TSE has begun supplying its ultra-fast test socket called Eltune to a global system-on-a-chip (SoC) maker, the company said.Eltune sockets offers shorter signal lengths compared to pogo pin sockets, the company said. The contact terminal was also wider and showed high results during yield rate testi

LG Electronics has begun sales of its rollable TV in South Korea.LG Signature OLED R will cost 100 million won (US$87,000).The TVs will be displayed on the company’s premium stores, starting with LG Electronics Best Shop in the affluent Gangnam district.The TV has a 65-inch OLED screen that can roll

Semiconductor component maker Haesung DS has posted 12.5 billion won in operating income in the third quarter of 2020.It is a rise of 37.9% year over year, the company said.Haesung DS posted net income of 8.4 billion won and sales of 119 billion won in the quarter, a rise of 5% and 14.9% year over y

Wonik Holdings will acquire battery equipment maker PNE Solution, the company said.It announced that it was acquiring around 5.2 million shares of PNE by December 18.Wonik will buy the 35.13% stake owned by Jeong Dae-taek, the largest single share holder of PNE, for 100 billion won.PNE Solution was

Semiconductor exposure component maker FST will launch pellicles for use in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process next year, the company said on Tuesday.The company will launch a full size EUV pellicle based on silicon carbide (SiC), 30-nanometer (nm) thick and with 90% transmittance in the first quarte

SK Hynix will acquire Intel’s NAND memory and storage business for $9 billion, the South Korean memory maker said on Tuesday.The transaction includes the US chip giant’s NAND SSD business, NAND component and wafer business and its Dalian NAND memory chip facility in China.Intel will retain its Optan

Samsung Display’s foldable organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel for the Galaxy Z Flip smartphone has received the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification in South Korea.EDP is given by Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KETI), a sub-agency under the Ministry of E

Half the amount of Samsung Electronics’ 7.9 trillion telecom equipment supply deal to US carrier Verizon is for software, TheElec has learned.This shows that Samsung Network’s software competence is increasing fast, people familiar with the matter said.Previously, software was considered an area tha

Hana Technology is preparing to enter the electrolyte production process equipment market next year, the company said.This will allow it to offer all battery production kit from inspection to production in turn-key, the company said.Hana Technology was founded in 2000 as Hana ENG. It changed its nam

Hanmi Semiconductor has posted its highest every quarterly profits in the third quarter of 2020.The company posted operating profits of 24.9 billion won and sales of 77.9 billion won in the quarter. It is an operating margin rate of 32%.It was Hanmi’s best performance since its founding in 1980, the

Samsung Corning Advanced Glass has filed almost no patents for the past seven years, TheElec has learned.The company filed patents actively after being founded but this has dropped and is acting more as a production-focused entity.This contrast with Corning Precision Materials, formerly called Samsu

Laser equipment maker Philoptics will begin producing samples of fine metal masks (FMM) for 6th-generation organic light emitting diode (OLED), the South Korean company said on Monday.FMM is used to deposit OLED materials on to the substrate. The OLED materials must not sag or expand from heat when

LG Velvet’s UI will be expanded to budget model smartphones, LG Electronics said.Smartphones such as Q51 and Q61 will get the UI within the year, the company said. V35 ThinQ, launched in 2018, will also get the UI.LG Velvet’s UI was intuitive and convenient, the South Korean company said.

Samsung Electronics will showcase a film it produced called Untact filmed in 8K using smartphones, the company said.The film was directed by Kim Jee-woon and starts actors Kim Go-eun and Kim Ju-han.Untact will be romantic drama film.The film will open at two 8K cinemas in Seoul __ one at Yeonnam and

Synopex has launched a face masks made with a fabric used to make synthetic arteries.Synopex Membrane Filter Mask uses a triple filter made by attaching a spunbond to e-PTFE, while adding two more linings for a penta filter.It also has flexible spunbond for the ears and a self-developed nose wire.Th

Samsung Electronics will begin production of the upcoming Galaxy S21 smartphone series in mid-December, TheElec has learned.This is a month faster than its predecessor Galaxy S20, which went into production in January with official sales starting in March.Galaxy S21 smartphones will likely start off

Chinese display panel makers are expected to shift some of their liquid crystal display (LCD) TV lines for those of monitors, according to market research firm TrendForce.This was due to their 10.5-generation TV LCD lines increasing in operations __ the previous 8.5 and 8.6-generation TV LCD lines w

SK Telecom will split-off its mobility operation as a separate company called T Map Mobility, the carrier said on Friday.The motion will be proposed in a shareholders’ meeting next month.US car-hailing giant will invest US$50 million into T Map Mobility.SK Telecom said it values T Map Mobility at 1

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will sell its Wi-Fi module business, TheElec has learned.It will sell the business to a company that split-off from Samsung Electro-Mechanics.The Wi-Fi module operations in Suwon, South Korea and Thailand will be sold. Suwon employees 60 people and Thailand 440. Personnel a

Philoptics has supplied its laser equipment used to cut ultrathin glass for a South Korean client, the company said on Friday.Laser its used to cut the ultrathin glass that are used as the cover window in foldable smartphones.Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable smartphone