Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that company vice chairman Lee Jae-yong held an executive meeting to discuss strategies in 6G and artificial intelligence (AI).Lee was updated on Samsung’s progress in next-generation telecommunication research, server technology and AI application to products a

The worldwide smartphone shipment will increase 9% in 2021 to 1.36 billion units, according to TrendForce.Shipment in 2020 had contracted 11% from the previous year to 1.25 billion units due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the research firm said. The top shippers, in order, were Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Xi

LG Display said on Tuesday that its OLED panel have received certificate from Eyesafe.Eyesafe measures blue light emissions in devices. The certificate is given when out of the total blue light emitted, below 50% is not harmful and out of total visible light, harmful blue light only accounts for bel

LG Display on Sunday said it will showoff a bendable 48-inch Cinematic Sound OLED panel at CES 2021.The panel is aimed at gaming and can be bent by up to 1000R (equivalent how a circle with 1000mm radius is bent).A TV with the panel will be able to switch from flat when used to view media content an

Samsung Display on Sunday said it plans to launch over 10 OLED panels aimed at notebooks this year.The company last year launched 5 OLED panels for notebooks.Samsung Display is expecting to ship five times the OLED panels for notebook in 2021 compared to a year ago due to continued demand for PCs fr

Samsung Electronics on Monday has sent invitation for its Unpacked 2021 event in which it will unveil the Galaxy S21 smartphones.The online event, which comes with the tagline Welcome to the Everyday Epic, will go live on January 14 10am on EST.The unveiling will be live streamed on Samsung Electron

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it will open a COVID-19 clinic at its Icheon campus starting on January 6.The company signed a MOU with Korea University Medicine to run the clinic. Staff from the university will man the clinic. They will run from 9:30am to 5:30pm on every weekdays.SK Hynix employees

Yoo Young-min, former Minister of Science and ICT, has been named chief of staff at South Korea’s Blue House on Thursday.Yoo joined LG Electronics in 1979 and had worked at LG Group for 30 years. He was executive vice president at LG CNS in 2006. He was named the Minister of Science and ICT of Presi

ACM Research has launched alloy anneal capabilities for its Ultra Fn Furnace tool to extend its furnace product line to power device manufacturers. The new feature was added in to meet requirements from insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) devices as transistors get thinner, smaller and faster.T

Smartphones powered by Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics’ 5nm application processors are expected to launch in January 2021.The companies have unveiled their new APs starting in November. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 for flagship smartphones was made with the 5nm process. Snapdragon 678 for mid-tier pho

LG Display on Thursday said it will display transparent OLED panels at the upcoming online CES 2021.The company said the panels have a transparency rate of 40%. LG Display said this was way higher than liquid crystal display’s (LCD) 10% and the panels are glass clear.LG Display said it will show off

Prosecutors on Wednesday has asked a court in Seoul for a nine year sentence against Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong in his corruption trial.It is Lee’s third trial on allegations that he bribed former South Korea President Park Geun-hye to gain government support for a merger between

Cammsys said on Wednesday that it will cancel its plan to list its subsidiary Cammsys Global on KOSDAQ.Cammsys Global was formed as a special purpose company in June to list Cammsys Vietnam on the Korean bourse.Cammsys Vietnam was formed in 2014 and operates a camera factory in Vietnam.The company i

LG Energy Solution will invest US$9.8 billion in Indonesia for its battery factory there.According to Reuters, Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board said on Wednesday that the country signed a US$9.8 billion MOU with LG.The investment will be in electric car supply chain and collaboration with Hyu

Samsung Display’s sales from smartphone OLED panel will exceed US$5 billion in the first quarter of 2021, according to market research firm Omdia.The South Korea display panel maker is expected to post sales of US$5.18 billion in the quarter.It is a rise of around 30% from its first quarter sales in

The Korean Information Display Society (KIDS) on Tuesday said it has named Seoul National University professor Lee Byung-ho as its 15th president.Lee is a member of four international academic society, including the Society of Information Display.The professor has was been one of three vice presiden

Cosmo AM&T said on Monday that it will invest 25 billion won into expanding its production capacity for release films used in multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) production.MLCC is a core component used in various electronic devices such as smartphones and notebooks. It is used to control electric

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said it will begin pre-orders for its 110-inch MicroLED in South Korea on Wednesday.The TV was unveiled earlier this month and costs 170 million won.Samsung is offering a 7-year warranty and will help moving and installing the TV twice during those time.The company is

Apple’s iPhone sales in the fourth quarter this year is expected to exceed that of last year’s, market research firm CounterPoint said.The recently launched iPhone 12 began sales a month later than iPhone 11, the firm said, so December sales of iPhone 12 is expected to greatly increased.Shipment is

Truwin said on Monday that it will supply brake pedal sensor to Chinese electric car firm NIO.It will supply 60,000 units within the first half of 2021, the company said.The sensors are used to measure the voltage when drivers press their pedals. It sends the electric signal from the measurement to