German laser company LPKF has denied South Korean counterpart Philoptics’ allegations that disparaged its through glass via (TGV) technology.Earlier this month, Philoptics claimed that its rival’s technology could only offer one hole size and that its own technology was superior in the fact that it

Apple has recently received a glass board-based OLED panel from Japan’s JDI aimed for mixed reality devices like its Vision Pro, TheElec has learned.The panel has a resolution of approximately 1,500 pixels per inch (ppi), sources said, so it is likely aimed at a budget model MR device.Apple’s Vision

Sapien Semiconductors said on Monday it has signed a deal with a Silicon Valley-based tech giant to develop LED on silicon (LEDoS) chip for application in augmented reality (AR) glass.The deal is worth 4.8 billion won and the contract expires in October next year, the company said.The chip will come

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

Avatec said on Monday that it plans to manufacture ultra-thin glass (UTG) for foldable notebook panels.UTG are used as cover windows for foldable panels. The foldable OLED panel LG Display and Samsung Display are developing for Apple is also expected to use UTG.Avatec said the UTG will require thin-

This week, multiple acquaintances messaged me to ask whether a certain report was true.The report, made in South Korean media, claimed that Nvidia asked Samsung to change the design of their high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and that this would cause further delays in supply. Coincidentally, Samsung’s sha

Ultra-thin glass (UTG) maker Dowoo Insys is planning to list on the Korean Exchange next year.Company CEO Lee Jae-gyu, told TheElec on Friday that Dowoo Insys will file for the preliminary review to go public to financial authorities in the summer.Kiwoom Securities is underwriting the deal. The secu

Samsung Display was looking for a new contractor to handle the back-end etching work for its rigid and hybrid OLED panels, TheElec has learned.This was because one of its contractors for this work, Soulbrain, is planning to exit the business, sources said.Samsung Display currently manufactures rigid

The commercialization of glass substrates will threaten the dominance of advanced packaging technology currently in use such as chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) of TSMC, according a university professor.Glass substrates’ target market was clear and they will be used in AI and server semiconductors

Samsung Display expects LED on silicon (LEDoS) displays used on augmented reality devices to be a monolithic one panel, a senior executive said.Samsung Display vice president Huh Jong-moo said on Thursday in the Microdisplay Conference hosted by TheElec that LEDoS technology is expected to evolve fr

Samsung’s upcoming foldable phone Galaxy Z Flip 6 will have a thicker cover glass than its predecessors, TheElec has learned.The ultra-thin glass (UTG) cover window will be 50 micrometers thick compared to its predecessors’ 30 micrometers, sources said.This was being done to increase the hardiness o

Samsung Display showed off its deposition mask to be used in the production RGB OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) display at the Display Week event hosted by the Society of Information Display (SID) in the US from May 14 to 16.Rival LG Display also showed off its own OLEDoS technology at the event, a white O

German laser firm LPKF Laser & Electronics will supply this year its laser equipment for use in the through glass via (TGV) process of glass chip board production.LPKF CEO Klaus Fiedler told TheElec in an interview that the company signed a deal to ship its kits to a customer working on manufacturin

Apple unveiled its first iPads that sport an OLED panel rather than a liquid crystal display one on Tuesday.Cupertino in its online Let Loose event showed off its new iPad Pro models, which have a two-stack tandem OLED panel as their screen.The iPhone maker also unveiled new iPad Air models that doe

South Korean chemical giant LG Chem was testing its own build-up film with a potential flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) customer, a company researcher said.Builder-up films are an insulating film used in chip packages such as FC-BGA and glass substrates.The industry mostly uses Ajinomoto Build-Up

A national project to promote the development of advanced technologies in chip packaging has been passed by the South Korean government, TheElec has learned.It passed the preliminary feasibility review of Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning, a government think tank to set policies for sci

Battery and display production equipment maker Philoptics said on Tuesday that it has supplied a piece of laser equipment to a chipmaker’s trial line for use in the production of a glass substrate.The equipment, called Through Glass Via (TGV), based on laser, was supplied to the potential customer l

Samsung’s smartphone business is planning to use OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) from Sony for its extended reality (XR) device, TheElec has learned.Samsung MX Business’ decision to use the Japanese company’s technology over its affiliate Samsung Display, which has also been developing its own OLEDoS techn

Econy will handle all the back-end processing orders for the ultra-thin glass (UTG) that Samsung will use for its Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphone, TheElec has learned.For the UTG of Galaxy Z Fold 6, Samsung will continue to use Dowoo Insys as its back-end processing contractor, sources said.Back-end proc

Display wet equipment maker FNS Tech is aiming to supply etching equipment for glass substrates aimed at chip packages, TheElec has learned.It is hoping to supply the kits to SKC Absolics, which is developing glass chip packages and building a dedicated factory in the state of Georgia in the US.FNS