Horiba Stec Korea said on Wednesday that it will start manufacturing pressure insensitive mass flow module (MFC) in South Korea in June.The company, part of Japan’s Horiba Group, said the decision to begin manufacturing D500 series was to participate in South Korea’s move to strengthen its semicondu

Samsung said on Wednesday that it has developed a high bandwidth memory (HBM) that integrates AI processing.The company installed AI engines into memory banks of the DRAM to maximize parallel processing.This effectively shortens the distance data have to travel between the CPU and memory, which lead

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that it will launch Samsung Kiosk, its smart order solution, in South Korea within the first half of 2021.Sales in Asia and Australia will also begin within the first half of 2021, it said.The kiosk is used to order food and for payment in restaurants, cafes and

Neontech said on Tuesday that it recorded sales of 39.3 billion won and operating income of 1.4 billion won for the entire year of 2020.Sales increased 37.4% from 2019 while operating income dropped 4.6%. The company’s operating margin rate was 3.6%.Neontech said demand for its cutting equipment for

The South Korean government has kicked off a program to offer semiconductor IP at discounted price to fabless companies.The Ministry of Trade. Industry and Energy said the program, called semiconductor IP usage support program, will give global semiconductor IP at discounted prices, build a semicond

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it will be holding its 52nd annual shareholders’ meeting at Suwon Convention Center on March 17.The dividend plan, which added 10.7 trillion won recently, and financial statements for 2021 will be proposed for approval.The motion to rename Kim Ki-nam, HS Kim

SoluM said on Tuesday that is has clinched an order for electronic shelf labels (ESL) from Alibaba.The South Korean company will be supplying its Newton ESL to 500 stores run by RT-Mart, a hyper market subsidiary of Alibaba.Visitors of the stores can can the QR code on the ESL to check the nutrition

Optical film company Shinwha Intertek has manufactured and supplied optical films for display to Japanese tech giant Sony.This will be its first supply to Sony. It has previously supplied its films to Samsung Electronics and TCL.Shinwha Intertek said on Tuesday that it held a ceremony to commemorate

South Korean display equipment manufacturer SFA was developing technologies for the production for next-generation display panels, the company CEO said.SFA was actively developing transfer, bonding, inspection and repair technologies as competition between MiniLED, quantum dot organic light emitting

SK Magic said on Monday that it has recorded sales of 1.02 trillion won and operating income of 81.8 billion won for the entire year of 2020.It is a sales increase of 17.1%, or 150 billion won, from 2019. It is SK Magic’s highest annual sales on record. Operating income increased 3% year-on-year.The

LG Chem said on Monday that it is issuing 1.2 trillion won in corporate bond.Around 800 billion won is for investments into environment, social and governance projects. The remaining 380 billion won will be to payback debt and to invest in petrochemical facilities.LG Chem on January 9 held a demand

Samsung Electronics said it will apply AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to all of its Neo QLED TVs.The freesync feature is used to reduce delays and screen distortions in TVs while playing games.AMD FreeSync Premium Pro adds high dynamic range to the freesync feature for better contrast ratios.Samsung said

Auros Technology’s share price for its upcoming IPO has been set at 21,000 won, the company said on Monday.It will aim to secure 39.9 billion won from its listing on KOSDAQ on February 24. The price was set after its demand forecast in which 1,413 institutional investors participated in.Auros Techno

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday ruled in favor of LG Energy Solution against SK Innovation, in the pair’s lawsuit over trade secrets.SK Innovation was issued a 10-year import ban on its batteries. However, its supplies to Ford and Volkswagen were suspended by four years and

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that its Galaxy S21 series smartphones were selling 30% more compared to their predecessor the Galaxy S20 series in South Korea in the first eleven days since sales began.Galaxy S21 accounted for 40% of sales, while the Galaxy S21 Ultra accounted for 36%. Galaxy

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled its new 5G RF Front End (RFFE) solution that supports 10Gbps data transfer rate.The US chip giant said it was the smallest in the world and will allow 5G smartphones to be designed thinner and lighter. The RFFE module is called QTM047.The company also unveiled Gen 7 wide

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled two 5G Modem-RF Systems, Snapdragon X65 and Snapdragon X62.The Gen 4 Snapdragon X65 5G modem is the world’s first modem-RF system based on 3GPP Release 16. It provides download speed of up to 10Gbps, which means 33GB UHD film can be downloaded within 30 seconds.RF output

SK Hynix has agreed with its labor union to give 10% of its operating income as bonuses to employees going forward.The company also agreed to allow employees to decide on their stock ownership scheme, the company said on Tuesday.Previously, SK Hynix have given bonuses based on what it calls economic

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics said on Tuesday that they will be showing off their home appliances at the online trade event the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) 2021 that will run from Tuesday to Friday.KBIS is hosted by the National Kitchen and Bath Association and is the US tradeshow o

SK IE Technology, the material subsidiary of SK Innovation, said on Tuesday that it will use only renewable energy for its facilities in South Korea.The company won the bid to buy renewable electricity from Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), the country’s electric utility, on Monday. KEPCO of