Laser equipment firm Philoptics have posted two straight quarters of profits as of the second quarter of 2020.The company posted 7.6 billion won in operating profits and sales of 67.9 billion won in the second quarter, the company said on Tuesday. It is a return to profit and an increase of 278%, re

Semiconductor technology that helps remote work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic is on the rise.Netherlands start-up Aura Aware and STMicroelectronics recently developed a distance measuring mobile device that uses time of light (ToF) technology. ToF uses the time it takes for a light to bounce bac

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics has won awards for the energy efficiencies in their TVs from an award event hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the ministry said on Monday.The event, called Energy Winner Awards, was co-hosted by Consumers Korea, a local consumer protection N

South Korean semiconductor IP firm Chips&Media has signed a technology licensing agreement with an unnamed US semiconductor giant, the company said on Monday.Chips&Media will provide its IP in semiconductors for automobiles and industrial robots to the unnamed client, which was among the top ten sem

Samsung Electronics has opened Galaxy Studios for customers to try out its latest Galaxy Note20 series smartphones in South Korea, the company said on Monday.It will open five such studios at hot spots in Seoul.These place will have measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Samsung said.They will

SKC will begin producing blank masks used in semiconductor production in the first quarter of 2021, the company said on Friday.They will be for the high-end semiconductor market and they were being tested by an unnamed client, the company said. SKC will aim to get certification for commercialization

AMD has record its highest quarterly market share in x86 CPU in the second quarter since the fourth quarter of 2013.The US chip giant controlled 18.3% of x86 CPU in the second quarter, according to Mercury Research on Thursday. The company has a share of 10.6% back in the third quarter of 2018.AMD c

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 Plus platform with 5G connectivity has been applied to the newly unveiled Samsung Galaxy Note20 series on Wednesday.The platform will power the Note20 series’ South Korean version. The Galaxy S20’s version of South Korea were also powered by Qualcomm solutions.Galaxy Z Fold

Cammsys said on Thursday that it is supplying the camera modules for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note20 series smartphones and Galaxy Z Fold 2 at Vietnam.The company was producing the 10MP camera module for the front cameras on the Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra as well as the 12MP Ultra Wide

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the new Galaxy Tab S7 tablet series as well as the new Galaxy Watch3 smartwatch and Galaxy Buds Live wireless earphones at Unpacked on Wednesday.The 11-inch Galaxy Tab S7 sports a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and the 12.4-inch Galaxy Tab S7 Plus has an organic light

Samsung Electronics has unveiled its third foldable phone the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and the Galaxy Note20 series and its first virtual Unpacked event on Wednesday,The company is expected to provide further details and sales date for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 on September 1.Samsung unveiled a slew new devices at

Posco Chemical has signed off on an additional investment of 289.5 billion won to its NCMA anode materials factory, the company said on Wednesday.Construction will begin on September for an additional 30,000 metric tonnes per year line at its Gwangyang plant. The line will completed in 2022.It will

TrinamiX has launched a new beam profile analysis technology that it says can help existing facial recognition systems to recognize and owner and unlock their device even when they are wearing face masksThe German 3D image and infared sensor company, which is wholly owned by BASF, said the authentic

Iljin Composites will supply more hydrogen storage systems and fuel tanks to Hyundai Motor Company, the company said on Tuesday.It has supplied the same goods for city buses to the car giant back in May of last year.Iljin Composites will now supply those for policy buses and inter-city buses, it sai

LG Electronics will run a reward program for customers returning their old TVs before buying a new OLED TV, the company said on Tuesday.Customers can turn in their old LED and LCD TVs. They will get up to 2 million won worth of benefits for any new OLED TV they buy except those on display on stores

Samsung Electronics has installed an in-house check-up center of COVID-19 at one of its chip production facilities, the company said on Monday.The center was installed its campus in Hwaseong, south of Seoul. The center comprises of two containers __ one is for collection of samples and another for d

Kolon Industries has posted 36.7 billion won in operating profits and 942.3 billion won in sales in the second quarter of 2020, the company said on Monday.It is a drop of 40.3% and 18%, respectively, from a year prior. However, operating profits were slightly higher than South Korean analysts’ conse

Samsung Electronics will run a start-up competition that will provide funding and office space support for the winner, the company said on Monday. The competition will lat until September 11.The competition is themed “Innovation for New Experience” and start-ups that are less than five years old can

LG Display will show off its organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology at the upcoming SID 2020 virtual event, the company said.The event, hosted by the Society of Information Display, was initially slated to take place in San Francisco put will be a completely online event this year due to the

Silicon Mitus has launched a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) for organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels on cars.It follows its supply of PMIC for OLED panels on mobile phones, tablets and notebooks.The newest PMIC will be applied to virtual mirrors that combined the OLED panel with a