Silicon wafer shipment in 2020 will grow 2.4% year over year thanks to high growth in memory semiconductors.2021 will see a further 5% growth year over year, SEMI said.This contrast with with 2019, when wafer shipment contracted by 6.9% from 2018.Despite geopolitical conflicts that is changing the g

Samsung Electronics is considering investing into its 200mm semiconductor wafer production lines to make it semi-autonomous, TheElec has learned.The conglomerate’s 300mm wafer lines are currently fully automated. Wafers are transferred from chamber to chamber using over head transport machines.Howev

Apple’s iPhone 12 for the US market is shown to have a 5G mmWave antenna on its sides.The US versions has a mmWave antenna window below the power buttons __ the feature is absent in models sold in other countries.Apple has said at the unveiling event for the iPhone 12 that it has custom designed the

LG Chem will offer cash dividends over 10,000 won for ordinary shareholders for the next three years, the company announced.The move is likely to placate the anger over the company’s decision to split-off its battery business.LG Chem said the dividends will eliminate uncertainties over the split-off

Hanwha Corp. has supplied cathode production equipment to EcoPro BM, TheElec has learned.The equipment will be supplied to EcoPro BM’s new factory in Pohang called CAM5-N. Hanwha also supplied equipment for CAM5 that is nearby.The two factories produce cathode materials for use by Samsung SDI and SK

Apple’s iPhone 12 series is the first in the series to use OLED screens for all models.Samsung Display and LG Display, which supplied OLED panels last year, saw shipment grow for 2020 thanks to Apple’s OLED push.Cupertino is offering four models for the iPhone 12 __ 5.4-inch iPhone Mini, 6.1-inch iP

One of the most noticeable features of the newly unveiled iPhone 12 is its wireless charging capability __ especially MagSafe.Apple stressed that it has put magnets near the wireless charging coil to increase charging efficiency. Up to 15W of power can be supplied.MagSafe was first introduced with n

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited the headquarters of ASML of Netherland, the South Korean tech giant said on Wednesday.Lee met with ASML CEO Peter Wennink and CTO Martin Van den Brink to discuss collaboration between the two companies.ASMl is the only company that makes ext

Apple has applied Time of Flight (ToF) LiDAR onto the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, the two higher tiers out of the four new models of iPhone 12.LiDAR measures distance by shooting a beam of light and measuring the time it takes to bounce back. The technology allows for longer ran compared to

Samsung Electronics has launched its new SD cards lineup PRO Plus and EVO Plus, the company said.They are aimed at DSLR, mirrorless and compact camera users as well as PCs, the South Korean tech giant said.The PRO Plus offers sequential read and write speeds of up to 100MB/s and 90MB/s, respectively

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will collaborate with UK automobile giant Bentley Motors in marketing LG Signature OLED R rollable TVs.The South Korean company is planning a private VVIP event that will run from October 14 to 19 in Seoul to unveil the OLED R TV.The event will run in session

1 Since the iPhone 3Gs was introduced via KT to South Korea in 2009, the country has never been included in the first list of countries to get a new iPhone. But for iPhone 12, South Korea has been included as on the list of countries to have the phone available for purchase first.4 iPhone 12 comes i

Semiconductor and display particle contamination monitoring equipment maker Withtech was in talks with YMTC of China and TSMC of Taiwan for a potential supply deal, the company said on Tuesday.Overseas clients account for 47% of the company’s sales __ it plans to expand this further buy winning more

Global telecom equipment giants Ericsson and Nokia are reducing production in China.Their suppliers, South Korean companies KMW and Ace Technologies are also developing and producing their goods in Vietnam facilities instead of those in China in reaction to this, TheElec learned on Tuesday.The move

SK Hynix has won three awards out of ten given in IDC Digital Transformation (DX) Awards 2020.The South Korean memory giant won the top ward of Digital Transformer, a first for a semiconductor company.It also won awards in the Operation Model Master and Talent Accelerator categories.SK Hynix uses bi

SK Hynix has won three awards out of ten given in IDC Digital Transformation (DX) Awards 2020.The South Korean memory giant won the top ward of Digital Transformer, a first for a semiconductor company.It also won awards in the Operation Model Master and Talent Accelerator categories.SK Hynix uses bi

LG Chem is using more high nickel batteries with over 80% nickel for its batteries, according to data from Chinese market tracker Gaogang Industry Institute. (GGII)LG Chem accumulated 2.5GWh in supply of NCM811 (nickel, cobalt and manganese in 8 to 1 to 1 ratio) batteries from January to July.This i

Seoul Semiconductor has won an injunction order from a court in Dusseldorf, Germany against Philips’ LED light bulb sold by LED distributor Leuchtstark Vertriebs GmbH.The court said products that violated Seoul Semiconductor’s patents must be withdrawn and destroyed. The product in question was sold

LED maker Wooree E&L is expected to post around one billion on in operating profits and 30 billion won in sales in the third quarter.It will be double the operating profits of the previous quarter and 10% increase in sales quarter over quarter.A rise in demand in liquid crystal displays (LCD), which

Qualcomm and LG CNS will collaborate in developing security technology for decentralized identity (DID) in blockchain, the companies aid.LG CNS will become the US chip giant’s first block chain independent software vendor under the agreement.The South Korean company will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon pl