Nextchip is planning to launch a prototype of its new advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) chip Apache 6 next year.The company had spent 14.4 billion won in research for the first half of this year and most of the funds went into the development of the SoC, company representatives said.It is a s

Nextin is preparing to launch its new inspection equipment for 3D NAND.The company had co-developed the kit with Intel but will not be supplying them to the US chip giant, sources said.However, Nextin had won a supply deal with a South Korean memory chipmaker, they said.The equipment, called IRIS, i

The current oversupply of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels is expected to continue through 2023, analyst firm TrendForce said in its latest forecast.LCD panel prices had increased from June 2020 through the first half of 2021, the firm said, spurned by high demand for consumer electronics from Co

Samsung Display was aiming to develop red, green and blue (RGB) OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) technology.Like its competitors LG Display and Sony, the company will develop OLEDoS that uses white pixels and color filters first.But it ultimately aims to develop OLEDoS without the need of white pixels, sour

Production equipment maker DSK has begun supplying logistics equipment to South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution, TheElec has learned.It was supplying them through LG Electronics’ Production engineering Research Institute (PRI), not to LG Energy Solution directly, sources said.DSK had in the

Samsung has postponed the development of a new line of tablets due to the continued low demand for consumer electronics from the global recession.Development for the Galaxy Tab S9 series was scheduled to start in December but this has been pushed back to 2023, sources said.The company is planning to

Samsung’s third-quarter operating profit has nosedived from low demand for memory chips and IT products.The tech giant said on Friday on its earning guidance that it expected an operating income of 10.8 trillion won and consolidated sales of 76 trillion won.Operating profit dropped around 32% from l

Tesla has begun selling Model 3 Standard Range Plus models in South Korea that uses battery made by CATL in August, TheElec has learned.At the time it was only for some models but all models of Model 3 Standard Range Plus models ordered at the current time in South Korea will use the Chinese company

Samsung Display is planning to use a transparent polyimide substrate for its foldable OLED panels by 2024, TheElec has learned.Using completely transparent polyimide instead of the yellowish ones used now will increase the light penetration through the panel and improve the quality of pictures in un

Semiconductor back-end firm Hana Micron will start operations of its new factory in Vietnam before year’s end, TheElec has learned.The new factory will supply more for SK Hynix as compared to Samsung, sources said.A senior executive of Hana Micron said excluding sales from abroad, Samsung had so far

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has succeeded in using neon gas from local suppliers for 40% of its chip production.The chip giant said it was aiming to use wholly sources from South Korea for neon gas in 2024.SK Hynix had up to recently wholly relied on import for neon gas, which is used during

Telechips is planning to start mass production of its microcontroller unit (MCU) for automobiles next year, TheElec has learned.The 32-bit MCU is for infotainment and the fabless company will start manufacturing them sometime in the first quarter of 2023.Telechips begin developing the chip under a n

Samsung has begun production of 89-inch MicroLED TVs during the third quarter, TheElec has learned.It is the tech giant’s first MicroLED TV that uses low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistor (TFT) glass substrates instead of the printed circuit boards used in prior models.

South Korean semiconductor design house Coasia is planning to hire over a hundred engineers this year.Company executive Seol Byung-chan told TheElec that it has adopted a new employee education program called Global Design Education Centre.The program pays an employee for a year but instead of being

Youlchon Chemical said on Wednesday that it has won a deal worth around 1.5 trillion won from Ultium Cells, the electric vehicle battery joint venture between LG Energy Solution and General Motors.The deal will last from January 2023 to December 2028, the company said.The battery film sector is domi

South Korean chip contract manufacturer Key Foundry has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) research team as demand for chips made using the material continues to increase.The company is aiming to offer 8-inch GaN wafer foundry services for customers, sources said.Key Foundry currently contract manufactu

Apple has increased the specification it wants from its OLED on Silicon, or OLEDoS, panels from Samsung Display and LG Display, TheElec has learned.The company had first requested pixels per inch of 2800 but has now increased to 3500ppi, sources said.Cupertino likely wants to increase the immersion

Samsung had changed the adhesive it used for the glass doors on its front-load washing machines from silicon to polyurethane, TheElec has learned.This may have been caused by the company’s efforts to reduce costs, sources said.Samsung has been criticized for allegedly using faulty glass doors on its

LG Innotek is likely to announce additional spending plans for its flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) next year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean component maker announced a 413 billion won spending plan in February this year for the business that will last until April 2024.LG Innotek had said

Hanwha Corporation has hired a former executive at Samsung SDI who worked on battery equipment, TheElec has learned.STM vice president Ryu Yang-sik recently quit the company to join Hanwha Momentum, Hanwha’s business unit that manufactures battery equipment.He will head the battery business of the u