Samsung Electronics is estimating that it will ship around 26 million units of its Galaxy S21 smartphone series this year, TheElec has learned.The figure is conservative as its Galaxy S20 series sold that much in 2020, which was considered underwhelming by the company.Samsung set the conservative fi

The South Korean government and local companies together will spend 300 billion won for ten years to foster talents in system semiconductors, South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Thursday.They will also create system semiconductor design majors in local universities.By 2022,

Texas Instrument on Thursday unveiled its wireless battery management system (BMS) concept at an online press conference in South Korea.The company is aiming to commercialize the solution in 2024.Texas Instrument will be supplying its Simplelink CC2662R-Q1 wireless microcontroller unit (MCU), BQ7961

Volvo Trucks’ electric trucks launching in 2022 will be powered by Samsung SDI’s batteries, TheElec has learned.It is Samsung SDI’s first supply for trucks __ the company has so far supplied for electric vehicles and energy storage systems.The South Korean battery maker is planning to wrap up develo

SK Innovation said on Thursday that it has acquired a 13.3% stake in Blue Park Smart Energy(Beijing) Technology (BPSE), a subsidiary of BAIC Group.The pair will collaborate in Batter-as-a-Service (BaaS) businesses.The first project will be battery replacement stations. The stations will swap spent b

Qualcomm launched its new application processor, the Snapdragon 870, on Tuesday.The process is an upgraded version of Snapdragon 865 Plus launched earlier.The new AP clocks 3.2GHz, higher than its predecessor’s 3.09GHz. Both are made in the 7nm process.Snapdragon 870’s Kryo 585 CPU has one Cortex-A7

ASML is planning to ship 40 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems this year, the company said at its fourth quarter conference call.Last year, the company shipped 31 EUV systems for sales of 4.5 billion euros, CEO Peter Wennink said.ASML is expecting sales of 5.8 billion euros from EUV systems in 2021,

LG Electronics will invest 50 billion won at its Changwon facility to build a home appliance lab and transition the place to a smart factory, the company said on Wednesday.LG executives and government officials of Changwon city and South Gyeongsang Province signed an agreement for the building of th

South Korean component maker Partron was developing mmWave 5G router for US carrier Verizon, TheElec has learned.The company was preparing to supply the routers, aimed at consumers, to the carrier in the second half of 2021 at the earliest, people familiar with the matter said.Partron, which as most

SPIE Advanced Lithography Digital Forum will be held online next month from February 22 to 26.SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will host the event that will showcase extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology that is growing ever more important in semiconductor product

Mcnex unveiled its in-cabin camera system at CES 2021.The system offers driver and occupant monitoring in side cars.This is increase safety for passengers, Mcnex said.Such system is applied more and more by automobile companies in preparation of the self-driving cars, the South Korean company said.M

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has issued a green bond worth US$1 billion to invest in projects for environmental, social and governance (ESG) management.A green bonds are limited to being able to fund environmentally friendly projects. SK Hynix said it was the semiconductor company in the world

NXP on Tuesday introduced a slew of technologies at CES 2021.These include its technologies in Wi-Fi6, radar, ultra wide band (UWB), time-sensitive networking (TSN) and computer numeric control (CNC) machines.NXP has Wi-Fi6 and Wi-Fi 6E chipsets that can make life more convenience at homes, which ar

Intel announced its 10nm SuperFin processor Alder Lake at CES 2021.The chip giant also unveiled its 11th Gen vPro platform, 11th Gen mobile H processors and N-series 10nm Pentium Silver and Celeron processorsThe 11th Gen vPro platformed is aimed at the enterprise. It uses Intel’s 10nm SuperFin techn

LG Electronics and Luxoft will form a joint venture called Alluto that will launch an infotainment system for cars using webOS Auto, the companies said on Tuesday.Alluto will develop the infotainment system which will include a head unit and rear-seat entertainment system.LG CTO IP Park, at an open

Sono Motors said on Tuesday at CES 2021 that its solar powered electric vehicle Sion has received 12,600 orders from crowdfunding.The company will launch Sion in Europe first, priced at 21,428 euros, around the fourth quarter of 022.The second-generation Sion showcased at CES 2021 can travel 255km w

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday launched its 5nm processor Exynos 2100.The chip will power the company’s Galaxy S21 smartphones, which will be unveiled on January 14.Exynos 2100 integrates the CPU, GPU and 5G modem chip.Samsung said the chip consumes 20% less power compared to chips made in the 7nm p

Intel's autonomous driving subsidiary Mobileye unveiled its autonomous vehicle strategy and latest technology gains at CES 2021.Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua said the company has been focusing on Mobileye's automatically generated, crowdsourced high-definition maps, a driving policy based on Responsibi

Mcnex, in collaboration with Corephotonics, announced that they have developed a front prism dual-sensing ADAS camera at CES 2021.The camera will improve autonomous driving in cars. It will receive videos of intersections and curved roads to the control unit, Mcnex said.One camera will monitor the f

LG Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its new OLED TV called OLED evo at CES 2021.The company said the new TV uses new organic materials. The model name for the new TV is G1.The new TV offers clearer picture resolution compared to its predecessors.LG will launch the TVs in 55, 65, 77 and 83-inch sizes.