Thermal imaging sensor will play a larger role in advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) in future autonomous cars, according to an executive at camera module maker Mcnex.Jung Young-hyun, director of auto-component product development at Mcnex, said while thermal imaging sensor and thermal infrare

Mcnex said on Monday that it has won an order from Hyundai Motor to supply camera modules for 30 car models that will launch from 2023 onward.The camera module maker will supply its goods for use in surround view monitoring and advanced driver assistance systems.Mcnex was registered as a tier-1 supp

TSMC said on Thursday that the recent power outage in Taiwan has not affected its chip production.According to the local Central News Agency, equipment malfunction at an electrical substation in Kaohsiung City has caused electricity produced at a nearby thermal power plant to be cutoff, at around 2p

System semiconductor company Coasia has recorded 112.8 billion won in sales and 2.7 billion won in operating income in the first quarter.Sales increased 11% from a year prior. The company turned a profit compared to the same time period in 2020.Coasia said high sales from its IT component business,

ASML will start supplying pellicles used in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems with transmittance of over 90% this year.ASML Korea marketing manager MyoungKuy Lee said at an SMC Korea seminar that the company will begin production of pellicles with over 90.6% transmittance rate.The pellicles have sec

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has developed a new DRAM based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) interface.The DDR5 module has been verified on Intel’s platform. Samsung said it will collaborate on the launch of the chip with other data center and cloud companies.CXL interface allows CPU

South Korean fabless firm Telechips have recently finished development of its vehicle microcontroller unit (MCU), TheElec has learned.The firm is currently promoting an engineering sample version to customers, people familiar with the matter said.It is Telechips’ first MCU. The company previously fo

Chip and display equipment maker STI said on Thursday that it will be supplying its central chemical supply system (CCSS) to chip giant Micron.The deal is worth S$47.9 million, or around 40 billion won. The CCSS will be used in Micron’s PH2 of Singapore Fab 1.A STI spokesperson said the worldwide ch

Wireless chip supplier RFHIC has chosen as a vendor for a national project to develop gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor, the company said on Monday.The project is overseen by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Ministry of National Defense.It aims to develop an X-band GaN semiconductor

Solus Advanced Materials said on Monday that it will expand the production capacity of its copper foil factory in Luxembourg to meet rising demand from 5G.Its subsidiary there, Circuit Foil Luxembourg, will expand its production capacity from 12,000 metric tonnes a year to 15,000 metric tonnes a yea

SK Innovation said on Friday that it will collaborate with affiliate SK Rent-a-Car to develop a battery usage data analysis system.The system will be used predict battery life and potential overheating in battery for electric cars.The system will be trialed in electric cars that are rented out by SK

LG Energy Solution was considering procuring lamination equipment from South Korean equipment maker DSK, TheElec has learned.The South Korean battery maker has previously secured the equipment from Shinjin Mtec and Naintec.LG is the only company to apply the lamination process to battery production.

Samsung Electronics marked 65.39 trillion won in revenue and 9.38 trillion won in operating profit in the first quarter this year.Revenue was the highest ever for a first quarter, Samsung said. Operating income rose 45% year-on-year.The South Korean tech conglomerate saw its mobile and consumer elec

SK Innovation and Kia said on Thursday that they have secured technology to reuse lithium in used batteries.The pair has also laid the foundation for an ecosystem around recycling used batteries, they said.The companies have been trialing their battery recycling business for the past year.SK Innovat

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it will focus its foundry, or contract chip production, into 8-inch wafers.The company also said it will expend spending that was planned for 2022 to the second half of 2021 to secure fab equipment due to extended lead time for them amid the global chip shortage.The S

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has launched a new enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) for servers based on the 24G SAS (SAS-4) specification.PM1653 is made using the company’s Gen 6 V-NAND. It will come in various capacities up to 30.72TB.SAS, or Serial Attached SCSI, is an interface des

Samsung SDI said on Tuesday that it has recorded 2.96 trillion won in sales and 133.2 billion won in operating income in the first quarter. It is a rise of 23.6% and 146.7%, respectively, from a year ago.Its energy business recorded 2.38 trillion won in sales, an increase of 32.9% from 2020. But sal

South Korean equipment maker IsMedia will supply its camera module inspection equipment to Sharp, the company said.The pair signed a 2 billion won supply deal for the kits, IsMedia said.The inspection equipment will be supplied to Sharp’s factory in Vietnam.They will likely be used for cameras that

Membrane system firm SepraTek has chosen to head a South Korean national project to develop dissolved oxygen (DO) membrane degasifier (MDG), the company announced.A SepraTek spokesperson said the company has its own membrane contactor technology that is more efficient had removing dissolved gas comp

Swagelok Korea is expecting increased sales from its fluid systems used in semiconductor production this year.The US-based company manufactures gas and fluid systems components, such as fittings, valves and hoses. Its Korean subsidiary provides its services to Samsung, SK Hynix and local fab equipme