Korean media report that Lam Research Korea allegedly leaked confidential information about Samsung Electronics’ etching technology.
“My understanding is that Samsung headquarters viewed this as a leak of proprietary technology and took the matter very seriously,” a person familiar with the matter said.
The reports say some believe the incident prompted the replacement of the head of Lam Research Korea.
Korean media report that the Big Three memory chipmakers are in talks to develop common standards for robots used in their fabs.
So could all that spending on performance bonuses end up putting more robots on the fab floor…?
Korean media report that U.S. startup Palomino recently received its first purchase order from a strategic customer, a global hyperscaler, for GaN microLED-based optical interconnect chips for AI infrastructure.
First commercial use of microLED chips for optical interconnects?