South Korea’ LG Chem will form a joint venture with US carmaker GM to mass produce battery cells for electric vehicles including a new battery-electric truck that will be launched in 2021, according to LG Chem on Dec. 6.“The joint venture signing (today) is more than just a collaboration, it’s the b

Samsung Display is reportedly in last-minute talks with Chinese display maker HKC to sell its Gen-8 LCD production line, according to industry sources on Dec. 5.Called the 8-1 Line Phase 1 or the 8A line, its operations were halted in the middle of this year. Previously, it used to churn out a month

The global wireless earphone market is forecast to grow 90% in 2020 to around 230 million units, according to market research firm CounterPoint Research on Dec. 6.“The recent growth in the wireless earphone market closely resembles that of the smartphone market 10 years ago when the market grew 80%

Motorola has solved the problem of creases in its foldable smartphone RAZR by using transparent PI film, an indication that manufacturers don’t necessarily have to opt for Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) as screen covers, according to Kolon Industries’ executive Lee Seong-chan at a symposium in Yeouido on De

LG Display won’t be able to mass produce OLED panels for TVs from its Gen-8.5 plant in Guangzhou of China until January next year, according to industry sources on Dec. 6.”A trial ahead of the mass production has begun,” said an official of a company that supplied equipment to the OLED production li

SK hynix, the world’s No.2 memory chipmaker, on Dec. 5 said it has undergone its regular executive reshuffling that involved promoting Jin kyo-won, vice chief executive at the DRAM development division, to the new head for development and manufacturing.The firm’s vice chief for global business at SK

South Korea’s ITM Semiconductor has supplied the battery protection circuit – most likely the Protection Circuit Module – to US-based Apple’s iPhone 11 series to mark its first time supplying to the phones, according to industry sources on Dec. 5. Market watchers believe the KRW 24 billion of operat

South Korea's SK Innovation on Dec. 4 signed a 6-year contract with the world’s largest cobalt producer Glencore of Switzerland to secure up to 30,000 tons of cobalt for producing batteries for EV, according to the company.The contract will be effective between 2020 and 2025. The amount of cobalt SK

Samsung Display is most likely to be supplied by either ICD or Wonik IPS from South Korea, or Japan’s Tokyo Electron with Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) dry etching equipment for its Q1 lines that are to produce QD displays beginning in 2021, according to industry sources.ICD has previously suppli

POSCO Chemical has developed NCMA anode, considered as the next generation material for EV batteries, according to industry sources on Dec. 2.NCMA anode is said to have an energy density of 205mAh/g, and a DSC of 234 degrees Celsius – this is even higher than the N8x the firm recently developed with

LG Display plans to nearly halve the production of its LCD panels for TVs in 2020 to switch to OLED panels in the face of falling LCD prices, according to industry source on Nov. 27.At the same time, the sales of OLED panels for TVs are expected to take up 60% of its total TV panel sales. This year,

Samsung Electronics will be launching a wide array of products using 128-layer single-stack Gen-6 3D V-NAND technology, according to Japan-based IT media Watch Impress this week.It quoted Han Jin-man, Samsung Electronics’ memory business executive who spoke at the Samsung SSD Forum 2019 Tokyo in Tok

South Korean battery maker SK Innovation is looking to diversify its battery notching equipment suppliers in a move that reflects its long-term plans to stabilize the production lines it is building in China, Hungary and the US, according to industry sources on Nov. 27.South Korea’s Mplus is one sup

LG Electronics on Nov. 28 underwent a reshuffling for the new year that included naming Kwon Bong-suk as CEO and promoting a total of 49 employees.The key point was replacing the current chief executive with Kwon based on the conviction that it was time for a change to make fast, strategic decisions

RISC-V Foundation, a US-based non-profit foundation overseeing chipmaking technology developed with Pentagon support plans to relocate to Switzerland on concerns about repercussions from the ongoing trade war between the US and China that could result in trade sanctions.“From around the world, we’ve

South Korea’s Hansol Technics will be the exclusive supplier of wireless charging modules for Samsung Electronics Galaxy S11+ that is expected to be launched in 2020, industry sources said on Nov. 29.The S11+ model will be the most premium in the lineup that is to consist of the plus type, the budge

LG Innotek on Nov. 28 said in a regulatory filing that it was shutting down its PCB business as of Dec. 31 this year on account of declining sales. It also said that parts of the PCB business would be strategically reinvested into the semiconductor board business.These measures are to streamline its

Samsung Display will be selecting the ink-jet printing equipment provider for the world’s first QD display color filter in December, according to industry sources on Nov. 26The top two competitors are US-based Kateeva that is a leading the market for small-sized OLED TFE ink-jet printing equipment a

Samsung Electronics had the biggest 21% market share in the global market in the third quarter of this year, according to market research firm CounterPoint Research on Nov. 26.Samsung took first place in 71 countries across the world, including South Korea, Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia where the And

As a part of a strategy to attain a minimum sentence, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong said in his trial on Nov. 22 that impeached president Park Geun-hye demanded the bribes the authorities are accusing Lee of offering.Lee also asked CJ Group Chairman Sohn Kyung-shik to appear as a wi