When Apple will apply under panel face ID technology to its iPhones is up in the air as display suppliers are yet to secure the necessary technologies, TheElec has learned.For Cupertino to commercialize the technology, both its major display suppliers Samsung Display and LG Display need to deliver.T

Nanotech Energy is planning to manufacture its 2170 cylindrical battery using a South Korean contract manufacturer, TheElec has learned.The South Korean manufacturer is expected to supply 3GWh worth of the batteries annually starting in 2026, sources said.The batteries are for energy storage systems

Samsung SDI said on Tuesday that it plans to sell its polarizing film business to Wuxi Hengxin Optoelectronic Materials for 1.12 trillion won.The deal includes all of the South Korean battery maker’s shares in its subsidiary in Wuxi, China as well as its domestic units related to polarizing film in

The memory bosses of Samsung and SK Hynix shared their respective company’s different strategies concerning high-bandwidth memory (HBM) at an industry show in Taiwan on Wednesday.Samsung Memory Business President Lee Jung-Bae and SK Hynix President Juseon Kim made keynote addresses on Wednesday, sha

Woowon Technology developed a new equipment that can stack the cathode, anode and separator for prismatic batteries in 0.3 seconds, the company said on Monday.The previous fastest stacking equipment was those for pouch batteries which performed the task in 0.35 seconds.Woowon Technology said its equ

Samsung was testing gas cluster beam (GCB) equipment supplied by fab equipment maker Tokyo Electron to improve its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process, TheElec has learned.The equipment, called Acrevia, is used to shape local areas of the wafer using ion beams.Tokyo Electron previously said the equipm

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has developed a Gen 6 10-nanometer (nm) (1c) 16Gb DDR5 DRAM.The company becomes the first memory maker to do so, ahead of domestic rival Samsung.The pair has had a back and forth between them as Samsung in May became the first memory maker to start manufacturing Gen

TSE is supplying probe cards for use in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) engineering to multiple memory makers.The company was manufacturing the probe cards for, besides HBM, DRAM, and NAND as well, TSE President Yang Douglas Jung-il said during a seminar held at Hanyang University on Wednesday.The probe

Lotte Energy Materials said on Tuesday that is has developed a nickel-plated copper foil that can be used in solid-state battery.The company didn’t reveal how thick the nickel overlay over the foil was.Copper foils are used as current collectors on battery anodes. As solid-state batteries don’t use

LG Display acquired samples of black pixel define layer (PDL) from Japan’s Mitsubishi and other companies during the second quarter, TheElec has learned.The material is crucial for the application of color filter on encapsulation (CoE) on foldable panels to make them thinner, sources said.CoE replac

Samsung Display is aiming to reduce the power consumption of its display panels by over 50% to meet the needs of the so-called “AI era,” a senior executive said.The display panel maker was developing technologies that remove all factors that influence power consumption in its display, Samsung Displa

SNU Precision has won an order from Chinese microdisplay maker BCDTEK to supply its OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) deposition equipment, TheElec has learned.The equipment are used to deposit OLED on silicon wafers. Display made this way, which are usually in the 1-inch range in size, are used in realty de

Hanwha Momentum is planning to launch its own overhead hoist transport (OHT) used to transport wafers during chip production.The company has been developing the equipment since last year in February, it revealed in its latest filings to financial authorities on Tuesday.Hanwha Momentum said it finish

X-ray equipment maker Xavis is in talks with Samsung to supply its glass board inspection equipment, TheElec has learned.The kit is used to check whether the copper circuits have properly formed after the through glass via (TGV) process.Xavis is still developing the equipment and is getting feedback

DB Hitek is planning to contract produce silicon capacitors for a customer starting late in the year, TheElec has learned.Silicon capacitors are made using semiconductor processes unlike multi-layer chip capacitors.They can maintain a stable voltage and have an advantage in removing high frequency n

Sapien Semiconductors CEO Myunghee Lee said on Wednesday that the company aims to turn a profit next year while reaching an annual revenue of 10 billion won this year.Lee noted that the company is expected to announce three more orders it received in the second half of the year, the CEO said in an i

South Korean fab equipment maker SFA will supply overhead hoist transports (OHT) and stockers to chipmaker Micron, TheElec has learned.The equipment maker has already started installation of some of the equipment at Micron’s fab in Gujarat, India, sources said.The deal is worth 50 billion won but co

SK Hynix has announced that it is planning to develop a 4F2 (square) DRAM, much like its domestic rival Samsung.The cost of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) processes has been rising fast since the commercialization of 1c DRAM, SK Hynix researcher Seo Jae Wook noted during an industry conference in Seoul o

South Korean battery equipment makers have been invited to Morrow Batteries’ event to celebrate the start of operation of its new battery factory.Multiple domestic equipment makers took part in the forming of the factory, which started construction in 2022.South Korean equipment makers also supplied

Sapeon was collaborating with outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) companies Amkor Technology and ITEK for the production of its X330 AI chip, TheElec has learned.Amkor will handle the packaging of X330 and ITEK the product test, sources said.Sapeon announced the chip last year and is p