DB HiTek

Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Company Overview

Headquarters: Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Ownership: Public (KRX: 000990); part of DB Group
Total Fabs: Bucheon (Gyeonggi-do) and Eumseong (Chungcheongbuk-do) fabs
200mm Fab Locations: Bucheon, Eumseong (200mm)
Wafer Sizes Run: 200mm
Most Recent Revenue: Q3 2025 revenue KRW 374.7B (~US$256M, +30% YoY); operating profit KRW 80.6B (+71% YoY)
Employees: ~2,200 (approx.; no single official disclosure)
Major Segments: Power/BCD, display driver ICs, CMOS image sensors
Long-Term Strategy: Riding tight 8-inch supply; benefiting directly from legacy-node scarcity pricing

No named process technologies recorded for this foundry yet.

Absence here means the process list has not been researched, not that the foundry offers none.

CMOS Min/Max Geometry: 90nm-350nm (Fab 1 Bucheon: 150-350nm; Fab 2 Eumseong: 90-180nm)
CMOS Analog/RF/Mixed-Signal: Limited
CMOS Embedded Memory: Limited
CMOS HV, Automotive-Qualified: Yes
BCD Voltage Range: Yes (strong)
BCD LDMOS: Yes
BCD/SOI Isolation Option: Limited
SOI — PD-SOI: No
SOI — FD-SOI: No
SOI — RF-SOI: Limited
SOI — Photonics-Compatible: No
MEMS: No
Power — SiC: Emerging
Power — GaN: No
Power — HV CMOS: Yes
Specialty — eNVM: Yes
Specialty — CIS: Yes
Specialty — Photonics: No
Specialty — Display Driver: Yes

Qualified 200mm Fabs: 2 (Bucheon, Cheongju)
Multi-Site Technology Transfer: Verify
Automotive Production Volume: Yes
IATF 16949: Verify
ISO 13485 (Medical): Verify
ISO 9001: Yes
AS9100 (Aerospace): No
Defense / Rad-Hard Experience: None disclosed
Export Restriction Status: Not export-restricted; South Korea is a US treaty ally

Typical Quoted Lead Time (200mm): Verify — reported tight given 8-inch scarcity
Recent Utilization: High, tight 8-inch supply cited
Expansion Plans: Verify — no major expansion announcement in current source set
Geographic Redundancy: Limited — both fabs in South Korea
Single-Site Concentration Risk: Moderate — single-country concentration
Natural Disaster Exposure: Low-moderate (Korea)
Utility Risk (Power/Water): Low

Fab Site	Country	US Import Tariff	Considerations	Risk
Bucheon & Eumseong	South Korea	Not recorded	US treaty ally; primary exposure is indirect via Korean firms' own China operations, not direct sanctions	Moderate

MPW Shuttle Availability: Limited
Typical Mask Set Cost (Order of Magnitude): Mature node: low-to-mid six figures
Prototype/Engineering Wafer Pricing: Not publicly listed
Production Wafer Pricing Direction (2025–26): Rising — Q3 2025 operating profit +71% YoY on tight 8-inch supply
Typical NRE Posture: Volume-oriented
Packaging/Test Partnerships: Korean OSAT partners
Licensing / IP Fees: Standard PDK/TLA licensing