LG Electronics’ joint venture with Magna International has inaugurated on Thursday.The pair’s respective boards approved the split off and named the CEO and executives of LG Magna e-Powertrain.The first CEO will be Jung Won-seok, who previous was the head of of green business of LG Electronics’ vehi

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will start sales of its premium LCD TV brand, LG QNED Mini LED, in July.Sales of the TV model will begin in the US, then expand to Japan, Europe and South Korea, the company said.The brand includes an 8K 120Hz model, an 8K 60Hz model and a 4K 120Hz model. The

The semiconductor industry has focused on reducing the size of the chip so far. But microfabrication today is nearing its limits. Technology competition between semiconductor companies are now moving to packaging, which is moving away from traditional wire bonding and soldering to multi-function, ve

Bare board testing firm Bioptro is seeing high demand from semiconductor boards, TheElec has learned.It is has already received enough orders for bare board testers to continue manufacturing them up to the end of 2021.This is thanks to high demand for semiconductor boards, which has also increased d

Samsung Electronics is planning to launch Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE) only in the US and Europe, TheElec has learned.The phones are scheduled to launch in October.The limited release is due to problems with procuring application processors. There is currently a global shortage of chips due to high d

Fabless company Eyenix said on Thursday that it will be supplying its internet protocol (IP) camera SoC EN675 series for CCTVs to Seyeon Tech, Cellinx Systems, and Webgate.EN675 SoC will be used in two IP security cameras that Seyeon Tech will launch at the end of June, a Eyenix spokesperson said.Th

OLED panels will be used in 39.8% of smartphones this year and 45% in 2022, according to market research firm TrendForce.This is thanks to wider adoption of the panels by major smartphone brands such as Apple and Samsung, the firm said.But OLED display driver IC supply is currently unable to meet de

Samsung Display and LG Display are expected to spend conservatively on expanding their OLED production capacities in the second half of the year, according to multiple sources working at South Korean equipment makers.There are some expectations that the pair may start investing more on OLED panels f

Hanwha Corporation’s machine business unit was manufacturing battery electrode equipment at its Asan plant to supply to Samsung SDI, TheElec has learned.The equipment will be delivered to Samsung SDI’s battery factory at Geod, Hungary, within the year. The deal is wroth tens of billions of wons, peo

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday introduced a slew of new 5G network solutions.The company unveiled its new chipsets, high performance base station line-up, and 5G virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions at an online event called Samsung Networks: Redefined, first such event hosted by Samsung Network, its ne

Samsung Electronics will use batteries manufactured by China’s EVE Energy on its upcoming new wireless earphones.EVE Energy is currently manufacturing batteries that will be used on the charging case of Galaxy Buds 2.This is the second time that the Chinese company is supplying its batteries for the

South Korean LED firm Wooree E&L has secured half the supply of LED module used by customer LG Display, TheElec has learned.People familiar with the matter said Wooree’s LED modules currently accounts for around 50% of those used by the South Korean display panel maker.LED modules are used as the ba

Korea Circuit is expected to wrap up the expansion of its flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) factory next month, TheElec has learned.FC-BGA is a board used for server and PC chips that offers less electric signal loss and more I/O compared to previous wire packaging.Korea Circuit is planning to manu

3D image and sensing market will begin growing fast again in 2023 after years of slow growth, according to market research firm Yole Development.The 3D sensing market was worth US$6.5 billion in 2020, which was only 80% of the research firm’s earlier forecast.This was due to less use of time of flig

LG Electronics will begin sales of its 83-inch OLED TV in South Korea.Sales will also begin in the US this month, the company said on Monday.The TV, model name 83C1, is LG’s largest 4K OLED TV yet. Its largest OLED TV to date is 88-inch and supports 4K resolution. LG offers 48, 55, 65, 77, 83 and 88

3D cover glass company JNTC said on Monday that it has completed its third factory in Vietnam.The factory takes up 87,000 meter-square of space, equivalent to 12 football fields, and larger than its first and second factories combined, the company said.JNTC initially planned to complete the third fa

Chip inspection equipment firm Intekplus said on Friday that it will spend 8 billion won to build a new factory at Daejeon.This will double its production capacity and allow to meet the current high demand from the semiconductor industry, the company said.Once the new factory goes live next year, In

Shipment of flexible OLED panels will be around 57 million units in the second quarter this year, a drop of 35% from the previous quarter, according to market research firm Omdia.The drop is due to the second quarter being the off-season and declining shipment of Apple’s iPhones.Flexible OLED shipme

A Japanese non-practicing entity (NPE) has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Nokia and Ericsson using a patent it bought from LG Electronics.IP Bridge claimed in its lawsuit filed to the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on June 11 against Nokia and Ericsson that the former i

South Korea’s printed circuit board (PCB) market is expected to grow 3.4% this year, led by semiconductor boards, according to the Korea Printed Circuit Association (KPCA).The local PCB market is expected to be worth 10.86 trillion won in 2021, the KPCA said.Base in area, the market is expected to c