The cost of the new fab Samsung is building in South Korea has increased significantly since the third quarter due to global inflation, TheElec has learned.The cost of building additional facilities and its P3 fab at Pyeongtaek has increased by over 1 trillion won.Samsung C&T, Samsung Engineering, a

BlueOval SK, the battery joint venture between SK On and Ford, is facing difficulty in finalizing equipment orders as suppliers are offering their kits at higher prices than the battery maker wants, TheElec has learned.BlueOval SK had begun placing orders in mid-November but every week there has bee

APS Holdings said on Tuesday that it has developed an OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) with a resolution of 3000pixels per inch (ppi).The company developed an OLEDoS in 1000ppi earlier this year.OLEDoS deposits OLED on a silicon wafer and are being developed for use in augmented and virtual reality devices.

LG Energy Solution is aiming to have its suppliers burden the cost when the company faces problems such as battery fires, TheElec has learned.As an incentive for the suppliers, South Korean battery maker is offering long-term contracts to companies that agree to the term.These contracts also include

Chip gas firm TEMC has won Samsung as a customer for its neon gas, which is used in chip production, TheElec has learned.Neon gas prices have skyrocketed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started.TEMC succeeded in producing the rare gas on its own, allowing Samsung to add them as their supplier tim

Investment in fabless chip companies that design semiconductors continue to drop in South Korea.TheElec talked to multiple sources in the country’s fabless scene __ all voiced their concern that spending in the sector by funds is drying up.A CEO of a local fabless chip firm said that the investment

Samsung’s Mobile Experience (MX) Business has formed an application processor (AP) solution development team within the business, TheElec has learned.The team will be led by executive vice president Choi Won-joon, who was also named the head of MX Development during Samsung’s annual reorganization e

Volkswagen will concentrate on producing battery cells at its factories that will be constructed in Europe while also developing CATL’s cell to pack (CTP) technology.Soonho Ahn, the CTO at Volkswagen’s battery cell subsidiary PowerCo, said as much during a job conference to hire South Korean battery

Telecommunication equipment maker RFHIC is taking part in a consortium between South Korea and the United Kingdom to research 5G Open RAN technologies.Open RAN seeks to use an open standard for the interface and software used in wireless base stations.Previously, software and hardware used in base s

Samsung has begun construction of its new chip foundry fab in Taylor, Texas, TheElec has learned.The tech giant has placed orders for the equipment it needs to build the cleanroom.Samsung has placed orders for the system ceiling material, outdoor air conditioning, and other equipment that it will in

Prices of quartz used in the production of computer chips are expected to increase again, TheElec has learned.Their prices already increased during the earlier part of the year but are expected to increase another 10%.This is because of the increase in raw material prices as well as the unfavorable

Samsung transferred 98 patents it has in the US to Huawei last month, TheElec has learned.Combined with the 81 patents it handed over in 2019 to the Chinese company the Korean firm has given Huawei 179 patents in total so far.The pair had signed a cross-licensing agreement in 2019 to end their paten

LG Display is planning to halt production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs in South Korea this month, TheElec has learned.The P7 factory at the company’s facility in Paju, which is responsible for the panels’ production, will halt production within December.The nearby P8 will continue

South Korean chip foundries are seeing the operation rate of their fabs drop steeply, TheElec has learned.With the exception of Samsung, which is still seeing high demand from advanced nodes, local foundry companies such as DB Hitek, Key Foundry, Magnachip, and SK Hynix System IC are seeing their op

LG Innotek said on Thursday that it has developed two lenses made out of both plastic and glass aimed at application in self-driving automobiles.These new lenses are thinner by 20% to 30% and smaller than existing lenses made out of glass. But it maintains the same performance and being thinner mean

Zhejiang Hangke is taking part in the equipment bidding process by BlueOval SK, the battery joint venture between SK On and Ford, for its factory in the US, TheElec has learned.The Chinese equipment maker’s bid is a late entry and it will be competing with South Korean rivals Kapjin and Wonik PNE.Th

Pellicles used in Arf and Krf processes in wafer fabrication are in short supply.This is because more fabless companies in China are rising daily, while overall demand for the commodity has increased as chipmakers aim to develop new semiconductors.In South Korea, only FST manufactures pellicles and

Volkswagen is planning to hire South Korean staff at a larger scale than before.Its subsidiary, PowerCo, is holding a job conference in the country from December 12 to 13.It has previously used agents or existing staff to inject new blood. This is the first time it is holding an event to hire new pe

Wonik Group has acquired a display driver IC (DDI) fabless chip firm only a year old, TheElec has learned.The move is highly unusual as the group has so far focused on mostly material and production equipment for chips and displays.Wonik Holdings, the holding company of the business group, wholly ac

LG Display is expected to launch large OLED panels with micro lens array technology which will improve brightness and power consumption.The South Korean display panel maker first unveiled a 77-inch 8K OLED panel with the technology and deuterium applied at SID 2022 in May this year.Micro lens array