Wafer dicing saw machine maker SR will focus on expanding its core business going forward, its CEO said.SR CEO Lee Jang-hee said the company was behind in technology and staff to industry leader Disco of Japan.Still, the South Korean company will focus on developing products, reacting to customers a

Samsung’s share based on shipment in premium TVs in China has dropped substantially over two years, analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultant (DSCC) says.Samsung’s late-20% share in 2019 dropped to late-10% in 2021, the firm said.It dipped below 20% for the first time during the fourth quarter of

LG Energy Solution said on Monday that it will spend 730 billion won at its Ochang facility to expand its cylinder battery production capacity.Out of the total, 580 billion won will be spent on its second factory at the facility for an additional annual capacity of 9GWh for 4680 (46mm diameters, 80m

Battery maker Samsung SDI has applied an upgraded production method at its second factory for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Goed, Hungary to increase efficiency.It is now applying in-line technology for its prismatic battery production __ which means the notching equipment and stacking equipmen

DI had acquired image processing inspection equipment firm Protech Corporation in March this year, TheElec has learned.The purchase follows the one it made in November when it bought machine vision battery inspection equipment maker Vtensystem for 6 billion won.Protech was founded in 2000 and develo

Samsung and SK Hynix are diversifying there supply chain for coolants used in semiconductor production following 3M’s shutdown of its related factory in Belgium.Coolants are used in the etching process during wafer fabrication. They are spread through chillers to control the temperature during the p

Battery production equipment makers Mplus and Lead were competing to win the latest order for assembly equipment by battery maker Northvolt, TheElec has learned.Jeil M&S is supplying Northvolt with mixing equipment, while electrode equipment is provided by CIS and Hirano Tecseed.Sejong Technology is

LG Display is expected to order a deposition equipment to make MicroOLED from Sunic System, TheElec has learned.The move is aimed at developing and manufacturing a MicroOLED panel to supply to Apple for their mixed reality (MR) device, sources said.Cupertino is expected to use Sony’s MicroOLED panel

Outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) firm LB Semicon is planning to offer fan-out wafer-level package (FOWLP) service next year at the earliest, TheElec has learned.The company completed the development of relevant technologies earlier this year and has been testing them with an analog

Display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion, according to analyst firm Omdia.The drip follows year-on-year increases in 2021 and 2020, which were 26% and 14%, respectively, due to increased demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from the Covid-19 pandemi

Key Foundry said on Thursday that it has launched a new foundry service for power management ICs (PMIC) that doesn’t use an epitaxial layer on the wafer.The company said its new 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI BCD (bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process offers the same performance as similar processes that do use epita

Some of the employees at Hanwha Corp had been sued by their former employer over alleged technology leak, TheElec has learned.Around ten employees of the Hanwha’s battery equipment business unit had been sued for allegedly leaking design drawings that they took from their former company, people fami

Overlay equipment maker Auros Technology was developing a critical dimension (CD) measurement equipment for use in the packaging process during chip production.The equipment, called CD meter, was being tested by backend process companies and is being aimed to be commercialized this year.CD measureme

Samsung is planning to use batteries made by LG Energy Solution for its Galaxy A and M series of smartphones, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant has been using batteries made by its compatriot since 2019.It used them for the now discontinued Galaxy Note series and currently uses them fo

Samsung Display is likely to build its first Gen 8.5 OLED line with a capacity of 15,000 substrates per month, TheElec has learned.Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrates are larger than the Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) used widely for smartphones.This means it is more efficient and productive for making larger OLE

Japan’s Asahi Kasei was considering building a battery separator factory abroad, TheElec has learned.The company was considering Europe or North America, people familiar with the matter said.If Asahi Kasei decides to build a factory in North America, it will be the first separator maker to do so. So

Secondhand fab equipment seller Surplus Global said on Thursday that it will offer a service for foundry companies to test their new chips.With the service, called R&D Foundry, the company will offer to manufacture 12-inch thin-film test wafers and prototype evaluations for customers.Surplus Global

Research into MicroLED technology was active in the US, Taiwan and Europe while there was none done by South Korean companies or institutes, a South Korean professor noted during a display industry conference in Seoul.Speaking at the 2022 SID Review Workshop, Korea University professor Hong Moon-pyo

Samsung SDI was currently testing multiple versions of 4680 cylinder batteries which it started developing for customer Tesla, TheElec has learned.It is testing at least two versions of the batteries, including one that follows the original specification announced by the US electric vehicle (EV) gia

Ultium Cells, the joint venture between LG Energy Solution and General Motors, is expected to manufacture its first batch of batteries soon.Its first factory at Lordstown, Ohio, will activate its first two production lines soon, people familiar with the matter said.The company will place orders for