BE Semiconductor Drops 17% on Demand Fears for Memory Solutions

BE Semiconductor Industries NV fell as much as 17% on a report that major memory chipmakers are looking at new standards that could delay demand for the Dutch company’s technology.

Chipmakers are weighing changes to their thickness standards for the next generation of high-bandwidth-memory chips that would mean they don’t need to upgrade their processes for bonding semiconductor components together, South Korean news website ZDNet reported on Friday, citing discussions at the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council, which includes Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. as members.