Hua Hong Semiconductor announced on August 17 that it will acquire a controlling stake in Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation (HLMC), a unit of Shanghai Huahong (Group), via a mix of share issuance and cash. The planned deal, alongside a fundraising package, aims to streamline overlapping businesses and boost wafer capacity as competition heats up in the contract chipmaking sector
SK Hynix is stepping up its use of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in next-generation DRAM, increasing the number of EUV layers in its upcoming sixth-generation 10nm-class (1c) products to more than five. The plan was revealed at the Next Generation Lithography + Patterning Academic Conference in Suwon, South Korea