Samsung Display, BOE, and Tianma have proposed their prices to Apple for OLED panels aimed at iPhone SE4 that will launch early in 2025, TheElec has learned.Cupertino has so far only used LCD panels for its budget iPhone line but it is planning to upgrade this to OLED next year.Sources said Samsung

South Korea’s semiconductor exports in January increased substantially, showing the global chip market is on track to rebound.The Ministry of Science and ICT said on Friday that the country recorded US$16.35 billion in exports and US$11.85 billion in imports for tech-related products, resulting in a

LSE was in the middle of installing scrubbers for through silicon via (TSV) for high bandwidth memory for SK Hynix, TheElec has learned.The fab equipment maker has provided two units to the chipmaker’s fab at Cheongju, called Cheongju Campus.Electronics parts maker LTC acquired Mujin Electronics’s f

Lam Research has changed the president of its South Korean operation amid stiff challenges ahead __ from rival Tokyo Electron’s aggressive push to its ongoing patent lawsuits with PSK.The fab equipment maker named Park Joon-hong as the new president of Lam Research Korea on January 30. The new presi

LG Energy Solution is planning to begin production of 4680 batteries in South Korea in August at the earliest.Company CEO Kim Dong-myung told reporters on the sidelines of the regular meeting of the Korea Battery Industry Association that the battery maker will start manufacturing the battery type b

Samsung Display will install its first evaporator for use at Gen 8 OLED production next month, TheElec has learned.The machine was made by Japan’s Canon Tokki and will be used to manufacture Gen 8 OLED, which the South Korean display panel maker aims to use to make OLED panels aimed at PCs and table

Fab equipment maker Tokyo Electron said it will begin shipping its new etching equipment under development next year.The new etcher is being developed to etch the channel holes on NAND chips with over 400 layers.It is a big move by Tokyo Electron as NAND channel hole etchers are currently only being

Samsung and SK Hynix are expanding their use of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography as they transition to the production of more and more advanced DRAM.This means demand for high-purity carbon dioxide (CO2) gases is also expected to increase. These gases are used to make the light source used in E

SK Hynix has been procuring blank masks from its own affiliate SK Enpulse since last year, TheElec has learned.This is an important milestone for SK Hynix as it has mostly procured its blank masks from foreign companies.SK Enpulse is the second company in South Korea to be supplying blank masks to c

Semiconductor inspection component maker TSE has succeeded in developing a key component of probe cards used to inspect high-end computing chips.The company said on Monday that it has developed a space transformer organic-multi-layer (STO-ML) with 50-micrometer circuit width that can applied to vert

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has been taking part in regular executive meetings of subsidiary SK Hynix, TheElec has learned.Chey has been participating in the regular meetings, hosted by SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung, every other week since the start of the year, sources said.During the meetings, the

Samsung Display may use a different method to make the bezels of its foldable OLED panels this year, TheElec has learned.The display panel maker is considering using inkjet printing to make the bezels of the new panels that will be on Samsung’s foldable phones launching later this year, sources said

Samsung SDI is considering using equipment supplied by Chinese vendors to form its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery production line, TheElec has learned.The South Korean battery maker recently hosted a closed-door conference at its plant in Cheonan, South Korea, explaining its plan to potential

Apple saw its operating profit jump 550% in South Korea for its 2023 fiscal year.In its filings to local financial authorities on Friday, the company reported revenue of 7.52 trillion won and operating profit of 559.9 billion won for its latest fiscal year last from October 2022 to September 2023.Re

Samsung Display will start mass production of OLED panels for use in iPads, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display panel maker, the main supplier of OLED panels to Cupertino for iPhones, will start production for the 11-inch model of the popular tablet, sources said.The panels are low-temperat

Samsung SDI is upgrading the way it is manufacturing solid-state batteries at its test production line, TheElec has learned.The tech giant is adding warm isotactic press (WIP) that uses water and roll pressing processes to their production, sources said.The pressing in solid-state batteries must don

SK Hynix is considering increasing the production output of some specific DRAM chips within the first quarter, the company said.This was because there were signs of market conditions improving, SK Hynix Kwak Noh-jung said at a press conference in Las Vegas on the sidelines of CES 2024.For NAND, whil

LG Energy Solution is attempting to outbid sister company LG Electronics for equipment orders that will be placed by its joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group, TheElec has learned.LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor Group’s battery-making joint venture in the US is expected to start placing orders

Samsung has ordered dozens of thermal compression (TC) bonders from its subsidiary Semes, TheElec has learned.As TC bonders are used to stack DRAMs and a must to manufacture high bandwidth memory (HBM) and DDR5, the order indicates that Samsung will likely focus on advanced DRAM production this year

South Korean component giant LG Innotek will be the exclusive supplier of camera modules to Tesla for Cybertrucks, TheElec has learned.Tesla plans to manufacture Cybertrucks only in the US and the South Korean parts maker will be supplying the modules from its factory in Mexico, sources said.Approxi