Printed circuit board (PCB) maker YP Electronics' hope to supply its rigid flexible PCB (RFPCB) for Apple’s iPhone 12 is being dashed from Cupertino’s recent change in OLED component, people familiar with the matter told TheElec.Apple has has divided the flexible PCB (FPCB) it plans to connect with

Volkswagen has sent letters of intent (LOI) to Asian battery makers to buy batteries for use in its Modular Electric Drive (MEB) platform, TheElec confirmed Friday.The project is dubbed TR5 __ LG Chem, Samsung SDI, SK Innovation and CATL has all replied that they wish to participate, people with dir

Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday it expects a positive outlook for memory semiconductors in the mid- to long-term.The market’s recovery from lowered demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic was slower than it predicted earlier, but memory chips will see growth starting in the third quarter, the central

OLED equipment vendor Shindo ENG Lab has sent registration statement to the Financial Services Commission Thursday, in preparation for an IPO in July.Shindo was founded in 2000 and supplies equipment for LCD and OLED production.Its main product is its 3D laminator that comes with its proprietary tec

Samsung Display has won the Display of the Year Award from Society for Information Display (SID), the company said.The company won the top award for its foldable display used in Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Fold.Dubbed Infinity Flex, the display is 7.3-inch in size when unfolded and 4.6-inch when fol

SK Hynix has begin development of a 1a (15-nanometer)-class DRAM that will use extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process in its production, sources within the company told TheElec Thursday.The 4th-generation 10-nanometer-class DRAM is internally called “Canopus” __ the brightest star in the Carina Constella

SK Broadband was pressuring its equipment suppliers to cut unit prices, people familiar with the matter said.Negotiation has been “tight”, they told TheElec Thursday, since Choi Jin-hwan became CEO of SK Broadband. Talks that usually ended between March to April is still ongoing, they added.Another

Simmtech Graphics has turned a profit in the first quarter thanks to its focus on GDDR6.The Japan-based subsidiary of Korean printed circuit board (PCB) maker Simmtech posted 200 million won operating profits and 38.3 billion won in revenue in the first quarter, according to its filings to the Finan

Samsung SDI has put in capital into EcoPro EM, its joint venture with supplier EcoPro, TheElec confirmed Thursday.It signals that the South Korean battery giant will also likely begin construction of its cathode material plant, dubbed CAM6. Samsung and EcoPro are planning to put in 120 billion won i

Wafer-processing solution provider ACM Research has developed a new suit of cleaning tools dubbed Ultra C, the company announced Wednesday for the South Korean market.Ultra C b, Ultra C wb and Ultra C s are for backside cleaning, automated wet bench and scrubbing, respectively. They were "semi-criti

NXP Semiconductors has named Kurt Sievers at its new CEO Wednesday, effective immediately.He replaces Richard Clemmer who will remain as a strategic adviser.“His expertise across business segments, passion for innovation and connections with NXP investors, customers, and employees around the world m

LG Uplus and GS E&C will apply artificial intelligence (AI) on the CCTV system of construction sites to increase worker safety, the companies said Thursday.The telco will also provide 4G LTE and 5G wireless network optimized for use in such sites, it said.The AI system will analyze people and object

Ace Technologies saw a surge in its stock prices despite issuing convertible bonds thanks to market expectations that it will perform well in the second half of the year thanks to its supply deal with Ericsson.The company’s closing price on Wednesday was an increase from 0.91% from a day earlier. A

Chinese material makers are expanding their production capacity for precursors used in the making of batteries for electric vehicles.The increase in production rate is to back the rise in volume for their South Korean cathode material making clients, people familiar with the matter told TheElec Wedn

Qualcomm will launch Extended Reality (XR) Viewers in collaboration with 15 global telcos, the company said Wednesday.At Augmented World Expo hosted by the company, it said the XR Viewers will come in glasses tethered to a 5G-enabled smartphone via USB-C cable.South Korean telcos SK Telecom, KT and

Arm has unveiled a new suit of mobile IP that will offering greater efficiency and performance for 5G and AI, the company announced Tuesday.They include the Cortex-A78 CPU, the Mali-G78 GPU, the Mali-G68 and the Ethos-N78 NPU. Arm will also offer a new program that will allow customize the products

Clamshell will be the most popular form of foldable smartphones from now up until 2025, a market research firms said Wednesday. The form has been currently commercialized by Samsung Electronics and Motorola.This year, 3 million units of clamshell-type panels for smartphones will be shipped, accordin

Apple’s iPhone 11 saw the highest shipment among smartphones worldwide in the first quarter, according to market research firm Omdia.Cupertino moved 19.5 million units in the quarter, the firm said. It is considerably higher 13.6 million units marked by iPhone XR in the first quarter of 2019.Samsung

Cosmo AM&T and SK Telecom will install solar panels at the former’s factory in Chungju, the companies announced.They will finish installation by October and began supplying the energy in November to KEPCO, the country’s largest electric utility.The plant will have an energy capacity of 2.7MW.The sol

A new silicon anode production technology that can improve performances of lithium-ion batteries dramatically has been developed by a South Korean company.LPN, which specializes in electronic materials, said it has developed a new production method for a nanosilicon-based high-capacity anode, Tuesda