Samsung Display is aiming to reduce the power consumption of its display panels by over 50% to meet the needs of the so-called “AI era,” a senior executive said.The display panel maker was developing technologies that remove all factors that influence power consumption in its display, Samsung Displa

SNU Precision has won an order from Chinese microdisplay maker BCDTEK to supply its OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) deposition equipment, TheElec has learned.The equipment are used to deposit OLED on silicon wafers. Display made this way, which are usually in the 1-inch range in size, are used in realty de

Hanwha Momentum is planning to launch its own overhead hoist transport (OHT) used to transport wafers during chip production.The company has been developing the equipment since last year in February, it revealed in its latest filings to financial authorities on Tuesday.Hanwha Momentum said it finish

X-ray equipment maker Xavis is in talks with Samsung to supply its glass board inspection equipment, TheElec has learned.The kit is used to check whether the copper circuits have properly formed after the through glass via (TGV) process.Xavis is still developing the equipment and is getting feedback

DB Hitek is planning to contract produce silicon capacitors for a customer starting late in the year, TheElec has learned.Silicon capacitors are made using semiconductor processes unlike multi-layer chip capacitors.They can maintain a stable voltage and have an advantage in removing high frequency n

Samsung is preparing to tape-out its Gen 6 high-bandwidth memory (HBM) at the end of the year, TheElec has learned.Tape-out is the last step of chip design and is where the company sends the design blueprint to the chip foundry, its partner that will manufacture the chip.With a tape-out done at the

Sapien Semiconductors CEO Myunghee Lee said on Wednesday that the company aims to turn a profit next year while reaching an annual revenue of 10 billion won this year.Lee noted that the company is expected to announce three more orders it received in the second half of the year, the CEO said in an i

Battery equipment maker PNT is planning to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell production line within the year, TheElec has learned.The production line will be set up at its facility in Gumi with an annual capacity of 0.5GWh, sources said.The batteries will be prismatic and is aimed fo

South Korean fab equipment maker SFA will supply overhead hoist transports (OHT) and stockers to chipmaker Micron, TheElec has learned.The equipment maker has already started installation of some of the equipment at Micron’s fab in Gujarat, India, sources said.The deal is worth 50 billion won but co

SK Hynix has announced that it is planning to develop a 4F2 (square) DRAM, much like its domestic rival Samsung.The cost of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) processes has been rising fast since the commercialization of 1c DRAM, SK Hynix researcher Seo Jae Wook noted during an industry conference in Seoul o

South Korean battery equipment makers have been invited to Morrow Batteries’ event to celebrate the start of operation of its new battery factory.Multiple domestic equipment makers took part in the forming of the factory, which started construction in 2022.South Korean equipment makers also supplied

Revenue from semiconductors worldwide grew 18.3% in the second quarter from the same period a year ago, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.The revenue figures stood at US$149.9 billion, an increase of 6.5% from the previous quarter.Revenue in June was especially strong __ in North A

LG Electronics was considering using flip chip-ball grid array (FC-BGA) made by affiliate LG Innotek on its TVs, TheElec has learned.LG Innotek has been fostering FC-BGA, a high-end chip board, as its new business, so winning the electronics maker as a customer can be a much-needed boost as it can u

Samsung Display signed a contract with Microsoft to develop and supply OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) for the latter’s mixed reality (MR) device, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker is expected to supply hundreds of thousands of units, sources said.Microsoft was developing the MR device for

Sapeon was collaborating with outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) companies Amkor Technology and ITEK for the production of its X330 AI chip, TheElec has learned.Amkor will handle the packaging of X330 and ITEK the product test, sources said.Sapeon announced the chip last year and is p

DSK has won an order to supply notching equipment from the battery joint venture between Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution based in the US, TheElec has learned.The venture, HL-GA, has placed orders for the equipment for two out of its nine production lines, sources said.The equipment costs around

Avaco will be supplying its electrode equipment to battery maker LG Energy Solution, TheElec has learned.The company will be supplying its roll press and slitter equipment under the deal, which was two years in the making.Avaco’s kits were tested for over a year and were expected to be supplied last

LG Chem is expected surpass Dupont in OLED evaporation material this year, according to data from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC).This forecast by DSCC comes amid LG Chem’s winning of orders for electron blocking layer by Samsung Display for small OLED panels. Solus Advanced Materials had be

Park Systems has supplied its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask repair equipment, called NX-Mask, to a global foundry company, TheElec has learned.It had provided a test version of the equipment before and now the chip foundry has placed an official order in the second quarter of the year, sources said

Apple is expected to use LG Display as a secondary vendor for OLED screens on the iPhone SE4 launching next year, TheElec has learned.The brand is Cupertino’s budget model and has used BOE as the sole vendor for its screens for a while now.Next year, BOE will be the primary vendor while LG Display,