Samsung “established a route for importing semiconductor materials from outside Japan” (Japanese partner in Belgium)

It turns out that Samsung Electronics in South Korea procured chemical materials for manufacturing semiconductor chips from Belgium. Former Samsung executive responded to Nikkei Asian Review. This seems to be due to stricter export controls for Japan. The company has urgently secured supply of three items: photoresist (photosensitive material), hydrogen fluoride (etching gas), and fluorinated polyimide, which have been subject to stricter export controls from Japan since July. Both are indispensable chemical materials for semiconductor manufacturing. Professor Park Jae-gun, a former Samsung executive who majored in semiconductor engineering at Hanyang University, said Samsung is sourcing photoresist from a Belgian-based company. Although the company name was not stated, it seems to refer to a joint venture established in 2016 by Japanese chemical giant JSR, a Belgian research center, and IMEC. According to the professor, Samsung purchases chemical materials for 6 to 10 months and uses them in the process of manufacturing cutting-edge semiconductor chips. “The impact of export restrictions will be limited” by securing a replacement supplier for Japan. Samsung did not respond to material procurement from Belgium, but revealed that it is diversifying its suppliers to meet Japanese export regulations. In July, Samsung sources are looking for procurement of hydrogen fluoride from companies other than Japan because there is a risk that the supply of important chip materials to Korean manufacturers will be cut off in the Nikkei newspaper coverage. Told. Samsung is concerned that the stricter export control will spread not only to the semiconductor business but also to the smartphone business that depends on Japanese parts. Samsung's smartphone business leader, President Dong Dong, said on the 7th (US time), “We have parts inventory for three to four months, but the future is difficult.” Alternative route for procurement of semiconductor materials from Samsung and Belgium https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO48475570Q9A810C1MM8000/ Import partner is ↓ EUV Resist Manufacturing & Qualification Center NV, a joint venture established in Belgium at the end of 2015 by JSR Corporation (President: Mitsunobu Koshiba) and imec (President: Luc Van den Hove), a leading research institute for nanoelectronics technology research (EUV RMQC) http://www.jsr.co.jp/news/0000719.shtml Related article document.write(” + ”);