Sharp, which suddenly stopped its panel supply after being acquired by Foxconn in Taiwan, offered to resume supply of LCD panels for TV to Samsung Electronics earlier this year, only to be rejected.A former executive of the Samsung Electronics Visual Display (VD) Business Department officially comme

Samsung Electronics and Harman are entering the audio semiconductor market. Samsung Electronics' strategy is to collaborate with Harman, which has influence in the electric parts and audio equipment market, to vertically integrate and create audio semiconductors as a new revenue source.According to

It has been confirmed recently that CrucialTec, a component maker, supplied the first batch of fingerprint recognition modules for mid- to low-end smartphones from Samsung Electronics. CrucialTec has been growing with Chinese smartphone companies, its main customers.CrucialTec has supplied camera fl

It has been reported that LG Electronics' smartphone G8 shipments are below market expectations. G8 is the first of the G-Series that is subject to the discouraging outlook of total shipments being less than 1 million units.According to the suppliers of parts for LG Electronics smartphones to the 11

The government attempted to designate semiconductor and organic light emitting diode (OLED) display equipment technology as a national core technology but postponed it due to oppositions from the industry and stakeholders.According to industry sources, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOT

BOE of China’s mask tensor orders are expected to create competition between domestic companies. It is expected to be intense as the company that receives orders this time is likely to continue supplying BOE’s new plants.According to the industry on the 9th, the mask tensor orders for B12, the third

Electronic parts maker JAHWA Electronics is preparing for a patent lawsuit in Vietnam. It has received opinion statements from Vietnamese authorities that M Plus, a smartphone vibration motor company, violated JAHWA Electronics' patent rights.According to industry sources, JAHWA Electronics received

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will sell its wireless charging module business to a midsized company in Korea.According to the industry on the 9th, Samsung Electro-Mechanics has decided to sell its wireless charging module business to Chemtronics, a manufacturer of electronic parts and chemicals. The com

Magnachip Semiconductor has officially requested SK Hynix to "acquire the company."Magnachip is a semiconductor company that branched off from Hynix Semiconductor in 2004. Magnachip was formerly the part of LG Semiconductors that was absorbed into Hyundai Electronics (formerly Hynix Semiconductor) a

The domestic display equipment industry is entering the battery business. This is to overcome the lack of orders due to deterioration of the display industry business conditions.According to the industry on the 9th, the SNU Precision AP System decided to enter the battery equipment business. An aggr

ISMEDIA has signed a supply contract worth 7.4 billion won with O-Film, a Chinese smartphone component manufacturer. The company will supply dual camera inspection equipment and handler, which is automation equipment.According to industry sources on the 8th, ISMEDIA signed a contract with O-Film to

INTEKPLUS, a specialist in visual inspection equipment, will supply package inspection equipment to the world-class semiconductor company. The order receipts in the past 6 months alone amounted to 10 billion won. The sole supplier status is expected to continue for 10 years.On the 4th, Sangyoon Lee,

Despite the fact that plastics were adopted as the cover window for the foldable smartphones to be mass produced for the first time this year, the glass industry expects that it is highly likely that the material will be switched to glass. It is based on the determination that glass is better than p

It has been confirmed on the 8th that Vice Chairman Young-Soo Kwon visited Japan in the middle of last February to have meetings with a high-level executive of Panasonic. At this meeting, the industry assumes that more advanced discussions on the supply of large OLED panels for TVs had been exchange

It has been confirmed that several of the LG Chem battery researchers who moved to SK Innovation have been sued for ‘preliminary injunction enjoining competitive employment.’ This happened due to the recent move by SK Innovation that has been aggressively engaged in recruiting experienced workers.Ac

SK Innovation’s Seosan mid- to large-sized battery factory sales have more than doubled year-on-year. This is the result of facility capacity expansion being implemented twice in the past year. ‘Quantum jump (rapid growth)’ is likely when the Chinese and Hungary battery factories start full operatio

AMOTECH, an electronic parts maker, is expected to benefit from the wireless recharging business. This expectation stems from the fact that more smartphones and wearable products will likely apply AMOTECH's wireless charging antenna module.AMOTECH supplies '3 Combo' antenna modules to Galaxy S10 ser

AUO, The No. 1 display company in Taiwan, has confirmed that it is building a new OLED pilot line (test production). AUO has been producing OLEDs in the low-grade deposition process production lines. However, it has introduced 'printing OLED' and 'micro-LED display' with the direction of next-genera

Chinese display maker BOE surpassed LG Display in the monthly market share of the large LCD panel market based on the surface size. The display industry has reacted to this change as "happening as expected but sooner than predicted."The IHS Markets reported on the 3rd that BOE topped LG Display to b

In the first quarter, sales of most foundry companies showed a downward trend. Businesses whose main market is the 300mm foundry business particularly showed weakness.According to the Topology Research Institute (TRI) in Taiwan, foundry industry sales in the first quarter were 16.5 trillion won ($ 1