South Korean camera module manufacturer Namuga will be supplying most of the Time of Flight modules fitted into the Galaxy Note 10 smartphones that Samsung Electronics plans to unveil next month.Industry sources said on July 2 that Namuga will supply around 70% of the modules, while its rival Partro

Samsung Electronics’ second quarter operating profit stood at a slightly better-than-expected 6.5 trillion won ($5.5 billion) on a temporary surge in profit from Apple, data showed on July 5.Quarterly revenues stood at an estimated 56 trillion won, down 4.2% from the same period last year. Operating

The head of LG Electronics’ center for material production and equipment innovation has denied that the center every took illicit profit from suppliers as part of an “unspoken agreement.”“There’s no more confusion or controversy on this,” Hong Soon-kook, the chief of the center, told The Elec on the

South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI has begun running its battery plant in the Chinese city of Tianjin, according to industry sources on July 3.Tianjin is where the Samsung unit said in December last year that it would invest 400 billion won ($342.7 million) to expand its battery assembly lines a

LG Electronics is in talks with BOE on buying smartphone OLED panels from the Chinese display maker, according to industry sources on July 1. This means there’s a good chance that the new smartphones from LG next year would be fitted with BOE’s OLED screens.For LG Display, this isn’t good news becau

South Korean battery LiBS maker W-scope is committed to invest up to 80 billion won ($68.9 million) to add two extra production lines for separator film at its plant in Chungju of Chungcheong Province, industry sources said on July 1.The reports come after W-scope added LG Chem and Samsung SDI as ne

SK Hynix, the world’s No.2 memory chipmaker, may be forced to shutter some of its assembly plants following the Japanese government’s latest decision to ban or limit the exports of semiconductor materials to South Korea.“It’s a little less urgent for Samsung Electronics, which has its own warehouse

LG Chem is increasingly turning to Chinese suppliers such as Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology Co. (Semcorp.) and Senior for lithium-ion battery separators (LiBS), industry sources said on June 28.At the same time, the LG unit is reducing its reliance on SK Innovation. The two companies have

Seoul Semiconductor, the world’s fourth-largest LED manufacturer, is leveraging its patents to maintain an industry edge. So far, the firm has won around 200 patent suits and is in the midst of 30 others, according to a company official.Seoul Semiconductor has around 12,000 patents to its name. The

Samsung Electronics has announced that it’s planning to release a wide range of foldable smartphones in the near future.“We expect to release various different types of foldable phones,” said Lee Jong-min, a senior vice president of Samsung Electronics’ mobile business. “In addition to the tablet-ty

Samsung Electronics announced on June 26 that it would apply EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography) technology to its next generation DRAM assembly lines to streamline the chip-making process.The world’s largest memory chipmaker said it has officially adopted the technology to cut the production time

Armed with low costs and high quality, Korean EV parts supplier A.F.W is looking to sell friction welded battery cathode terminals to CATL, the largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer in China, according to industry sources on June 24.If the talks are successful, the deal is expected to be mad

China is working relentlessly to fly solo in the memory chip market in the face of intensifying sanctions from the US, according to industry sources and media reports.The world’s No.2 economy has been spearheading the so-called DRAM project to become independent in chip-making. Currently, China is b

Samsung Electronics is reportedly preparing to launch a second-generation of the Galaxy Fold with a bigger screen as early as the end of this year, industry sources told The Elec on June 25.The updated phone would still fold inwards, but the display will be blown up to 8-inches – the first generatio

Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group – also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry – has issued a statement vehemently denying any intention to pull its production facilities out of China.“None of the reports speculating our withdrawal from China are true,” said the statement released on June 17. “T

Samsung Electronics’ network business has given the green light to mass produce the radio frequency (RF) chips fitted into 5G base stations shipped out to clients all over the world, according to industry sources on June 24.But the chips won’t be produced by Samsung’s foundry unit. Instead, Taiwanes

The demand for Multiple Layer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) won’t pick up until at least the fourth quarter, according to industry sources on June 21.Previously, experts had expected a turnaround by Q3. On the contrary, the oversupply has yet to be relieved, while demand from China remains soft.“For bo

Leading battery maker LG Chem has been using equipment supplied by Chinese manufacturer Shenzhen Yinghe Tech Co. at its second EV battery-making plant in Nanjing, according to industry sources on June 21.The Shenzhen-based firm provided winders and notching equipment – 19 sets in twos – used for pro

Despite Apple’s attempts to reduce its production reliance on Chinese facilities, it looks like it would take years for any of those suppliers to set up shop offshore, according to industry sources and the foreign press on June 19.In addition to astronomical costs, there’s the enticing cocktail of i

South Korea’s Cosmo Advanced Materials & Technology is considering adding exclusive production lines for cathode active material NCM (nickel-cobalt-manganese) used in EV batteries.Industry sources said on June 5 that Cosmo has been pressed to make the call after trying to produce NCM523 material fro