LG Energy Solution was in talks with Japan’s Toyota to supply the auto giant with electric vehicle batteries, TheElec has learned.The pair were discussing forming a potential joint venture and other specifics, sources said.LG Energy Solution and Toyota are expected to announce their collaboration wi

SFA said on Wednesday that it has signed a contract worth 142.1 billion won with Tianma to supply display production equipment.The South Korean equipment maker will be supplying its logistics equipment to the Chinese display panel maker.Tianma will be using these kits for its Gen 8.6 liquid crystal

Samsung is planning to build pilot lines by the end of the year for its planned new fabs in South Korea and the US, TheElec has learned.The pilot lines will be built at P4 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, and another one in Taylor, Texas. Samsung recently shared these plans with its suppliers for the fab

The price of neon gas used in wafer fabrication, or semiconductor production, is beginning to drop.The precious gas used in excimer laser gas for lithography at one time saw a price jump of 20 times last year.This was due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which burdened supply chains and customers beg

SK On’s factory in the US suffered a fire incident sometime during September this year, TheElec has learned.The fire happened on the part of the line where the formation process is done during battery production at the plant in Georgia state, sources said.The fire was extinguished quickly by the sta

Samsung is expecting its annual operating profit from semiconductor sales in 2023 to be around 13.1 trillion won, TheElec has learned.This figure was shared with its employees in a note sent to employees on Wednesday explaining their expected bonus payment amounts to be paid in January from their pe

LG Electronics may launch a transparent OLED TV in 2024 at the earliest, TheElec has learned.LG Display had pitched the idea to the electronics maker earlier this year; but such a model is not slated to launch in 2023, sources said.This is likely due to the demand for consumer electronics such as TV

SK On is planning to develop an electric vehicle (EV) battery that doesn’t use cobalt, TheElec has learned.Cobalt is considered a conflict mineral and is more expensive than other materials used in batteries such as nickel and manganese.SK On is aiming to develop the battery within three years and i

Samsung is planning to launch an X-ray machine with 3D time of flight (ToF) image sensor technology next year, TheElec has learned.The image sensor, the core of the ToF module, will be manufactured by Sony.The machine will launch sometime during the first half of next year and Samsung is expected to

LG Innotek said on Thursday that it will show off its high-magnification optical consecutive zoom camera module, more commonly known as folded zoom camera, at CES next year.The module uses a prism to bend the light that the sensor absorbs. This allows the module to become thinner __ avoiding the cam

Samsung has drastically reduced its shipment target for its mid-tier smartphone Galaxy A23 5G this year, TheElec has learned.The Korean electronics maker originally planned to ship 12.6 million units but this has been dropped to below 4 million units __ a 70% drop.Earlier this year, Samsung had set

Samsung Display has changed its priority in the development of Gen 8 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The South Korean company is planning to postpone investments into full-cut, vertical deposition method it had been co-developing for over a year with Japan’s Ulvac.Samsung Display will instead st

The cost of the new fab Samsung is building in South Korea has increased significantly since the third quarter due to global inflation, TheElec has learned.The cost of building additional facilities and its P3 fab at Pyeongtaek has increased by over 1 trillion won.Samsung C&T, Samsung Engineering, a

BlueOval SK, the battery joint venture between SK On and Ford, is facing difficulty in finalizing equipment orders as suppliers are offering their kits at higher prices than the battery maker wants, TheElec has learned.BlueOval SK had begun placing orders in mid-November but every week there has bee

APS Holdings said on Tuesday that it has developed an OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) with a resolution of 3000pixels per inch (ppi).The company developed an OLEDoS in 1000ppi earlier this year.OLEDoS deposits OLED on a silicon wafer and are being developed for use in augmented and virtual reality devices.

LG Energy Solution is aiming to have its suppliers burden the cost when the company faces problems such as battery fires, TheElec has learned.As an incentive for the suppliers, South Korean battery maker is offering long-term contracts to companies that agree to the term.These contracts also include

Chip gas firm TEMC has won Samsung as a customer for its neon gas, which is used in chip production, TheElec has learned.Neon gas prices have skyrocketed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started.TEMC succeeded in producing the rare gas on its own, allowing Samsung to add them as their supplier tim

Investment in fabless chip companies that design semiconductors continue to drop in South Korea.TheElec talked to multiple sources in the country’s fabless scene __ all voiced their concern that spending in the sector by funds is drying up.A CEO of a local fabless chip firm said that the investment

Samsung’s Mobile Experience (MX) Business has formed an application processor (AP) solution development team within the business, TheElec has learned.The team will be led by executive vice president Choi Won-joon, who was also named the head of MX Development during Samsung’s annual reorganization e

Volkswagen will concentrate on producing battery cells at its factories that will be constructed in Europe while also developing CATL’s cell to pack (CTP) technology.Soonho Ahn, the CTO at Volkswagen’s battery cell subsidiary PowerCo, said as much during a job conference to hire South Korean battery