SK Innovation’s claim that LG Energy Solution’s electric vehicle battery patent was invalid was rejected by US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).The Patent Trial and Appeal Board under USPTO rejected SK’s request to start an investigation on the matter.SK claimed 8 patents related to cathode and s

Intel announced on Wednesday that CEO Bob Swan will step down on February 15 and be replaced with Vmware CEO Pat Gelsinger.Swan joined Intel as a CFO in 2016, he was CFO at eBay for 9 years prior to joining. After previous CEO Brian Krzanich was fired in 2018, Swan took over as interim CEO for seven

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled a new robot cleaner with artificial intelligence (AI) features at CES 2021.Jetbot AI can analyze nearby objects to find the best cleaning course, Samsung said.The cleaner has AI solution, LiDAR sensor and 3D sensor installed. These allows for its to recognize

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled at an online event an upgraded version of its QLED TV for 2021 called Neo QLED TV.Neo QLED will launch in 8K and 4K resolutions and begin sales in the first quarter around the world.JH Han, president of Samsung’s Visual Display business, talked up the compan

Shortage in large-sized display driver IC (LDDI) is expected to continue to the third quarter of 2021, according to TrendForce.In the upstream semiconductor supply chain, various foundries’ 8-inch wafer capacities have mostly been allocated to other chips with higher profit margins, in turn lowering

Ericsson’s Chief Executive Officer Borje Ekholm pressured a Swedish minister to reverse a ban on including Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. in the country’s 5G roll-out, Bloomberg reported, citing reports by local media Dagens Nyheter.Ekholm lobbied Foreign Trade Minister Anna Hallberg in a ser

Major South Korean camera lens firms saw their earnings decline in the third quarter.In 2020, Sekonix posted 272 billion won in sales as of the third quarter and operating loss of 14.8 billion won. In sales, it is a decline of 26% from a year ago. The company turned to the red in the period.Other co

South Korean semiconductor equipment maker APTC has successfully commercialized a new polysilicon etching kit called LEO WH, the company said on Wednesday.A new etching kit called NARDO M can be used to not only etch polysilicon but metal layers has also been commercialized, the company said.Both eq

EcoPro will take part in LG Energy Solution’s electric vehicle battery recycling business, TheElec has learned.It is South Korea material maker’s first deal with LG in 8 years. EcoPro halted precursor supply to LG back in 2012.EcoPro has multiple subsidiaries that can produce cathode and have techno

South Korea battery equipment makers Hana Technology and Korea Vacuum will supply their goods to Tesla for the latter’s battery production, TheElec has learned.They join their compatriots Daebo Magnetic and Koem in joining the US car giant’s supply chain for battery production.Tesla is planning to p

South Korea repeater maker CS saw its export of 4G LTE repeaters to Japan increase in the second half of the year, TheElec has learned.The company’s accumulated earnings up to the third quarter was 90 million won in operating loss and 29.3 billion won in sales.But it saw export to Japan increase in

Samsung SDI has begun investments into building its second electric vehicle (EV) battery factory at Goed, Hungary, TheElec has learned.The second factory will be double in size of the first factory. It will make Gen5 batteries that will be made with new materials with high energy density and new pro

Companies involved in a national project run the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy are turning in their research results in the development of fine metal mask (FMM) used in OLED panel production.APS Holdings, Philoptics, Poongwon Precision and Olum Materials have turned in their one-year result

Samsung Display’s sales of its liquid crystal display (LCD) factory in Suzhou, China is facing delays, Chinese media Ijiwei reports.This is from delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the South Korean government to approval the deal.LCD is designated a national core technology by the South Korea

South Korea’s national electric utility had use telecommunication modules made by a Chinese company for a million units of remote metering devices, TheElec has learned.The use has raised criticism that China-made modules are being used for the network of sensitive electric data that is part of a cou

Samsung Display has been ordered by a court in Seoul on Friday to compensate its former employee for their invetion.The employee, who have requested compensation of 150 billion won, had said they will appeal. The dispute between the pair is expected to continue to the appeals court.Samsung Display w

The US’s International Trade Commission (ITC) has rejected SK Innovation’s claim that the lawsuit filed by LG Chem over electric vehicle battery technology theft is invalid.Back in August, the Central District Court in Seoul had also rejected the same claim made by SK Innovation.SK Innovation has cl

Semiconductor package boding wire company MK Electron is expanding its supply of solder paste, tape and film, TheElec has confirmed.The company is seeing “meaningful” sales from solder paste and electro magnetic interference (EMI) shielding disposable films, a MK Electron official said.The materials

China’s SmartSens has secured US$225 million in investment in its latest funding round, the company said on Friday.The firm will focus on developing chip architecture for CMOS image sensors (CIS) with the latest funds.State-owned China Integrated Circuit Investment Fund, Xiaomi Changing Industrial F

Battery equipment Koem has supplied its winder kit to Tesla, TheElec has learned.The kits will be used by the US electric car maker for its own battery factory that will produce 46800 batteries.The equipment was supplied to the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. It will be used for the battery pi