Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled its new Galaxy S21 smartphones with upped smartphone features.Specs of the models matched earlier leaks while prices have substantially dropped for the Galaxy S20 series.The new features also have upgraded features while at the same time show cost control mea

South Korean firms Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has ranked second and third place, respectively, in worldwide semiconductor sales in 2020, according market research firm Gartner.Samsung marked US$56.197 billion in semiconductor sales, a rise of 7.7% from 2019. The company had a market share of 1

SoluM is aiming to surpass BOE in electronic shelf labels (ESL) within the next three years to become the world’s largest vendor, CEO Jun Sung Ho said on Wednesday.In 2019, BOE acquired France’s SES Imagotag, which is the world’s largest ESL maker. Ranked second is Sweden’s Pricer. SoluM is third.So

Intel announced on Wednesday that CEO Bob Swan will step down on February 15 and be replaced with Vmware CEO Pat Gelsinger.Swan joined Intel as a CFO in 2016, he was CFO at eBay for 9 years prior to joining. After previous CEO Brian Krzanich was fired in 2018, Swan took over as interim CEO for seven

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled a new robot cleaner with artificial intelligence (AI) features at CES 2021.Jetbot AI can analyze nearby objects to find the best cleaning course, Samsung said.The cleaner has AI solution, LiDAR sensor and 3D sensor installed. These allows for its to recognize

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday launched its 5nm processor Exynos 2100.The chip will power the company’s Galaxy S21 smartphones, which will be unveiled on January 14.Exynos 2100 integrates the CPU, GPU and 5G modem chip.Samsung said the chip consumes 20% less power compared to chips made in the 7nm p

Mcnex, in collaboration with Corephotonics, announced that they have developed a front prism dual-sensing ADAS camera at CES 2021.The camera will improve autonomous driving in cars. It will receive videos of intersections and curved roads to the control unit, Mcnex said.One camera will monitor the f

TCL’s plan to shift the liquid crystal display (LCD) factory it is buying from Samsung Display from TV panels to IT panels is likely to be delayed, TheElec has learned.This is due to the shortage of LCD TV panels, and customers are requesting TCL extend LCD TV panel production at Suzhou, people fami

Samsung Electronics’ compliance committee said Monday that it has agreed to regularly meet with Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae-yong going forward.The committee and Lee agreed on the matter at their meeting on Monday, they said.The compliance committee was formed in January 2020. It was formed as a wa

Two factories of UMC in Taiwan had suffered a power outage lasting five to six hours, according to state-owned Taiwan’s Central News Agency on Sunday.The company said the outage may negatively effect 8-inch wafer production and operations. UMC is the fourth largest foundry in the world. The outage s

LG Display will extend its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panels in South Korea by a year, TheElec has learned.The extensions comes from LG Electronics’ request as it was finding difficulty in securing sufficient volume of LCD panels.LG Display has initially intended to halt LCD TV pa

Abov Semiconductor will supply specific absorption rate (SAR) sensors to Samsung Electronics for the Galaxy S21 smartphone series and Galaxy Buds Pro earphones, TheElec confirmed.SAR sensor, or proximity sensor, is used to reduce electromagnetic waves of electronic devices when the human bodies are

China’s locally produced integrated circuits (IC) will represent only 19.4% of its IC market in 2025, according to market research firm IC Insights.This falls short of the country’s Made in China 2025 goal of 70%, the firm said.Last year, China-produced ICs accounted for 15.9% of the country’s IC ma

Samsung Electronics on Friday said it has posted sales of 61 trillion won and operating income of 9 trillion won in the fourth quarter of 2020.It is rise of 1.87% and 25.7%, respectively, from the fourth quarter of 2019. It is a drop of 8.9% and 27.13%, respectively, from the previous quarter.Samsun

System semiconductor design company Coasia and design service firm Hanatec on Wednesday signed a technology and personnel sharing agreement to win global orders together.Both companies are official design solution partners of Samsung Electronics’ Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE) alliance.Th

An online petition to South Korea’s Presidential Residence asking for leniency for Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong in his trail have gain over 50,000 signees in three days.The anonymous petition posted on Blue House’s petition page is likely to gain over 200,000 signees by January 18,

Jahwa Electronics has sold close to 90% of the production equipment and raw materials at its camera module factory in Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, TheElec has learned.The company had exited the camera module business in the first half of 2020. It entered Samsung Electronics’ smartphone camera module supply c

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled at an online event an upgraded version of its QLED TV for 2021 called Neo QLED TV.Neo QLED will launch in 8K and 4K resolutions and begin sales in the first quarter around the world.JH Han, president of Samsung’s Visual Display business, talked up the compan

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that company vice chairman Lee Jae-yong held an executive meeting to discuss strategies in 6G and artificial intelligence (AI).Lee was updated on Samsung’s progress in next-generation telecommunication research, server technology and AI application to products a

Samsung Display will be the exclusive supplier used by Apple for organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels used in the two highest tier models of its next iPhone, TheElec has learned.Both models of iPhone 13 will use low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistors (TFT) OLED pane