Contract chip manufacturer DB Hitek said on Tuesday that it has secured global shutter and single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) technologies for the production of high-end image sensors.The South Korean foundry said it will expand into industrial machine vision, autonomous driving, augmented reality

Inkjet printing company Unijet has been chosen as the supplier of RGB inkjet printers in a government-backed project.South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, along with the local government of South Chungcheong Province, is leading a project dubbed Display Innovation Process Platform Bu

Samsung’s new Galaxy Book laptop to be unveiled at Unpacked on February 1 will use an Octa OLED panel that supports a 120Hz refresh rate and 3K picture quality.Samsung Display said it has launched a new OLED panel aimed at laptops that integrates its Octa (On-Cell Touch AMOLED) technology.The compan

South Korean electric vehicle battery maker SK On said on Thursday that it will develop a new battery anode with US firm Urbix.The pair will collaborate on the development of the anode. If the development is successful, SK On will procure the anode from Urbix and use them at its battery factories in

Cryocooler maker Cryo H&I said on Thursday that it has developed an LN2 generator and storage.LN2, or liquid nitrogen, is used in hospitals, medicine, and bio sectors for the storage of microorganisms, cells, and vaccines for research purposes. They are also used during food processing, recycling, a

SK On showed off its battery charging technology at CES 2023.The South Korean battery maker claimed that its technology aimed to reduce charging time to 18 minutes for electric vehicle batteries __ down by close to half of the current 30 minutes.SK On said the key to this technology is to reduce the

SFA said on Wednesday that it has signed a contract worth 142.1 billion won with Tianma to supply display production equipment.The South Korean equipment maker will be supplying its logistics equipment to the Chinese display panel maker.Tianma will be using these kits for its Gen 8.6 liquid crystal

LG Innotek said on Thursday that it will show off its high-magnification optical consecutive zoom camera module, more commonly known as folded zoom camera, at CES next year.The module uses a prism to bend the light that the sensor absorbs. This allows the module to become thinner __ avoiding the cam

APS Holdings said on Tuesday that it has developed an OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) with a resolution of 3000pixels per inch (ppi).The company developed an OLEDoS in 1000ppi earlier this year.OLEDoS deposits OLED on a silicon wafer and are being developed for use in augmented and virtual reality devices.

LG Innotek said on Thursday that it has developed two lenses made out of both plastic and glass aimed at application in self-driving automobiles.These new lenses are thinner by 20% to 30% and smaller than existing lenses made out of glass. But it maintains the same performance and being thinner mean

LG Display has unveiled a prototype stretchable display that can stretch by 20%.The company said on Tuesday that the display, which can be extended, folded, and twisted, can expand in size from 12-inch to 14-inch.The stretchable display is also full color, meaning it has red, green, and blue pixels,

LG Energy Solution said on Wednesday that it will be procuring graphite from Australian firm Syrah Resources Limited.The South Korean battery maker said the move was done to reduce the reliance on China for the material ahead of the US Inflation Reduction Act coming into effect.LG Energy Solution wi

Moloco said on Wednesday that it will be launching its Retail Media Platform (RMP) for Singapore and Southeast Asia.RMP is a machine learning-based ad-serving solution aimed at performance marketers.Offered in turnkey, e-commerce marketplaces can set up their own in-house advertising business and wi

LG Energy Solution and Honda said on Monday that the pair plans to form a joint venture to build a battery factory in the US.The two companies will spend a total of US$4.4 billion on the factory which will have an annual production capacity of 40GWh.It is the first joint venture between a South Kore

Hana Technology said on Thursday that it recorded 58.9 billion won in revenue and 2.7 billion won in operating profit during the first half of 2022.Revenue more than doubled compared to the same time period a year ago while it returned to profitability from last year.Hana Technology said it won larg

South Korean chip foundry DB Hitek said on Friday that it recorded 435.7 billion won in revenue and 213.2 billion won in operating profit in the second quarter.Revenue increased 59% from a year ago while operating profit jumped 162% over the same time period.The operating margin rate reached 49% dur

Youngwoo DSP said on Tuesday that it has signed a contract with Samsung Display for inspection equipment used in OLED panel production.The company didn’t reveal the size of the deal but said the kits will be used to check for defects in OLED cells, modules and panels in a production line located in

PI Advanced Materials said on Friday that its new optical polyimide (PI) film production line with an annual capacity of 750 metric tonnes has started production.With the additional capacity, the company now has an annual production capacity of 5,250 metric tonnes from its facilities in Gumi and Jin

Samsung Electronics was selling its key QD (quantum dot)-OLED TV model at a price point US$200 lower than its main competition W (white)-OLED TV made by rival LG Elecronics, analyst firm UBI Research says.Samsung’s 65-inch QD-OLED TV model, S95B, was being sold for US$2,800 on BestBuy, compared to L

Cryo vacuum pump company Cryo H&I said on Tuesday that it has developed an ultra-low temperature refrigerator that can test the compression and tensile characteristics of metals.The machine can offer temperatures at minus 253 Celsius and is aimed at companies that need to store liquid hydrogen and d