Samsung Display’s sales from smartphone OLED panel will exceed US$5 billion in the first quarter of 2021, according to market research firm Omdia.The South Korea display panel maker is expected to post sales of US$5.18 billion in the quarter.It is a rise of around 30% from its first quarter sales in

South Korean company KEC has developed a low voltage MOSFET (LV MOSET) semiconductor for vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC).The company will supply the chips, called KFS70N06K, to Hanon Systems and Doowon Climate Control, it said on Wednesday.The chip will be applied to blow m

The Korean Information Display Society (KIDS) on Tuesday said it has named Seoul National University professor Lee Byung-ho as its 15th president.Lee is a member of four international academic society, including the Society of Information Display.The professor has was been one of three vice presiden

Cosmo AM&T said on Monday that it will invest 25 billion won into expanding its production capacity for release films used in multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) production.MLCC is a core component used in various electronic devices such as smartphones and notebooks. It is used to control electric

Kisan Telecom’s sales in 2020 is expected to have been mostly from 4G repeaters, TheElec has learned.Sales is expected to be level to that of last year’s but lowered unit price of repeaters point mean the firm will likely break even in terms of profits.Kisan was hoping sales from 5G would increase t

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said it will begin pre-orders for its 110-inch MicroLED in South Korea on Wednesday.The TV was unveiled earlier this month and costs 170 million won.Samsung is offering a 7-year warranty and will help moving and installing the TV twice during those time.The company is

The controversy over Infintech’s delayed payments to South Korean display equipment maker isn’t looking close to a resolution anytime soon.The Chinese company had ordered equipment from companies back in 2018 to build a 6th-generation liquid crystal display (LCD) factory at Jiangxi, but the deadline

Panasonic will begin investment into a pilot line to produce Tesla’s 46800 batteries, according to Japanese media Nikkei.The equipment will be placed at Suminoe factory at Osaka city. The news is likely to end speculation that Panasonic and Tesla’s relationship was in trouble. However, it is highly

LG Electronics will launch a new liquid crystal display (LCD) TV called QNED TV that uses MiniLED as the backlight.The company on Tuesday unveiled the TV at an online press event in South Korea.LG QNED TV will have a technology called quantum nanocell color technology, which combines nanocell and qu

Apple’s iPhone sales in the fourth quarter this year is expected to exceed that of last year’s, market research firm CounterPoint said.The recently launched iPhone 12 began sales a month later than iPhone 11, the firm said, so December sales of iPhone 12 is expected to greatly increased.Shipment is

Truwin said on Monday that it will supply brake pedal sensor to Chinese electric car firm NIO.It will supply 60,000 units within the first half of 2021, the company said.The sensors are used to measure the voltage when drivers press their pedals. It sends the electric signal from the measurement to

Semiconductor inspection equipment maker Nextin has supplied its new kit to SK Hynix, TheElec has learned.SK Hynix was testing the demo version. If it scores highly in the evaluation, Nextin may supply more of them next year for a boost in sales.The demo version of inspection equipment Aegis 2 was a

Wi-Fi access point maker Mercury is expecting improved earnings in the second half of 2020 thanks to its supply to telco KT.The company began shipping more access points for KT’s Wi-Fi 6 access point aimed at the home in the fourth quarter.KT had launched Wi-Fi access points in June and August this

LG Electronics will unveil new InstaView refrigerators at CES 2021.The door-in-door refrigerators sports a large glass panel on the door on its right. It can be knocked on to show foods inside and their quantity.This reduces the number of times the door opens and close to prevent cold air loss, LG s

US sanctions against Chinese companies, especially Huawei and TCL, is set to benefit their South Korean rivals Samsung and LG.US’s Department of Homeland Security was reviewing sanctioning TCL, according to Reuters. Acting Secretary Chad Wolf told the Heritage Foundation that TCL was installing back

Taiwan’s MediaTek shipped the most number of smartphone application processors in the third quarter of 2020, according to market research firm CounterPoint.MediaTek controlled 31% market share in terms of shipment, an increase of 5% from the same time period a year ago.CounterPoint said sales of low

US Corning is at the final stage of development for its cover glass for foldable phone, the company said on Thursday.The launch of the glass next year will intensify competition with Germany’s Schott to supply them to Samsung.A Corning spokesperson said the firm was at the final stage of the develop

Wireless network solution firm Innowireless’ sales from 5G is expected to surpass 4G this year.The company is expected to post 20 billion in sales in the fourth quarter, with over half of them from 5G. Innowireless has accumulated 64.4 billion won in sales this year as of the third quarter. Around 5

Soft Motions & Robotics, a software-based equipment motion control company, is expected to double its sales in 2020 from 2019.A large South Korean semiconductor equipment has expanded the use of the company’s software, which is quickly replacing programmable logic controller (PLC) hardware as Soft M

SK Telecom said on Thursday that it has launched a 5G edge cloud service with Amazon Web Services.It has launched its first AWS Wavelength Zone in Daejeon. This will be expanded to Seoul and other areas next year.SK Telecom said apps accessing the cloud will bypass internet and regional web sites an