Samsung Electronics recorded 63.67 trillion won in revenue during the second quarter, its highest to date for the quarter.Memory semiconductors led the growth while TV and appliances are posted strong earnings.However, its mobile business recorded lackluster earnings.Samsung said on Thursday that it

Display and semiconductor inspection kit maker Youngwoo DSP said on Wednesday that it has been chosen as the leading company in a national project to develop inspection kit used for chips 10-nanometer (nm) or under.Under the project, headed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Youngwoo DSP

DNF said on Wednesday that it will receive 20.9 billion won in equity investment from Samsung Electronics to expand its production capacity and increase R&D spending.A DNF spokesperson said the company plans to start building a new factory near its headquarters in Daejeon late this year or early nex

SK Hynix has performed strongly during the second quarter thanks to high demand for semiconductors.The company’s sales and operating income for the quarter was its highest since 2018.SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it posted 10.32 trillion won in sales, 2.69 trillion won in operating income and 1.98 t

In 1904, English physicist John Ambrose Fleming developed the first vacuum tube. The tube had a filament inside as well as a cathode and anode plates placed on either end of the glass tube. Electrons flowed between the two electrodes. Radios used in the early 1900s used such tubes. Despite being a h

Coasia Nexell said on Monday that it has received 3.9 billion won in investment from South Korean institutional investors.These include Cape Investment & Securities and other funds.A Coasia Nexell spokesperson said the company plans to spend the fund to meet rising demand for SoC design and strength

Sales of semiconductor electronic design automation (EDA) and IP hit US$3.157 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 17% from a year ago, according to SEMI.It is the highest growth since 2011.Spending in the sector also increased. In the first quarter, it was shown that 49,024 people were hire

LG InnoTek has sold 1,046 patents in South Korea related to LED technology to Chinese companies Suzhou LEKIN Semiconductor as of Monday, TheElec has confirmed.The South Korean firm had handed over 114 patents to LEKIN on July 2.LG InnoTek has filed for ownership changes of the patents on July 15, 20

The three top outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) companies are expected to see their system-in-package (SiP) sales increased up to 20% this year, according to Yole Development.These companies are ASE of Taiwan, Amkor Technology of the US and JCET of China.Yole Development projects

Mecaro has sold its shares in its subsidiary KOFI R&D at a cheaper rate than their face value, TheElec has learned.The move is a big setback for the company as it was in the midst of diversifying its portfolio in light of recent poor earnings.Mecaro had bought a 58.07% stake (a million shares) of KO

Samsung will start applying pellicles in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process used in advanced chip production starting in 2023, TheElec has learned.Pellicles, which are used to protect masks from dusts, will be used in mass production starting in late 2023, people familiar with Samsung’s internal

SK Materials, an affiliate of South Korean energy firm SK Innovation, will form a joint venture with US battery material startup Group14 Technologies.The South Korean company will spend around 70 billion won for a substantial stake in the venture, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.The j

Fab equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor said on Monday that it has recorded 108.7 billion won in sales and 35.7 billion won in operating income in the second quarter.It is the company’s best quarterly sales figure to date.Sales increased 77% from the same time period in 2020, while operating income

Cirrus Logic’s deal to buy Lion Semiconductor for US$335 million is talk of the town in South Korea’s semiconductor industry.Last week, Cirrus Logic announced that it was acquiring the California-based startup that specializes in power management ICs for wired and wireless charging as well as DC-DC

Samsung Display and its parent company Samsung Electronics are reviewing potential use of an underused liquid crystal display (LCD) plant in South Korea, which could possibly result in the plant being converted to a semiconductor plant, TheElec has learned.The plant at Cheonan, owned by Samsung Disp

LG InnoTek has completed selling its 114 patents in South Korea related to LED technologies to Chinese company Suzhou LEKIN Semiconductor, TheElec has learned.The transaction was completed on July 2, according South Korea patent portal Kipris run by the Korean Intellectual Property Office.LG InnoTek

Fab equipment firm FST said on Thursday that it has developed the “world’s first” pellicle mounter/demounter for the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process used in semiconductor production.The equipment mounts and dismounts pellicles on the masks automatically. The equipment has passed a review conducted

Dong Yang Piston will manufacture the heat dissipation module used in Kia EV6 GT launching next year, the company said on Monday.The module is used to cool the power management semiconductor used in the inverter on EV6 GT.The module will go through Hyundai Mobis before being supplied to Kia EV6 GT,

Display equipment maker Avaco has begun talks with LG Display over the specifications of the sputters that will be used to manufacture low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistor (TFT) OLED production, TheElec has learned.LG Display will likely give the order from the equipment

The shortage in automobile chips that started late last year is expected to ease slightly starting in the third quarter of 2021, according to market research firm IHS Markit.Automobile OEMs around the world suspended their car production multiple times in the first half due to the shortage.This tren