Fab equipment maker Wonik wants to acquire display driver IC company TLI, TheElec has learned.Wonik, which also makes display equipment and chips, has expressed its interest in acquiring the fabless chip company since last year, sources said. The pair have recently met to discuss the issue, they add

Telecommunication chip company RFHIC was testing a microwave generator with a global fab equipment maker as well as a local South Korean fab equipment maker, TheElec has learned.The generator generates high-spectrum, short-distance microwaves __ widely used in the common microwave.The device is also

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process adoption by chipmakers in their advanced chip-making is expanding rapidly in recent years.In response to this increasing demand, many companies are developing pellicles for use in the EUV process. South Korean companies S&S Tech and FST have developed those with ove

SK On is expected to double the production capacity of its Seosan plant than initially planned, TheElec has learned.The South Korean battery maker had planned to aim for an annual production capacity of 10GWh.But this has now been increased to over 20GWh, at least four times higher than the plant’s

Nepes Laweh saw its order for fan-out panel level packaging (FO-PLP) work for certain chips by Qualcomm canceled recently, TheElec has learned.The cancellation comes from continued defects and low yield, the sources said.However, Nepes Laweh has retained orders for some of the packaging work low-end

Samsung was developing a new low temperature solder to use in advanced chip packaging.Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) researcher Joo Guen-mo, in a local media conference, said the company expects to apply the technology in commercial production in 2025.Solders are materials used to c

Probe card maker Micro2Nano is expecting its latest electrical die sort (EDS) probe card for DRAM to get approval from key customer SK Hynix within the year.Micro2Nano CEO Hwang Kyu-ho told TheElec on Wednesday that the company will be sending the chipmaker its evaluation sample in May.The card will

The bosses of auto giant Hyundai Motor and battery maker CATL had met in March to discuss further collaboration between the pair, TheElec has learned.CATL CEO Zeng Yuqun visited South Korea during the month and met with Hyundai Motor executive chairman Chung Eui-sun. They had already met three month

The trial for Netflix’s lawsuit with South Korean broadband service provider SK Broadband over fees for using the latter’s network has started in the appeals court.SK Broadband is demanding that the US streaming service pay fees for using its network while Netflix is refusing to do so.The pair’s leg

Earnings of Semes, the fab equipment-making subsidiary of Samsung, show that the South Korean tech giant is drastically reducing its spending in China.The development is likely due to restrictions being imposed on China by the US.Semes recorded 2.88 trillion won in revenue and 219.3 billion won in o

South Korean analog chipmaker RFsemi has been sold to Chinese electronics maker Jinping Electronics.RFsemi said on Monday that its largest shareholder will be changed from ex-CEO Lee Jin-hyo to Jinping Electronics.The Chinese company will acquire 20 billion won worth of new shares to be issued on Ma

Apple had halted production of its M2 Series SoCs used in MacBooks from January to February, TheElec has learned.While production of the chips resumed in March after the full halt, production volume has dropped by half compared to a year ago, sources said.This is the first time that the iPhone maker

Famed activist fund KCGI said on Thursday that it has acquired a 7.05% stake in chip foundry DB Hitek.The purchase makes KCGI, which stands for Korea Corporate Governance Improvement, the second largest shareholder of the chip company after DB Inc, which controls 12.42%.KCGI said that it was acquiri

EcoPro said on Thursday during its shareholders meeting that it plans to invest in mining companies to be involved directly with procuring materials used in battery production.In the long term, the company said it wants to invest in the mines themselves.This means that EcoPro, which manufactures cat

Samsung has already spent around 200 billion won in preparation to start manufacturing silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors.Sources said the spending amount shows that the tech giant can already manufacture prototypes of certain chips.SiC and GaN are being used in the lates

A third Chinese battery equipment maker has set up a subsidiary in South Korea in a bid to win local battery makers Samsung SDI, LG Energy Solution and SK On as customers, TheElec has learned.Huizhou-based Lyric Robot will set up its office in Dongtan, Gyeonggi Province this month, sources said.The

South Korean chip foundry DB Hitek on Wednesday confirmed that it was planning to expand into 12-inch wafer foundry service.DB Hitek CEO Choi Chang-shik confirmed as such during the company’s annual shareholders meeting.Choi said the company is aiming to expand its foundry business’ valuation to 4 t

US memory chip giant Micron on Tuesday announced further reduction in its memory chip production output.The memory chipmaker in its earnings report shared with investors for the second quarter of its 2023 fiscal year (December to February) said expect “meaningfully negative for DRAM” in bit supply g

Siemens expects the global chip market to recover on the back of mega trends such as autonomous driving and AI.The chip industry was going through a fourth downturn and in the past the market has always grown substantially after such a downturn, Joseph Sawicki is Executive Vice President, Integrated

Samsung Display will start manufacturing OLED panels for the iPhone 15 Series in May, a month earlier than initially planned, TheElec has learned.This is because BOE, which was given the order by Apple to manufacture some OLED panels for the standard model of iPhone 15, is facing problems in product