AI chip firm Sapeon will collaborate with design house Alphawave Semi to develop its Gen 3 AI chip, X430, TheElec has learned.Sapeon signed a 59.6 billion won deal with the design house in February for the design service.X430, which will launch in 2026, will be made with TSMC’s 5-nanometer (nm) node

Display wet equipment maker FNS Tech is aiming to supply etching equipment for glass substrates aimed at chip packages, TheElec has learned.It is hoping to supply the kits to SKC Absolics, which is developing glass chip packages and building a dedicated factory in the state of Georgia in the US.FNS

Samsung said on Wednesday that it has manufactured a sample of a 16-stack high bandwidth memory (HBM).During a local conference hosted by The Korean Microelectronics and Packaging Society, Samsung vice president Kim Dae-woo said the tech giant manufactured the chip with hybrid bonding around a week

Display component maker Anapass will be supplying display driver ICs that will be used in OLED panels for Samsung Galaxy S24 Fan Edition (FE), TheElec has learned.The company, which specializes in time controllers, or T-cons, has begun manufacturing the ICs, which are called TCON embedded driver ICs

Samsung is forming a team of around 400 employees to work on high bandwidth memory (HBM) alone, TheElec has learned.Last month, TheElec reported that the South Korean company planning to convert its task force for HBM into a permanent office.The new HBM development team will be under the direct supe

South Korean battery maker SK On will go public no later than 2028, an up to a two-year delay from the initial date that was proposed.Kim Jun, the vice chairman of SK On’s parent company SK Innovation, said on Thursday during SK Innovation's annual shareholders' meeting that the possible adjustment

Chip fabless firm Fadu made repeated apologies during its annual shareholder’s meeting amid lackluster earnings and the drop in share prices.The company’s share prices opened at 31,000 won per share when it went public last year but as of Thursday, its shares were trading at 16,280 won per share, a

LG Electronics CEO William Cho said on Tuesday that the company was open to equity investment and joint ventures with over-the-top content companies.In the TV market today, FAST, or free ad-supported streaming TV, platforms were gaining attention, the CEO stressed during the electronics maker’s annu

South Korean memory chip company SK Hynix expects customer demand for customized high bandwidth memory (HBM) to become stronger going forward.Demand from customers for optimization of these memory chips, which are paired with AI processors, will lead them to become less of a commodity like other mem

Chip giants TSMC and Intel are expected to complete their 2-nanometer (nm) or under fabs within the year, industry association SEMI said.The Taiwanese chip giant is expected to secure a capacity of 67,500 8-inch wafers per month, while its US counterpart is expected to secure 202,500.Intel is expect

Battery inspection equipment maker Nsys gained Norway’s Morrow Batteries as a new customer last year, filings from the company showed on Tuesday.Nsys said it recorded 51.2 billion won in revenue last year, a jump of 22% from 2022.This was thanks to the expanded capacity in North America of the compa

Battery production equipment maker PNT said on Tuesday that it aims to record over 1 trillion won in revenue this yearThis is double its annual revenue last year of 545.4 billion won. PNT CEO JoonSup Kim said during its annual shareholders’ meeting that the company is also looking to find new busine

EcoPro said it has secured a 9% stake for US$11 million in a nickel refinery run by China’s GEM in Indonesia.Green Eco Nickel is in Sulawesi Island and produces 20,000 metric tonnes of nickel per year.EcoPro said it will secure nickel from the refinery equivalent to its stake.The South Korean chemic

Display equipment maker Sunic System expects to win orders from BOE for Gen 8 OLED deposition equipment this year, its CEO said on Monday.Sunic System CEO Park Jae-gyu said during the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting that it expects a positive result in its competition to supply deposition equ

LG Energy Solution expects the slowdown in the electric vehicle battery market that started last year to continue up to the first half of the year.In response, the South Korean battery maker will adjust its investment timeline in North America, company CFO Lee Chang Sil said during the company’s sha

Seojin System is supplying metal molds for car body die-casting to a global auto giant, the company’s CEO told TheElec. This customer, which ranks within the top five in terms of revenue among automakers, will use it for its electric vehicles.Seojin System is also building a large die-casting factor

US chip giant Micron said on Wednesday that its high bandwidth memory (HBM) production capacity this year has already been sold out.Enough orders have also been placed for its capacity next year to be almost filled, the company said during its conference call for its December-February quarter, its f

Samsung is aiming to become the world’s largest semiconductor company within two to three years, the company co-CEO said on Wednesday.Samsung co-CEO Kyung Kye-hyun, who heads the company’s Device Solution (DS) division, its chip division, said during Samsung’s annual shareholders’ meeting the compan

Samsung SDI is planning to expand its electric vehicle battery production capacity in North America through the forming of new joint ventures and building more factories, the company CEO said on Wednesday.This was because the EV market is expected to continue to grow, Samsung SDI CEO Yoonho Choi sai

Samsung is expected to launch its new foldable series faster than last year.The South Korean tech giant is planning to start production of components that will be used in Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 in early May, sources said.This is two to three weeks earlier than when it did so for the Gal