LG Energy Solution said on Thursday that its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery for energy storage systems (ESS) was level in performance with its nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) counterparts.Its own test showed that its NCM batteries for ESS had a round trip efficiency (RTE) of 97%, while its LFP v

BOE is hoping to get Apple’s approval next month to supply OLED panels for the standard version of iPhone 15, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display giant had earlier in the year hoped to win orders for two models in the iPhone 15 series __ the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, which have 6.1-inch and

CGP Materials said on Monday that it has signed a MOU with Nissan Chemical Corporation to supply key chemical materials.Nissan Chemical was formed in 1887 and is Japan’s first chemical company. It supplies materials used in semiconductors, displays, biological science, and medicines and records an a

South Korean semiconductor materials firms are expected to see their supply decline for the remainder of the year as memory chip makers reduce their NAND production output.Some companies have reduced as much as over 50% of their material supply for NAND production compared to last year, sources said

South Korean printed circuit board company Korea Circuit was supplying high-end automotive flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) boards to STMicroelectronics, TheElec has learned.Korea Circuit first secured Broadcom as a customer when it began manufacturing FC-BGA.STMicroelectronics was accounting fo

LG Display has decided not to start investment and construction of a production line for OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) this year, TheElec has learned.OLEDoS deposits organic materials on silicon instead of glass and is a technology to make high-resolution microdisplays.LG Display plans to continue to foc

Thermal compression (TC) bonders are in high demand from the launch of high bandwidth memory (Hbm) and 3D packaging by chipmakers.Accordingly, chipmakers are diversifying their suppliers. Samsung is procuring them from Toray, Shinkawa, and its own subsidiary Semes, sources said.Meanwhile, SK Hynix i

Battery and display equipment maker SFA said on Tuesday that it will launch a new battery electrode equipment that uses laser next year.The company acquired battery electrode equipment maker CIS in March.SFA said it will combine CIS’ coating and dry processing technologies with its existing laser te

Samsung Electronics has given exclusive licensing rights of its 96 patents related to semiconductors to one of its IP subsidiaries, a move that could indicate that the tech giant may use patent lawsuits to protect its business interests in the sector.The company gave the rights over the 96 US patent

SK On said on Thursday that it has developed an oxide solid electrolyte with high ion conductivity.The South Korean battery maker, together with Dankook University Professor Hee Jung Park, coated a controllable additive on Li-La-Zr-O that improved the ion conductivity by 70% than before (1.7 mS/cmž)

LG Display on Wednesday shared the list of its customers for its automotive OLED panels.The South Korean display panel maker had General Motors, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover, Porsche, and Lucid as its customers, LG Display Senior Vice President of Automotive Business Group Byeong Koo Kim said at IMID 20

EcoPro said on Wednesday that it will form a subsidiary EcoPro Cam Canada LP that will handle the building of a new battery cathode plant at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada.Approximately 1.2 trillion won has been earmarked for the project, with half of the amount to be delivered by EcoPro Cam Canada LP an

German OLED material firm Novaled has nullified three patents related to OLED registered in South Korea owned by rival Solus Advanced Materials, TheElec has learned.Novaled is Samsung’s subsidiary as its affiliates Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Samsung Display together own 100% of its shares.

Samsung unveiled new chips that combine memory and processor chips at Hot Chips 2023 conference on Tuesday.The chips, high bandwidth memory (HBM)-processing in memory (PIM) and LPDDR-PIM, are aimed at future AI applications, the tech giant said.Applying these chips for generative AI applications wil

APS is reviewing a plan to develop a fine metal mask (FMM) based on a silicon substrate, TheElec has learned.FMM is used in the production of OLED panels. APS is currently developing an FMM made with laser patterning that it hopes will be used in the production of OLED on silicon (OLEDoS).However, d

LG Chem is planning to sell its IT film business as part of its wider plan to restructure its non-essential businesses, TheElec has learned.Sources said the company is planning to sell the business unit within the year.LG Chem earlier halted the operation of its petrochemical plant in Yeosu and is r

Intel has successfully secured a higher-than-expected yield for its Intel 4 process, the company’s VP told TheElec.William Grimm, Vice President and Director of Product Engineering for Logic Technology and Development at Intel, said in an interview with TheElec at Penang, Malaysia, that the chip gia

The application of blue phosphorescent material can reduce the power consumption of OLED display panels by 25%, Universal Display Corp Vice President of Business Development Mike Hack told TheElec in an interview.UDC’s plan to start producing blue phosphorescent material in 2024, which it previously

SungEel HiTech said on Monday that it will build a battery recycling park in the state of Indiana in the U.S.It will be the company’s second such facility following its one in Georgia.SungEel HiTech has set up its subsidiary SungEel Recycling Park Indiana in May in preparation.The park, which will s

Camera module maker MCNEX saw its revenue in auto components jump 43% in the first half of the year.On Monday, the company said it recorded 443.2 billion won in revenue and 500 million won in operating profit in the first half of 2023.Revenue increased by 24% year-on-year while operating profit dipp