Samsung will keep the Fingerprint on Display (FOD) sensor for its next Galaxy S smartphone, according to industry sources on Sept. 10. For better performance, the Active Area Dimension (AAD) that recognizes the fingerprints is expected to be get much bigger.“We are talking with clients including Sam

Samsung SDI invested additional funds to ramp up the capacity of its electric vehicle battery plant in China’s Xian to snap up a bigger market share in the world’s No.2 economy, according to Chinese officials on Sept. 10.“The investment was completed last year, and mass production has already begun,

SK Siltron announced on Sept. 10 that its board has agreed to acquire US-based Dupont’s silicon carbide (SiC) wafer business for $450 million in a bid to raise its profile in the global chip industry.The transaction is expected to be wrapped up by the end of this year.SiC wafers are used to manufact

Samsung Display has decided against developing OLED material sets exclusively for Apple smartphones, meaning next year’s iPhones would likely use the M10 sets, according to industry sources on Sept. 10.“The biggest reason for not developing exclusive sets anymore is due to the slow sales of the iPho

The South Korean government has indicated that it might intervene in the legal dispute between LG Chem and SK Innovation over electric car battery patents, saying it was “inappropriate” for local companies to file suits against each other in foreign courts, according to industry sources on Sept. 9.M

Samsung Electronics won’t be applying Exynos, the premium application processor from its System LSI division, to the low-end Original Development Manufacturing (ODM) smartphones to be launched next year, according to industry sources on Sept. 9.Instead, Qualcomm or Mediatek are likely to be chosen a

South Korean chemicals and materials company LC Chem has signed a partnership with US-based OLED materials maker UDC on co-developing next generation OLED light-emitting layer, according to industry sources on Sept. 4.UDC recently also signed partnerships with Germany-based display technology compan

South Korean manufacturer Wonik IPS has supplied Hole in Active Area (HIAA) equipment to Samsung Display last month in a move aimed at cutting production prices, sources recently told The Elec.The new equipment will be applied for the mass production of displays from Samsung using the HIAA technolog

Samsung is finally unveiling the Galaxy Fold five months after its original launch date in April this year on account of durability issues.“After mounting various hurdles, we have finally unveiled a brand new mobile category with the Galaxy Fold,” said Koh Dong-jin, head of Samsung Electronics IM di

Samsung Electronics is expected to give Sony a run for its money by developing special image sensors for Time of Flight (ToF) modules that allow for 3D sensing by the end of this year, according to industry sources on Sept. 3. Mass production is planned for the first quarter of next year.This means

South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI will supply batteries for next generation electric vehicles manufactured by Audi, according to industry sources on Sept. 4.This marks the first time the Samsung unit provided batteries for an EV, and the second in terms of Volkswagen Group, which sells cars und

South Korea’s Misumsystech is providing battery backs and battery management systems (BMS) for the electric version of Thailand’s three-wheel rickshaws Tuk Tuk, as a part of bilateral collaboration in fourth industrial revolution industries, the manufacturer said on Sept. 2.The move comes after the

South Korean camera module maker Cammsys has shut down its automobile electronic devices business that it has been working on over the past six years due to accumulating deficit.Cammsys shuttered the business involving automobile camera modules, black boxes and front and rearview cameras, according

Germany-based pharmaceutical company Merck said it would join hands with South Korea to overcome the sluggish growth of the local and global display industry at a recent academic convention held in Gyeongju on Aug. 29.Merck Managing Director Glenn Young said during its 30 years in South Korea, Merck

DRAM memory prices have stabilized in eight months after logging double-digit declines this year. But citing sluggish demand, experts say it’s yet early to assume that the prices would turn to the plus in the near future despite Japan’s latest restriction ban on chip-making materials to South Korea

China’s Sunny Optical is in the final stages of certification for supplying Time of Flight (ToF) 3D sensing lens for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy smartphones, according to industry sources on Aug. 26.ToF is a camera technology that allows for 3D viewing that can be applied to VR, AR and 5G. South Kor

South Korean tech supplier RFTech is aiming to quadruple its 5G base stations antenna module capacity by next year as part of the so-called ‘Samsung Effect,’ according to the firm on Aug. 13."We are in the midst of purchasing land in Vietnam to add a new plant there for producing 5G base station ant

The chief executive of South Korea’s top battery maker LG Chem recently said that despite the subpar quality of locally-made battery pouch film, the firm will try to replace some of its Japanese suppliers with local manufacturers.“It’s true that we have been relying on Japanese suppliers such as DNP

Samsung Electronics took home the biggest market share in six years in the Japanese smartphone market in the second quarter of this year on the back of stellar sales of the latest flagship Galaxy S10, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics last week.The South Korean tech giant's Samsun

South Korea’s Samsung SDI and LG Chemical is looking to produce more cylindrical batteries to prepare to supply to high-end electric vehicles such as the Tesla Model 3.According to market research firm SNE Research on Aug. 26, the global cyclical battery market reached 125GWh this year, up from the