Samsung Electronics has reduced the number of home appliances launching next year that it will apply ultraviolet (UV) LED on from its initial target, TheElec has learned.In September, the company had planned to install UV LED on up to 20 to 30% of new home appliances launching in 2021. The move was

LG Electronics has launched a new laser projector that supports 4K resolution.The new Cinebeam Laser 4K Projector has what LG calls triple screen adjustment.The projector can adjust the lens top, bottom, left and right. The screen can be expanded by up to 1.6 times. The screen can be extended or con

Apple is preparing to adopt OLED screens for its iPad Pro tablets launching next year, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display and LG Display, which currently supplies OLED panels for iPhones, were currently developing the new OLED panel for the new tablets that will likely launch in the second half of

Semicon Light has bee named in a national project to develop high output, large surface ultraviolet LED.It is one project among the Ministry of Science and ICT’s 2020 Innovative Challenge Projects. The project include control system for intelligent and autonomous disinfection robots, intelligent and

Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei was planning to launch a 2021 model of its strategic smartphone brand the P series sometime in the first half of next year, people with direct knowledge of the matter told TheElec.The company had traditionally launched the flagship P series of smartphones in the f

South Korean fabless companies have posted mixed results for the third quarter of 2020.Twenty three fabless companies combined posted sales of 724.8 billion won in sales in the third quarter, a rise of 23.3% year-on-year. Silicon Works accounted for half of the sales and its growth impacted the figu

LG Electronics said it was promoting its OLED TV with Lady Gaga in New York.A LED billboard in Times Square has been showing Lady Gaga’s new music video for her song 911. At the end of the video, LG OLED and LG are shown.Earlier, LG unveiled a video of the pop star and music video director Tarem Sin

Dreamtech will begin producing its electronics nose solution that can detect whether someone has contracted COVID-19 in 30 seconds next year.The company said on Friday that it has wrapped up trials.The electronic nose was co-developed with Israeli firm Nanoscent, It can check whether a patient has c

Samsung Display has been ordered by a court in Seoul on Friday to compensate its former employee for their invetion.The employee, who have requested compensation of 150 billion won, had said they will appeal. The dispute between the pair is expected to continue to the appeals court.Samsung Display w

AMD has launched the Radeon RX6800 series for gaming.The series comes in two models __ Radeon RX6800 graphic ard and Radeon RX6800 XT which supports 4K resolution. They will cost US$579 and US$649, respectively.They are made based on AMD RDNA 2 architecture.Cycle efficiency per computing unit can be

Kolon Industries will begin production of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) used in hydrogen fuel cells next year.The company will begin construction of the PEM production line at its factory in Gumi this month, it said.The customer is likely Hyundai Motor Company.Kolon said the building of the PEM

Finnish telecom equipment company Nokia said on Thursday that it has marked 8Gbps download speed on the 5G mmWave network of local telco Elisa.The firm said it used to smartphones for the test, each marking 4Gbps download speed. The two smartphones were connected to two radio equipment individually

Outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) market grew in the third quarter, continuing its growth trajectory of the first half of 2020, data from market research firm TrendForce shows.The top OSAT companies in the world marked US$6.799 billion in sales in the third quarter, an increase of 12

SK Innovation’s battery production capacity has increased six times in 2020 compared to 2019.This is thanks to its factories overseas in China and Hungary beginning operation.SK Innovation said on Thursday its Blue Sky United Energy factory in Yancheng, China has began operation this month.It is its

EcoPro EM, the join venture between EcoPro BM and Samsung SDI, has started construction of its cathode factory on Wednesday.The company held a groundbreaking ceremony for the factory, called CAM6, at Pohang. The factory will produce cathode exclusively for Samsung SDI. It will take be built on 760,0

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has unveiled a concept smartphone with a rollable display that allows the screen to be pulled in-an-out.The company showed off the Oppo X 2021 prototype on a stage demo at its Inno Day 2020.Oppo didn’t announce when the phone will be launched. South Korean firm LG is pr

The CEO of Samsung SDI has called the recent string of fires involving Kona EV “growing pains” for the industry.The Company CEO Jun Young-hyun told TheElec in an interview at the firm’s groundbreaking ceremony with EcoPro EM for their joint cathode production line that he considers the recent fires

Chinese display giant BOE has yet again failed to clinch a supply order from Apple for OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The display maker will now have to try again in the first half of 2021 __ which means next year’s iPhone series will likely use panels made by Samsung Display and LG Display again.

TSE said on Wednesday it has won the patent lawsuit filed against it by another South Korean company.The Supreme Court invalidate patent related to soft elasticity owned by the unnamed South Korean company. Soft elasticity is a method that makes the area of the rubber socket where the chip package b

Component suppliers for Samsung Electronics are looking to reduce their reliance of smartphones.The smartphone market has matured while competition between the suppliers are intensifying, forcing them to look for new revenue stream elsewhere.Mcnex is looking to camera modules for automobiles. It cur