Samsung’s chip division posted a loss of 4.58 trillion won during the first quarter, the division’s first loss in 14 years.The South Korean tech company said on Thursday that it posted 63.75 trillion won in revenue and 640 billion won in operating income, a drop of 18.75% and 95.47%, respectively, f

SK Hynix has become the first memory chipmaker to claim that the market has hit bottom during the first quarter.The memory chipmaker on Wednesday reported 3.4 trillion won in operating loss.But the South Korean chipmaker said the company is expecting a rebound after the second quarter.Analysts and s

Shipment of OLED panels for IT products such as notebooks and tablets is expected to double next year thanks to Apple launching related products, according to analyst firm Omdia.Last year, 470 million units of display panels for IT products were shipped; out of these, only 9.1 million units, or 2%,

Apple has recently approved the use of a Gen 8 OLED deposition machine developed by Sunic System, TheElec has learned.The iPhone maker had previously wanted the South Korean display panel makers to use a machine developed by Japan’s Canon Tokki.Sources said however Apple’s approval wasn’t an active

The global CMOS image sensor market contracted for the first time in seven years last year due to low demand for electronics and IT devices, according to Japanese analyst firm Techno Systems Research (TSR).Sony, the undisputed leader in the sector, saw its market share increase during this drop whil

Samsung SDI was collaborating with two Chinese companies to develop new stacking equipment used in battery production, TheElec has learned.There were two other South Korean companies that were also bidding for the project but they lost out to their Chinese competitors, sources said.Stacking is alrea

Fab equipment maker Wonik wants to acquire display driver IC company TLI, TheElec has learned.Wonik, which also makes display equipment and chips, has expressed its interest in acquiring the fabless chip company since last year, sources said. The pair have recently met to discuss the issue, they add

The trial for Netflix’s lawsuit with South Korean broadband service provider SK Broadband over fees for using the latter’s network has started in the appeals court.SK Broadband is demanding that the US streaming service pay fees for using its network while Netflix is refusing to do so.The pair’s leg

A third Chinese battery equipment maker has set up a subsidiary in South Korea in a bid to win local battery makers Samsung SDI, LG Energy Solution and SK On as customers, TheElec has learned.Huizhou-based Lyric Robot will set up its office in Dongtan, Gyeonggi Province this month, sources said.The

DB Hitek will for the first time supply its OLED display driver ICs aimed at smartphone panels to Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.DB Hitek will begin supplying the 40-nanometer (nm) DDIs to Samsung Display during the second half of 2023, for use in OLED panels in Samsung smartphones.The company

Samsung Electro-Mechanics was developing components for small solid-state batteries.Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Chang Duck-hyun told reporters after the company’s shareholders meeting on Tuesday that the company had the technology to make solid oxide at high temperatures thanks to its experience m

Samsung Foundry has been manufacturing Infineon’s MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) since last year, TheElec has learned.Samsung had been knocking at the German chip giant’s doorstep for a long time and this effort finally bore fruit last year, sources said. Infineon is the

Samsung is starting its reliability test for the waterdrop hinge it will adopt on its next foldable smartphone, likely to be called Galaxy Z Fold 5, TheElec has learned.The final reliability test will last around a month and the company is expected to finalize the concept afterward, sources said.Thi

Samsung Display will be using Chemtronics as its vendor to handle the back-end etching of OLED panels it plans to supply to Apple for iPads, TheElec has learned.Chemtronics will be the sole vendor for the process, sources said.Samsung Display and LG Display are gearing up to start production of OLED

OLED material company Lordin has registered a patent related to blue OLED that has four times the luminance efficiency than previously.Lordin CEO Oh Hyoung-yun told TheElec on Wednesday that the technology on the patent was differentiated from those in the US and Japan.The company was aiming to comm

Samsung’s chip business barely avoided posting a profit loss in the fourth quarter of 2022 as the memory chip market reeled from price drops caused by weak demand.The South Korean tech giant said it recorded 70.46 trillion won in revenue and 4.31 trillion won in operating income during the quarter.

LG Electronics is using OLED panels from Samsung Display for its first OLED notebook, TheElec has learned.LG unveiled its Gram Style notebook series this week, which comes in 14-inch and 16-inch models.These two models are currently being manufactured using Samsung Display’s rigid OLED panels, sourc

SK Hynix has reshuffled its CMOS image sensor (CIS) team in a bid to shift focus from expanding market share to developing high-end products, TheElec has learned.Its CIS team was a singular organization prior to the changes, but the company has now created sub-teams that focus on specific functions

Samsung’s new Galaxy Book laptop to be unveiled at Unpacked on February 1 will use an Octa OLED panel that supports a 120Hz refresh rate and 3K picture quality.Samsung Display said it has launched a new OLED panel aimed at laptops that integrates its Octa (On-Cell Touch AMOLED) technology.The compan

South Korean printed circuit board maker Isu Petasys have secured orders for boards from more tech giants.The company will be supplying its multi-layer boards for server applications to Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia, sources said.Isu Petasys already has Google as a customer for the same boards.The co