Guru3D.com
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Channels
    • Archive
  • DOWNLOADS
    • New Downloads
    • Categories
    • Archive
  • GAME REVIEWS
  • ARTICLES
    • Rig of the Month
    • Join ROTM
    • PC Buyers Guide
    • Guru3D VGA Charts
    • Editorials
    • Dated content
  • HARDWARE REVIEWS
    • Videocards
    • Processors
    • Audio
    • Motherboards
    • Memory and Flash
    • SSD Storage
    • Chassis
    • Media Players
    • Power Supply
    • Laptop and Mobile
    • Smartphone
    • Networking
    • Keyboard Mouse
    • Cooling
    • Search articles
    • Knowledgebase
    • More Categories
  • FORUMS
  • NEWSLETTER
  • CONTACT

New Reviews
AOC CU34G2X monitor review
TeamGroup CX2 1TB SATA3 SSD review
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra review
Corsair 5000D PC Chassis Review
NZXT Kraken X63 RGB Review
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT STRIX OC LC Review
TerraMaster F5-221 NAS Review
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X TRIO Review
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 NITRO+ review
Corsair HS70 Bluetooth Headset Review

New Downloads
Prime95 download version 30.4 build 7
AIDA64 Download Version 6.32.5620 beta
3DMark Download v2.16.7117 + Time Spy
Crystal DiskMark 8.0.1 Download
Corsair Utility Engine Download (iCUE) Download v3.37.140
ReShade download v4.9.1
GeForce 461.09 WHQL driver download
Intel HD graphics Driver Download Version: DCH 27.20.100.9126
HWiNFO Download v6.41–4345 Beta
MSI Afterburner 4.6.3 Beta 4 Download


New Forum Topics
Intels new CEO Pat Gelsinger welcome package is valued at $116 million Re-Applying Thermal Paste Works Wonders My experience with 4-way Sli thus far Nvidia GeForce Driver Version 461.09 Download & Discussion Who's getting a RX6000 Series Card? Nvidia shows signs ... Intel Rocket Lake-S prices Surface at European etailers : i9-11900K to cost € 600 Review: TeamGroup CX2 1TB SATA3 SSD Does a really good silent video card exist? Stopped booting




Guru3D.com » News » Samsung fights off damage from contaminated DRAM semiconductor devices

Samsung fights off damage from contaminated DRAM semiconductor devices

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/11/2019 08:33 AM | source: businesskorea | 28 comment(s)
Samsung fights off damage from contaminated DRAM semiconductor devices

In a report from BusinessKorea is has become apparent that Samsung suffers from significant damage in its foundry industry. Equipment for the fabrication of its chips, which could have an effect for the output throughout the production facility.

Businesskorea reports that defects have been found in Samsung Electronics’ foundry products. Earlier this year, the company had found problems in its first-generation 10-nm (1x ㎚) DRAM products. This time, defects were discovered in its foundry products, undermining the semiconductor giant’s reliability.

The defects were caused by the use of contaminated equipment on an 8-inch wafer line located in Samsung Electronics' Giheung Plant in Korea. A Samsung Electronics official acknowledged that defective products were found, but said that the process has already been normalized and that the damage is estimated at billions of Korean won.

However, some experts say that the damage may be much more than estimated by Samsung Electronics. "I understand that Samsung has not calculated the exact amount of the damage yet," said an industry insider. "The loss can be much larger than the company’s estimate.”

Irrespective of the scale of the damage, it really hurts Samsung Electronics that the defects themselves occurred to the global semiconductor leader. This is because Samsung Electronics is investing heavily in the foundry sector to take the global No. 1 position in the system semiconductor sector by 2030.



Samsung fights off damage from contaminated DRAM semiconductor devices




« Gigabyte teases Aorus version of RX 5700 XT · Samsung fights off damage from contaminated DRAM semiconductor devices · EK Offers D-RGB Water Blocks and Upgrade Kits for AMD RX 5700 Series »

Related Stories

Netflix halts supporting Samsung and other televisions from 2010 and 2011 - 11/11/2019 08:15 AM
Samsung issued a warning that TV owners of a 2010 and 2011 model that staring December no longer be able to use the Netflix application. The support is stopped. This also applies to certain Roku media...

Samsung offers Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion - 10/30/2019 08:00 AM
Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion feature the world's first QLED Display on a laptop, offering a vivid, true-to-life viewing experience. Outdoor Mode, enabled by a maximum 600-nit display capabili...

Samsung unveils Exynos 990 SoC With Some Pretty Dandy Specs - 10/24/2019 07:16 AM
And get this, it'll support 108Mp camera and less important a 120Hz screen. Exynos 990 is based on a 7nm EUV process and comes with next-gen 5G Exynos Modem 5123....

Samsung Begins Mass-production of 12GB LPDDR4X uMCP Memory Chips - 10/24/2019 07:13 AM
Samsung announced that it has begun mass producing the industry's first 12-gigabyte (GB) low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) UFS-based multichip package (uMCP). ...

Samsung Develops 12-Layer 3D-TSV Chip Packaging Technology - 10/07/2019 07:38 AM
Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it has developed the industry’s first 12-layer 3D-TSV (Through Silicon Via) technology....


6 pages 1 2 3 4 5 6


DLD
Senior Member



Posts: 880
Joined: 2002-09-14

#5730459 Posted on: 11/12/2019 01:02 PM
Remember how the producers of hard disks, and, later, memory chips "suffered from unexpected loses due to the floods/typhoons/earthquakes/diarrhea/beriberi outbursts in this or that region of Pacific" so that "the production cannot follow the demand", so that "this inevitably leads to rise of the prices"? Similar kind of deception is found in the jiberage about "threats", "security holes" etc., the majority of which is used as a pretext to implement different schemes aimed at controlling people's online activities and intensifying the FEAR among people, because the frightened people will comply, agree, aye aye Sir, yes my dear fat-ass Big Brother Bill and your precious NSA, thanks for being so concerned with protection of our privacy etc. etc.

NaturalViolence
Member



Posts: 80
Joined: 2009-10-01

#5732932 Posted on: 11/19/2019 03:19 PM
So many conspiracy theorists on this forum.



THANK YOU!

It's good to know that there are still some sane people left in this community. My favorite was when the flooding in taiwan destroyed a bunch of plants and people here started claiming that this was a conspiracy. As if these companies control the weather too.....

Noisiv
Senior Member



Posts: 7455
Joined: 2010-11-16

#5732939 Posted on: 11/19/2019 03:52 PM
Why not??

Phase 1: Invest trillions, lose billions
Phase 2 ???
Phase 3: Earn millions of cashmoney $€ :D

sykozis
Senior Member



Posts: 21791
Joined: 2008-07-14

#5733607 Posted on: 11/21/2019 04:50 AM
I can't tell if you're serious or not, but either way it's just sad.
Coincidence creates conspiracy theory. Multiple times over the last several years, just as prices have started to come down, a catastrophe has occurred, resulting in higher prices. The timing for such things always seems so perfect. If you don't expect conspiracy theories to develop, you've lost touch with the world. New day, new event, new conspiracy. Sometimes, new conspiracies form by the hour.
THANK YOU!

It's good to know that there are still some sane people left in this community. My favorite was when the flooding in taiwan destroyed a bunch of plants and people here started claiming that this was a conspiracy. As if these companies control the weather too.....
It doesn't help that every time a market starts to see price reductions....something happens to reduce stock and increase price. Not trying to add to the conspiracies, but I find it rather interesting how many times things like this have happened over the past several years. These incidents seem to be great at coinciding with price reductions, resulting in price increases instead.

Akumu
Member



Posts: 49
Joined: 2016-12-17

#5733650 Posted on: 11/21/2019 08:30 AM
Just when demand is increasing.....hmm.....

6 pages 1 2 3 4 5 6


Post New Comment
Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.


Guru3D.com © 2021