[뉴스핌 라씨로] DIT confirms supply of SK Hynix’laser annealing’ equipment

SK Hynix “Ahead of a supply contract with DIT…Specific details are not disclosed”

[편집자] This article was first released to the investment service’Newspim Laciro’ analyzed by AI at 11:16 am on April 14th.

[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Jeong Kyung-hwan = DIT has confirmed the supply of SK Hynix’s’Laser Annealing’ equipment. It is noteworthy whether it will become a new momentum to make up for the recent sluggish earnings due to the Corona 19 crisis.

According to related industries on the 14th, DIT is ahead of a contract to supply equipment necessary for the laser annealing process newly introduced by SK Hynix.

An official from SK Hynix said, “It is a fixed fact to introduce the laser annealing process to the next-generation DRAM process,” and said, “We have a supply contract with DIT.”

He explained that he has been collaborating with DIT for a long time on laser annealing, and now, after product development and testing, etc., will begin to introduce equipment in earnest.

An official from SK Hynix added, “However, we have not yet been able to disclose the timing of introduction or applied products.”

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‘Annealing’ refers to a heat treatment process, and’laser annealing’ refers to recrystallization and repair of crystal defects generated on the surface of a semiconductor by ion implantation or the like through heat treatment using laser energy. Such a high-temperature process has emerged as an important issue in recent semiconductor processes, because it can affect other processes due to the high temperature rising from several hundred degrees Celsius (℃) to more than 1000 degrees Celsius. Laser annealing performs annealing using a laser in a desired area, and has little effect on other processes.

Regarding the supply of SK Hynix laser annealing equipment, a DIT official said, “There is nothing we can say on our side.”

Meanwhile, DIT was hit hard by the Corona 19 incident last year. Consolidated sales fell 76% year-on-year to 28.6 billion won, and it turned to red with an operating loss of 1.9 billion won. In the Corona 19 pandemic, the delay in the final inspection process for overseas customers was large.

A DIT official said, “The current order backlog is 17,000 billion won, of which 80% is overseas sales.” As the work was delayed, the sales passed to this year,” he said.

“If customers send a charter, they are responding by entering a charter.” Added.

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