South Korean equipment makers recorded mixed results in the first quarter of 2021.Fab equipment vendors posted high growth, while display equipment firms underperformed.Fab equipment makers benefited from aggressive spending by semiconductor companies.Semes, Samsung Electronics’ fab equipment subsid

LG InnoTek has sold another 78 patents related to wireless charging patents to Ireland-based non-practicing entity Scramoge Technology.The South Korean component maker transferred the ownership of the Korean patents to the NPE on May 17.In February, LG had sold 128 US patents related to wireless cha

Samsung Electronics will use batteries made by LG Energy Solution for its upcoming Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE) smartphone, TheElec has learned.Last year, the Galaxy S20 FE had also used batteries made by LG, along with those by Samsung SDI and Amperex Technology Limited.S21 FE will have the same sup

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled new power management ICs that can be integrated with its DDR5 dual in-line memory module.The chips are integrated into the module rather than being placed on the mother board.This will increase compatibility and signal integrity and thereby provide more reliab

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Thursday promised to provide support and foster the local semiconductor industry.Moon spoke at an event in Samsung’s Pyeontaek chip plant to promote the local chip industry.On the same day, the government announced that it would offer 40% to 50% tax credits for

OLED emission material companies recorded high first quarter earnings that beat market expectations.Apple’s iPhone 12 sales, Samsung’s earlier than usual launch of Galaxy S21 smartphones, expanded application of OLED panels in notebooks and mid-tier phones, and Chinese panel makers expanding their O

Samsung Electronics is facing production problems for its Galaxy A series of smartphones due to the current global chip shortage, TheElec has learned.A person familiar with the matter said there has been no official sales date set for most regions in the world for Galaxy A52, A52 5G and A72, which w

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has developed a new DRAM based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) interface.The DDR5 module has been verified on Intel’s platform. Samsung said it will collaborate on the launch of the chip with other data center and cloud companies.CXL interface allows CPU

Intel has made an offer to Samsung Electro-Mechanic to invest in flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) substrate, TheElec has learned.Under the deal, the US chip giant will put in its own money first for the South Korea component maker to expand its FC-BGA substrate production capacity.Intel made the

Power module firm Vicor Korea will focus its sales on the local automobile industry this year, country manager Kichun Jung said, with a special focus on electric cars.The Korean unit of Vicor recently formed an automotive division. It also hired YS Jun, a veteran in the automotive chip industry with

Samsung Electronics will use batteries made by China’s Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) for its upcoming foldable smartphones, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant is planning to launch the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 2 later this year.It will mark the first time that it is using AT

Samsung Electronics is aiming to ship a million units of its recently unveiled Galaxy Book Pro series of notebooks this year, TheElec has learned.The company unveiled the Galaxy Book Pro 360 and Galaxy Book Pro last month. Each model comes in 15.6-inch and 13.3-inch variants.Samsung applied OLED pan

Chip and display equipment maker STI said on Thursday that it will be supplying its central chemical supply system (CCSS) to chip giant Micron.The deal is worth S$47.9 million, or around 40 billion won. The CCSS will be used in Micron’s PH2 of Singapore Fab 1.A STI spokesperson said the worldwide ch

Samsung Display said on Thursday that its OLED panels for panel can lowered its power consumption by 25% when its dark mode is on.The South Korean display maker supplied the panels for Samsung Electronics’ newly unveiled Galaxy Book Pro series of notebooks.Samsung Display said the notebooks’ batteri

Samsung Electronics is planning to start operation of its P3 semiconductor production line at its Pyeongtaek plant three months earlier than planned due to the global chip shortage, according the president of EcoPro HN, a supplier to the South Korean tech giant.Samsung had requested that EcoPro HN s

LB Semicon is expected to test image sensors and application processor of customer Samsung Electronics in scale starting in May, TheElec has learned.The chip back-end processing firm begin testing the initial stock of chips in March.New testing facility made to handle Samsung’s order will operate at

Samsung Electronics has been sued in the US by non-practicing entity (NPE) which has earlier purchase patents related to wireless charging technology from LG InnoTek.Ireland-based Scramoge Technology had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics America

Samsung Electronics marked 65.39 trillion won in revenue and 9.38 trillion won in operating profit in the first quarter this year.Revenue was the highest ever for a first quarter, Samsung said. Operating income rose 45% year-on-year.The South Korean tech conglomerate saw its mobile and consumer elec

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its new notebook series the Galaxy Book Pro that sport OLED panels at its Unpacked event.Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 will come in 15.6-inch and 13.3-inch sizes. The 360 model has a 360-degree revolving screen and offers S Pen support.A total of f

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Wednesday that it has recorded 2.37 trillion won in sales and 331.5 billion won in operating income for the first quarter.It is an increase of 11% and 99%, respectively, from a year ago.The figures are slightly above South Korean analysts’ consensus of 2.34 trillion