月度归档： 2014年12月

SEOUL, South Korea and CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (“MagnaChip”) (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced it has launched a research collaboration focused on developing innovative, cost-effective silicon magnetic bio-sensor technology capable of monitoring extremely rare cells in blood. The collaboration involves a team from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, led by Hakho Lee, PhD, of the MGH Center for Systems Biology and Harvard Medical School, and the Pohang University of Science and Technology’s Analog IC Systems Lab, led by Prof. Jae-Yoon Sim of the Electrical Engineering Department.

Based on its industry-leading 0.18 micron mixed-signal technology, MagnaChip is looking to extend high performance silicon magnetic sensor technology beyond current commercial applications. In collaboration with leading researchers, MagnaChip is focused on developing a novel bio-sensor platform that can enhance medical technology through cost-effective disease detection. “This joint development project will focus on early detection methods that leverage on advanced bio-sensor technologies thereby increasing the efficacy of research success,” said Prof. Jae-Yoon Sim.

“We are very proud to be working with some of the world’s best bio-sensor research teams. As a partner in this joint research, MagnaChip will apply its newly developed 0.18 micron silicon magnetic sensor technology to create single-chip sensor solutions. This will enhance performance and lower the cost of medical diagnosis and monitoring,” said YJ Kim, MagnaChip interim CEO.

About MagnaChip Semiconductor
Headquartered in South Korea, MagnaChip Semiconductor is a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications. MagnaChip Semiconductor believes it has one of the broadest and deepest ranges of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platforms in the industry, supported by its 30-year operating history, a large portfolio of registered and pending patents, and extensive engineering and manufacturing process expertise. For more information, please visit www.magnachip.com.

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SEOUL, South Korea, and CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (“MagnaChip”) (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced it is the recipient of the  2014 North American New Product Innovation Leadership Award in Digital Hall Sensors and e-Compass from Frost & Sullivan.

Frost & Sullivan recently established the award criteria in Digital Hall Sensors and e-Compass, acknowledging the unprecedented rate that sensors are finding increased use in devices such as smartphones, and tablets, and fueled by the growth of Internet-of-Things as well as mobile applications. Magnetic sensors such as the digital Hall sensor and e-Compass are believed to deliver a simple and effective solution of sensing linear and angular positions of an object. The market is expected to steadily grow with increasing demand driven by mobile phone, consumer appliance, and industrial applications.

According to Frost & Sullivan analyst Sankar Narayanan, “MagnaChip’s intelligent sensor products that are comprised of the MXM1120 digital Hall sensor and the MXG2320 e-Compass are a true mark of innovation due to their innovative features, such as their integrated multi-functions,  flexible programmability, high resolution accuracy and idea-enabling algorithm suits. The sensor product line is expected to encompass huge potential for adoption across a range of industries and application areas, by offering value propositions such as broad flexibility in terms of design, an equally broad range of supporting software, and the company’s robust support program for OEMs and partners.”

“We are honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan as a product innovator in digital Hall sensors and e-Compass for North America,” said YJ Kim, MagnaChip interim CEO. “We believe the advanced features of our sensor products can deliver high value to our customers and will facilitate an increased return on investment for them and their end users.”

About MagnaChip Semiconductor
Headquartered in South Korea, MagnaChip Semiconductor is a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high-volume consumer applications. MagnaChip Semiconductor believes it has one of the broadest and deepest ranges of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platforms in the industry, supported by its 30-year operating history, a large portfolio of registered and pending patents, and extensive engineering and manufacturing process expertise. For more information, please visit www.magnachip.com.

About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company’s Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO’s Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages 50 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com.

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SEOUL, South Korea and CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (“MagnaChip”) (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced that it now offers a 0.18um silicon on insulator (SOI) RF CMOS technology for the emerging RF front-end module (FEM) foundry market.

The SOI RF CMOS process technology is optimized for use in antenna switching and tuner applications. Switches and tuners are core components of wireless FEMs for cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity. CMOS based FEMs reduce manufacturing cost and time to market while providing competitive performance for multiband and multimode smartphones and tablets.

MagnaChip’s 0.18um SOI RF CMOS technology uses thin-film silicon SOI on trap-rich high resistivity substrates for better performance than the standard SOI substrate. This technology also features a 2.5V switch FET delivering a highly competitive figure of merit of Ron*Coff/BVDSS of less than 60fs/V. This is the value range of competitive technology currently in production and is well suited for FEM applications. In addition, this technology includes 2.5V CMOS, native NMOS, 1.6Kohm/square poly resistors, 2.2fF/um2 MIM capacitors, 4LM and 4 micron thick top metal enabling a high level of integration. Also, the number of mask layers is about 30% less than that required of other comparable technologies, to provide MagnaChip customers with a cost-effective solution without compromising performance.

MagnaChip has partnered with EEsof EDA at Keysight Technologies, a leading device modeling solution provider, to provide our customers with excellent RF CMOS model extraction, generation and verification technologies.

“The cost-effective and high-performance nature of our 0.18um SOI RF CMOS technology offering is an important addition to MagnaChip’s growing portfolio of advanced and high-performance process technologies for foundry customers,” said Namkyu Park, Executive Vice President of MagnaChip’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Services Division. He added, “MagnaChip will continue to provide innovative and differentiated technologies to meet the rapidly changing needs of our customers.”

About MagnaChip Semiconductor
Headquartered in South Korea, MagnaChip Semiconductor is a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications. MagnaChip Semiconductor believes it has one of the broadest and deepest ranges of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platforms in the industry, supported by its 30-year operating history, a large portfolio of registered and pending patents, and extensive engineering and manufacturing process expertise. For more information, please visit www.magnachip.com.

About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies is a global electronic measurement technology and market leader helping to transform its customers’ measurement experience through innovations in wireless, modular and software solutions. Keysight’s electronic measurement instruments, systems, software and services are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronic equipment. The business had revenues of $2.9 billion in fiscal year 2014. Information about Keysight is available at www.keysight.com. EEsof EDA is the leading supplier of electronic design automation software for microwave, RF, high-frequency, high-speed digital, RF systems, electronic system level, circuit, 3-D electromagnetic, physical design and device-modeling applications at Keysight Technologies. More information is available at www.keysight.com/find/eesof.

CONTACTS:

In the United States:
Robert Pursel
Director of Investor Relations
Tel. +1-408-625-1262
robert.pursel@magnachip.com

In Korea:
Chankeun Park
Senior Manager, Public Relations
Tel. +82-2-6903-3195
chankeun.park@magnachip.com