Dongjin Semichem and ENF Technology have sent requests to their customers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to increase the price of thinners by up to 50%, TheElec has learned.The companies are asking for the raise to come in to affect starting in April. Samsung and SK are running simulations to cons

The top three fab equipment manufacturers in South Korea are expected to post record earnings in 2021 from record spending in the global semiconductor and display industries.Semes, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, recorded its highest ever sales in 2020. Its previous record was 2.03 trillion won

Samsung Electronics will hold an unveiling event for new Galaxy A smartphones for the first time next week.The company said on Wednesday that it will hold an online event called Samsung Galaxy Awesome Unpacked on 10am March 17 (US EST).It will likely unveil the rumored Galaxy A52 and A72 smartphones

Samsung Electronics will begin sales of its mid-tier Galaxy A42 5G smartphone in South Korea on Friday.The smartphone packs a 6.6-inch screen, quad camera and a 5,000mAh battery. It has what Samsung calls a layered pattern design on its back cover.The cameras on its back are 48MP main, 8MP ultra wid

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Thursday that it has formed a council to promote collaboration between local semiconductor and automobile companies.The announcement comes amid a global shortage of semiconductors that have caused automobile companies to suspend production

Printed circuit board (PCB) market was still a blue ocean, with South Korean companies strong in areas such as semiconductors, the chairman of Korea Printed Circuit Association (KPCA) said.KPCA chairman Baek Tae-il said he was shocked to learn that there was a general perception in South Korea that

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that it will launch 21 models in its new Neo QLED TV series.This is three more than the 18 models rival LG Electronics plans to launch in its OLED TV series.Neo QLED TVs are liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs that use MiniLEDs as their backlighting. It is an upgra

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it will run a 3-day free trial program in South Korea for its foldable smartphones.The Galaxy To Go service will lend Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip 5G to consumers.The program will run until April 30. Consumers can request the service and rent the devices

Nordic Semiconductor will expand into the cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market of South Korea this year, a company executive said.Nordic has focused on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) so far. But starting this year, it will supply long-distance wireless technology, Sean Choi, the company’s regional s

Samsung Electronics’ subsidiary Harman has acquired a Silicon Valley-based automotive technology company.Savari has technology on 5G edge and vehicle-to-everything communications (V2X), Harman said.The company offers V2X sensor solutions and edge-based analytics for automotive and smart infrastructu

Samsung Electronics has secured stakes in a South Korean company that manufacturers pellicles used in semiconductor production.FST said on Tuesday that it has issued 1.52 million shares for Samsung to purchase. The Korean tech giant will secure a 6.9% stake in the company, becoming the third largest

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Monday that it was supplying its 10x optical zoom folded camera module to a global smartphone manufacturer.The company didn’t name its customer but it is highly likely Samsung Electronics and the modules are being on the Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphone.Optical zoom allo

Samsung Electronics’ application of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology on its latest DRAM has showed fabrication benefits in scaling, expediting production and improved performance yields, according to reverse engineering analysis firm Techinsights.Samsung applied EUV technology on 1zn

Earnings of South Korean display equipment manufacturer Leading Edge Technology (LET) in 2021 will rely on how much foldable smartphones Samsung can ship.LET is Samsung Display’s exclusive supplier of laminator, used to stack ultra-thin glasses that act as cover windows on the foldable panels.The co

The global TV market grew slightly in 2020, but LG Electronics saw its sales and shipment decline.Market research firm Omdia said on Wednesday that 225.35 million TVs were shipped last year, a rise of 1.1% from 2019.The COVID-19 pandemic affected sales in the first half but the market recovered in t

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it will be spending 4.75 trillion won (around US$4.3 billion) up to December 1, 2025 to procure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment.The South Korean chip giant will be purchasing them from ASML of the Netherlands.The amount is equal to 7.34% of its total a

Semiconductor testing solution company TSE said on Wednesday that it is supplying die carrier socket for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) testing to a global memory manufacturer.HBM are mostly supplied in die form, instead of in a molding package. The last testing on the good was using a probe card on th

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said it was launching its newest image sensor, Isocell GN2, which has upgraded autofocus features.The new sensor comes with Dual Pixel Pro technology, which splits some of the pixels diagonally instead of just vertically. Samsung said it was the first to apply this tec

Iljin Materials said on Tuesday that it has begun supplying 2 micrometers ultra thin copper foils to Samsung Electronics.They are used for semiconductor packaging.Japanese companies such as Mitsui previously dominated copper foils that are 2 micrometers-thin but Iljin began development of them in 20

Samsung Display was currently developing in-folding foldable OLED panels to supply to Oppo, Xiaomi and Google, TheElec has learned.Smartphones using these panels will launch within the year.The panel for Oppo folds from top to bottom __ it is an in-folding clamshell type. It is sized 7.7-inch unfold