Display equipment maker SFA said on Tuesday that it has recorded 1.56 trillion won in revenue and 188.9 billion won in operating profit for the entire year of 2021.Revenue was level to that of 2020 while operating profit jumped 12.91%.Its subsidiary SFA contributed 641.1 billion won in revenue and 6

Display equipment maker H&iruja had attempted to merge with a battery equipment supplier to Samsung SDI late last year, TheElec has learned.However, the battery equipment supplier had refused the offer, sources said.H&iruja had been attempting to expand into the battery equipment sector since mid-20

Battery material maker EcoPro BM said it plans to restart its cathode plant next month that had halted production due to an explosion back in January.CAM4, a production line at its Ochang plant that wasn’t affected by the explosion, will start operations mid-March, the company said in a conference c

AMD said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of Xilinx, in a record chip industry deal worth around US$50 billion.AMD had announced the purchase back in 2020 and had been seeking approval from regulators since then.The company said it plans to lead the computing, graphic and adaptive SoC

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 launching later this year will have a designated slot for the S Pen stylus and come with a similar screen size as its predecessor the Galaxy Z Fold 3, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant has recently finalized its plan to make a designated slot on the foldable p

Samsung was researching and developing a new material to use to make focus rings, TheElec has learned.Focus rings are commodities used in the etching process of wafer fabrication. It fixes the wafer in place to maintain the plasma density and prevents the sides of the wafer from contamination.In the

SK Hynix has significantly downsized its team that develops memory products for automobiles, TheElec has learned.According to sources, Daeyong Shim, vice president head of SK Hynix’s Automotive Business, was transferred to the Semiconductor Academy, a team dedicated to educating the company’s suppli

Hyundai Motor was considering procuring home appliance IC controllers as the prolonged global chip shortage continues to affect automobile production, TheElec has learned.The South Korean automobile giant was conducting tests to see whether these controllers can replace the ones it currently uses an

Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone series Galaxy S22 with upped camera features as well as one model housing the S Pen stylus like the Galaxy Note.Galaxy S22 series comes in three models: Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S22.Galaxy S22 Ultra comes with a dedicated port for t

The global lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery market is expected to be worth US$15.2 billion by 2029 with 200GWh worth of batteries to be manufactured, according to analyst firm QYResearch.QYResearch CEO Yoon Sung-bin also said LFP batteries are expected to replace more and more of the lithium man

Mplus, a battery production equipment supplier to SK On, will also develop equipment for its main customer’s rival LG Energy Solution, TheElec has learned.The company participated in a recent event hosted by LG Energy Solution at its factory in Ochang.LG Energy Solution held the event to showcase it

Samsung’s automotive component subsidiary Harman acquired German augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) head-up display (HUD) software firm Apostera.Harman said it will apply the software by the startup, founded in 2017, to its digital cockpit solutions.According to the Samsung subsidiary, Ap

Lam Research on Thursday announced new etching solutions that can be used for gate-all-around (GAA) transistor structures in wafers.The solutions were already in use by Samsung for its 3-nanometer (nm) GAA process, the company said.They were being manufactured by Lam Research Manufacturing Korea, th

Samsung SDI has begun applying a new process to increase its yield rate in battery production.The South Korean battery maker has begun using laser equipment to clean the cans used in prismatic batteries, sources said.In prismatic batteries, materials such as cathode, anode and separators are deposit

Samsung is planning to manufacture components enough to produce 30 million units of its Galaxy S22 series of smartphones which will be unveiled on Wednesday this week, TheElec has learned.This is 20% higher than the initial components it manufactured for the Galaxy S21 series last year.The component

Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display have hit a roadblock in their negotiations over the price of quantum-dot (QD)-OLED panels that the latter originally planned to supply to the South Korean electronics giant for their TVs, TheElec has learned.The negotiations, which started late last year, have

South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery maker LG Energy Solution said it had recorded 17.85 trillion won in revenue and 768.5 billion won in operating income during the entire year of 2022.Revenue increased 42% year-on-year, while the company recorded its first annual operating income after years

LG Display was currently shifting some of its OLED production equipment at its E5 line at its plant in Gumi, South Korea to its plant in Paju, TheElec has learned.The company was transferring some of its tensioners __ used in depositing OLED materials on the panel during production __ to its E6-4 li

Dawonsys said on Tuesday that it was issuing 65.6 billion won worth of new shares.Around 3 million regular shares will be allotted in March 14, the company said. The new shares will begin trading in May.The company said it plans to use the fund to fuel its new semiconductor and display equipment bus

More TV panels will be manufactured at Gen 10 substrate and above lines this year, according to analyst firm Omdia.The firm expects TV panels made at Gen 10 (2880x3130mm) and Gen 10.5 (2940x3370mm) lines to account for 31.8% of the total TV panels __ including both liquid crystal displays (LCD) and