Samsung will use mostly Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 application processors (AP) on its upcoming Galaxy S23 series smartphones, TheElec has learned.Sources said the tech giant’s own Exynos platform will likely power mid-tier smartphones instead of flagships.Samsung had attempted to expand the marke

Samsung was developing a new chip packaging technology with its key partners for automotive chips, TheElec has learned.The tech giant was developing an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) coating bonding wire technology with beefed-up reliability and insulation compared to previous bonding wires, sources said.Bo

Samsung is planning to manufacture 59.86 units of smartphones using joint development manufacturers (JDM) next year, TheElec has learned.The company shared this plan with its suppliers in its recent meeting with them where it laid out its annual plan for 2023.Samsung currently uses four JDMs, includ

Executives of Samsung’s chip division have been more collaborative and communicative with their counterparts at partner and supplier companies since the tech giant named Kyung Kye-hyun as the division president, TheElec has learned.Multiple sources have said executives of Samsung Device Solution (DS

Samsung’s mobile business, called Mobile Experience business by the company, took considerable time on its foldable smartphone strategy in a meeting with suppliers conducted during the third week of October, TheElec has learned.During the meeting, Samsung shared with suppliers that it believes the f

Samsung Electronics is planning to manufacture 290.68 million units of smartphones in 2023, TheElec has learned.This is 13% of the production target of 334.2 million units it had set near the end of 2021 for this year.Manufacturers always set a production target around 10% higher than their shipment

Samsung Display purchased 42 patents in the US related to oxide thin-film transistors (TFT) from Fujifilm last month, TheElec has learned.The South Korean panel currently uses oxide TFT on its Gen 8 quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels.Samsung Display may use the technology again for Gen 8 OLED panels aimed

Semiconductor and display material company JI Tech will list on the Korean bourse next month.It going public is expected to be a big payday for venture capital UTC Investment.JI Tech, which will list on KOSDAQ on November 4, is valued at 131.1 billion won.The company specializes in precursors used t

Samsung said on Thursday that its board of directors appointed vice chairman Jay Y. Lee as its executive chairman.The tech giant said the decision was made to strengthen accountability and stabilize management amid the worsening global business environment.Lee was designated legally the leader of Sa

CATL chairman and CEO Robin Zheng will visit South Korea next week to meet executives of Hyundai Motor Group, TheElec has learned.Zheng’s visit is made to strengthen the Chinese battery giant’s partnership with Hyundai Motor, which uses CATL batteries on its Niro EV models.The CATL CEO is very likel

Samsung’s profitability dropped substantially during the third quarter from the downturn in the memory market.However, its foundry business, or contract chip production, posted its highest quarterly revenue ever from the improved yield rate of advanced nodes.The tech giant said it reported 76.78 tri

Taiwanese microcontroller unit (MCU) firm Nuvoton is planning to expand its presence in South Korea, the company’s chairman said on Wednesday.Chairman Yuan-Mao Su told a press conference in Seoul that the company is planning to aggressively expand in the market by meeting changing demand of South Ko

Hyundai Motor was reviewing a plan to procure more batteries made in China, TheElec has learned.The company may expand the number of batteries it buys from CATL. Sources said it is highly likely that the South Korean auto giant will more than double the amount it procures from the battery maker.CATL

SK Hynix recorded a significant drop in its operating income for the third quarter stemming from the low memory demand caused by the global economic downturn.The memory chipmaker said it recorded 11 trillion won in sales and 1.65 trillion won in operating income during the third quarter, a drop of 7

SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it has developed a DDR5 DRAM with a speed of 6400Mbps.Samples of the DRAM in 32GB UDIMM and SODIMM form factors were given to customers, the South Korean chipmaker said.Both modules are used in PCs but SODIMM is an ultra-small one.SK Hynix said it used its recently deve

Fab equipment component maker BC&C is developing new products its main focus rings for new revenue.The company is developing ceramic test sockets and tantalum sputtering targets with the goal to launch prototypes sometime between 2023 and 2024, the company said.Test sockets are used to test packaged

Samsung is aiming to ship over 40 million units of TVs next year despite the negative outlook in the sector, TheElec has learned.The tech giant wants to cement its leadership position in the sector and considers the 40 million units the minimum it must ship annually, sources said.Around 39 million u

Ford had recently made a request to South Korean battery maker SK On that many working at production equipment suppliers as a veil to learn battery production technologies, TheElec has learned.The US car giant wants its own employees to work with those from SK On when they begin installing and opera

Samsung has begun procuring under-display cameras from new supplier Coasia Optics for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 foldable smartphones, TheElec has learned.Fold 4 launched back in August and like its predecessor has a front camera that can be hidden under the display.Samsung previously procured this camera

South Korean fabless chip firm Pixelplus will show of engineering samples of its automotive CMOS image sensor to customers during the first quarter.The new product, called PK5130KA, will begin mass production during the second half of 2023 and contribute to the company’s revenue in 2024, Pixelplus s