Silfex, Lam Research’s subsidiary in South Korea, is facing problems with producing silicon (Si) rings, TheElec has learned.This is due to the COVID-19 pandemic that is preventing production staff from going to work normally.Lam Research was considering procuring Si rings from Hana Materials as an a

South Korean display equipment manufacturer SFA was developing technologies for the production for next-generation display panels, the company CEO said.SFA was actively developing transfer, bonding, inspection and repair technologies as competition between MiniLED, quantum dot organic light emitting

SK Magic said on Monday that it has recorded sales of 1.02 trillion won and operating income of 81.8 billion won for the entire year of 2020.It is a sales increase of 17.1%, or 150 billion won, from 2019. It is SK Magic’s highest annual sales on record. Operating income increased 3% year-on-year.The

LG Energy Solution stressed that SK Innovation must publicly admit that it stole trade secrets for a settlement to happen in the pair’s legal dispute.Last week, the US International Trade Commission, in it determination, favored LG over SK in the two companies dispute over trade secret leak. LG had

LG Chem said on Monday that it is issuing 1.2 trillion won in corporate bond.Around 800 billion won is for investments into environment, social and governance projects. The remaining 380 billion won will be to payback debt and to invest in petrochemical facilities.LG Chem on January 9 held a demand

Samsung Electronics said it will apply AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to all of its Neo QLED TVs.The freesync feature is used to reduce delays and screen distortions in TVs while playing games.AMD FreeSync Premium Pro adds high dynamic range to the freesync feature for better contrast ratios.Samsung said

RN2 Technologies saw sales increase in 2020 thanks to its supply of telecom component to Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei.The company recorded 23.8 billion won in sales and 4 billion won in operating income in 2020, a rise of 13.7% and 43.3%, respectively.RN2 Technologies was registered as a supplie

Printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer DAP is aiming to increase sales from radar board for automobiles by six times in 2021.Last year, the companies is aiming to secure sales of around 14 billion won this year from the business, nearly six times more than its sales in 2020 of 2.5 billion won, a D

Auros Technology’s share price for its upcoming IPO has been set at 21,000 won, the company said on Monday.It will aim to secure 39.9 billion won from its listing on KOSDAQ on February 24. The price was set after its demand forecast in which 1,413 institutional investors participated in.Auros Techno

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday ruled in favor of LG Energy Solution against SK Innovation, in the pair’s lawsuit over trade secrets.SK Innovation was issued a 10-year import ban on its batteries. However, its supplies to Ford and Volkswagen were suspended by four years and

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that its Galaxy S21 series smartphones were selling 30% more compared to their predecessor the Galaxy S20 series in South Korea in the first eleven days since sales began.Galaxy S21 accounted for 40% of sales, while the Galaxy S21 Ultra accounted for 36%. Galaxy

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled its new 5G RF Front End (RFFE) solution that supports 10Gbps data transfer rate.The US chip giant said it was the smallest in the world and will allow 5G smartphones to be designed thinner and lighter. The RFFE module is called QTM047.The company also unveiled Gen 7 wide

BOE is planning to commercially launch a MicroOLED display in the second half of 2021, TheElec has learned.The panel will be applied to products that support augmented reality and virtual reality viewing.BOE had been developing MicroOLED since 2018 through Kunming BOE Display Technology, its joint v

Samsung Electronics’ injunction lawsuit filed to the US International Trade Commission against Ericsson is based on four patents related to semiconductor manufacturing, TheElec has found.Samsung’s import ban filed on February 4 is based on four of its patents, which it claims Ericsson has infringed

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled two 5G Modem-RF Systems, Snapdragon X65 and Snapdragon X62.The Gen 4 Snapdragon X65 5G modem is the world’s first modem-RF system based on 3GPP Release 16. It provides download speed of up to 10Gbps, which means 33GB UHD film can be downloaded within 30 seconds.RF output

Key Foundry said on Tuesday that it will offer its third-generation 0.18 micrometer Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process to customers.BCD process combines bipolar process that controls analog signals, CMOS to control digital signals and DMOS for high power processing, into one chip.It is mainly used to p

SK Hynix has agreed with its labor union to give 10% of its operating income as bonuses to employees going forward.The company also agreed to allow employees to decide on their stock ownership scheme, the company said on Tuesday.Previously, SK Hynix have given bonuses based on what it calls economic

PI Advanced Materials said on Tuesday that it expects record sales in 2021.The firm is aiming to expand sales of polyimide films by 10% to 15% this year, a company spokesperson said.The company posted sales of 261.8 billion won last year, its record up to date. It posted operating income of 60 billi

South Korea vacuum robot maker Raon Tech has won two major semiconductor customers in South Korea.The company has been supplying its vacuum robot to one of them in 2011.It has passed the demo test from another company and has been producing the robots from them since early 2020, TheElec has learned.

SK Nexilis said on Tuesday that it may build its fifth copper foil factory at Jeongeup a month sooner than initially planned.This will mean the factory could go live as soon as 2021 and began selling copper foil within the year.Company CEO Kim Young-tae said at its fourth quarter conference call tha