SK hynix Inc. plans to build a new semiconductor back-end process facility in central South Korea to enhance its chip-packaging capabilities, industry sources said Tuesday.
According to industry sources on July 19, Samsung Electronics achieved a 50-70% yield rate in performance tests of 10nm (nanometer) class 6th-generation DRAM wafers last month. This marks substantial progress compared to the less than 30% yield rate recorded for the same product last year.
In a recent interview, Micron's Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer, Sumit Sadana, acknowledged that the phase?out comes at a time when demand for DDR4 remains unexpectedly strong. He noted that shortages of both DDR4 and LPDDR4 modules have driven spot-market prices to levels that, in some cases, exceed those of newer DDR5 products.
