million) over the next three years into building up the local semiconductor manufacturing equipment sector, government officials said.
The Industry and Ministry …

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second largest chipmaker, said Thursday one of its chips has earned the South Korean government’s performance certificate on carbon emissions.
The performance certificate on carbon emissions places a mark on the product, …