Chinese TV maker TCL said that claimed the No. 1 position in the US TV market in March this year, citing US market research firm NPD's data. The IHS market research, which is often mainly discussed in the industry, has not been released. In the last year's overall TV sales rank, TCL claimed the seco

President Moon Jae-In said, “Let’s maintain our position as number one in the world’s memory market and become the world’s major leader in the comprehensive semiconductor market by achieving the number one position in foundries by 2030 and the 10% fabless share," at the "System Semiconductor Vision

On the 25th, it was reported that development of Canon Tokki’s deposition equipment for large scaled OLED is in the final stage.Canon Tokki of Japan is producing the 8.5th generation deposition equipment. In the third quarter of this year, it is sheduled to be in stock at Korean customer’s domestic

LG Electronics plans to move its smartphone assembly factory to Vietnam. As the MC division of LG Electronics recorded an operating loss of 790.1 billion won last year, improving its profitability by increasing sales and reducing costs is the top priority.According to the industry on the 22nd, LG El

It has been confirmed recently that CrucialTec, a component maker, supplied the first batch of fingerprint recognition modules for mid- to low-end smartphones from Samsung Electronics. CrucialTec has been growing with Chinese smartphone companies, its main customers.CrucialTec has supplied camera fl

It has been reported that LG Electronics' smartphone G8 shipments are below market expectations. G8 is the first of the G-Series that is subject to the discouraging outlook of total shipments being less than 1 million units.According to the suppliers of parts for LG Electronics smartphones to the 11

It has been confirmed on the 8th that Vice Chairman Young-Soo Kwon visited Japan in the middle of last February to have meetings with a high-level executive of Panasonic. At this meeting, the industry assumes that more advanced discussions on the supply of large OLED panels for TVs had been exchange

AMOTECH, an electronic parts maker, is expected to benefit from the wireless recharging business. This expectation stems from the fact that more smartphones and wearable products will likely apply AMOTECH's wireless charging antenna module.AMOTECH supplies '3 Combo' antenna modules to Galaxy S10 ser

LG Innotek's Cheongju factory, which produces the main PCBs, has plummeted to 51% last year. This is far lower than the 80% of the previous years. The pressure on the Substrate Material Segment's profitability is expected to increase further.According to the LG Innotek business report on the 2nd, th

Wooree ETI, an electronic component maker, has changed its name to ‘Wooree BIO’ and is seeking out a new frontier in the bio industry. The company also revealed the goal of achieving sales of 50 billion won within three years in the bio-business.Wooree ETI announced its plan to change its name and p

It is expected that Android phones with 3D sensors will surge this year. Due to the expansion of time-of-flight (ToF) 3D sensors, which are cheaper than conventional structured light (SL) 3D sensors, the possibility of applying 3D sensor modules to entry-level smartphones has been increased.DigiTime

LG Electronics is releasing a rollable 8K TV in the second half of the year. For 8K TV, there is a two-track strategy for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The price of new OLED TV products is 30% lower than last year.Kwon Bong-Seok, head (President) of the MC

Strategies for micro light-emitting-diodes (LEDs) of each region have been introduced. Micro LEDs are considered to be the next generation display technology because they are superior to liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in terms of brightness, contrast, respon

The bezel, which means smartphone display border, is disappearing.At the 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona, ​​Spain, major smartphone makers unveiled the so-called zero-bezel designed smartphone. As a feature, the upper and lower bezels are greatly reduced. Samsung Electronics’ prem

"The personnel restructuring of mobile communications (MC) business headquarters is over."Kwon Bong-Suk, head of LG Electronics' MC/HE business (president), answered in a press conference on April 15th, "There will be no more restructuring," to a reporter asking, “the number of employees at the MC b

The Supreme Court ruled that the Fair Trade Commission should cancel some of the 273.2 billion won penalty imposed on Qualcomm for discriminatory royalties and conditional rebates in 2009.On 11th, the Supreme Court 1st Department (Main Judge Gi-Taek Lee Supreme Court Judge) decided that the Fair Tra

A Konex-listed company focusing on Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB) Bare Board Test (BBT) equipment, BiOptro, has diversified its sales by acquiring a number of Chinese customers. They plan to improve their sales structure, which has been dependent on FPCB suppliers for Apple's iPhone, and to e

SKCS is planning to make another leap in the electronic materials business. SKCS is trying to supply shrink-resistant film to Chinese smartphone makers. SKCS is a film specializing company established in May 2005. Its main business is various plastic films used in printing, photographic optics and s

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) were introduced quite some time ago. VR has appeared in various films since the 1990s, including Star Wars, The Matrix, and Total Recall. AR was used for the first time to view Virtual Fixtures developed by Armstrong's Research Lab in the United States

Samsung Display is in hurry to prepare for the technology report for the leader of Samsung Group.According to industry sources, on 4th, Jae-Yong Lee, the Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, will be revisiting Samsung Display business locations on 14th to receive reports on the technology developme