Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has been named the exclusive supplier of 4G/5G RAN and core to Canadian telco SaskTel.It is the company’s third order from Canada, after first entering the market there in 2019.Samsung will provide 4G/5G radio units, massive MIMO, software for virtualized

Nsys will aim to supply electrode equipment to LG Energy Solution’s third factory at its battery plant in Poland this year, the company said on Tuesday.The company was also considering setting up a subsidiary in Poland, if it succeeds in winning the new orders from LG, it said.Nsys has consistently

Samsung Display said on Tuesday that it has supplied its OLED panel to Asus for the latter’s Republic of Gamers (ROG) Phone 5.The supply of the 6.78-inch OLED panel is the Korean firm’s first for the ROG series.Samsung Display said the display panel supports 120Hz or higher refresh rate. It was deem

AMD on Monday unveiled its new Gen 3 Epyc 7003 Series CPU aimed at data centers.The chip, codenamed Milan, aws the world’s fastest CPU for servers that will double the workload performances in high performance computing, cloud and enterprise, AMD CEO Lisa Su said at the online event for the unveilin

Semiconductor testing firm APACT said on Tuesday that it recorded 49.6 billion won in sales and 6.5 billion won in operating income for the entire year of 2020. Its net income for the year was 6.7% billion won.Sales increased 6% from 2019 while operating income declined 19.8% from the previous year.

SK Innovation on Tuesday expressed its “strong regret” on recent announcements made by LG Energy Solution, claiming that the latter was “distorting the truth” and attempting to “monopolize” the US market.SK’s statements are largely in reaction to LG’s letter sent to US Senator Raphael Warnock last w

LG Display CEO Jeong Ho-young, who was named the new chairman of Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) earlier this month, vowed to build an ecosystem together with the government, industry and academia.Jeong said he would focus on the association’s four main goals, which are: strengthening tech

Posco Chemical CEO Min Kyung-zoon said on Monday that the company will accelerate its shift in business focus to battery materials going forward.Speaking at the firm’s 50th annual shareholders’ meeting at Pohang, Min said the company will expand its investments into marketing-leading technology and

SK Global Chemical form a joint venture with Chinese chemical firm STL that will manufacture and sell ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) used in environmentally friendly packaging.A total of 200 billion won will be spent on the joint venture. SK Global Chemical will hold around 60% stake and STL 40%. SK Gl

A worker at LG Display’s factory in Paju has died two months after falling unconscious following a gas leak.The man, surnamed Lee, was an employee of a supplier to the South Korean display maker. He was exposed to tetramethylammonium hydrooxide from a leak at the P8 factory in Paju and suffered a fu

TSI has confirmed on Friday that it was in talks with LG Energy Solution for a potential deal to supply battery production equipment.Responding to a request by the Korea Exchange to confirm related reports, the South Korean equipment maker said it was true that it was in specific talks to supply bat

Samsung Electronics on Friday started sales of Galaxy A32 in South Korea.The 4G LTE version of the phone costs 374,000 won. Samsung said the phone has a 90Hz refresh screen and minimal design.Galaxy A32 sports a 6.4-inch screen and has a U-shaped notch for the front camera.On its rear, the phone as

LG Energy Solution said on Friday that it will spend over 5 trillion won by 2025 in the US market.The money will be spent on expanding its battery production capacity in the key market.Its joint venture with General Motors will also decide on investing in their second factory within the first half o

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that its Neo QLED TV received the Eye Care "Tested" certification given by German standard association Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE).The Korean tech giant received the certification for its Neo QLED TVs as well as 2021-model QLED TVs __ their model nam

Battery equipment manufacturer CIS said on Thursday that it will be expanding its production facilities.The company will expand its first factory at its headquarters by 60% __ or an additional 1,800 meter-square. The plan was approved in a board meeting on March 3.CIS saw a huge jump in orders last

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday launched a new solid-state drive (SSD), called NVMe SSD 980.It is the company’s first consumer SSD that is NVMe interface based.The Korean tech giant used its Gen-6 V-NAND for the SSD. It offers up to 3,500 and 3,000MB/s sequential read and write speeds, respectively

Infineon Technologies said on Tuesday that it has provided its CoolGaN device to Delta’s rectifiers.Its GaN devices follow JEDEC standards and has lifetimes over 15 years, the German company said.This makes it fit for industrial telecom and server SMPS, the company said.CoolGaN 600 V e-mode HEMT in

LG Display CEO Jeong Ho-young has been named the new chairman of Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA).He is the eighth chairman of the association and was named to the post on Tuesday, a KDIA spokesperson said.Out of around 190 members of the association, a hundred sent their written approval o

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will be offering various benefits for consumers in South Korea who buy an OLED TV at offline stores by April.Those who buy LG Signature OLED 8K will get up to 2 million won worth of benefits.For consumers who buy a 77-inch OLED TV, if they buy an additional 5

Samsung Electronics will hold an unveiling event for new Galaxy A smartphones for the first time next week.The company said on Wednesday that it will hold an online event called Samsung Galaxy Awesome Unpacked on 10am March 17 (US EST).It will likely unveil the rumored Galaxy A52 and A72 smartphones