ILJIN Materials, a secondary battery core material maker, will soon start construction of the Elecfoil Plant 2 in Malaysia. It is under the determination that as the electric vehicle battery market is growing, the demand for elecfoil, a core material, is solid.An ILJIN Materials official said on 28t

"Apart from the cloud infrastructure, we expect to see the era of 'On-Device AI', which will enable AI calculations on smart phones and autonomous vehicles. When this age arrives, the AI ​​age will be truly realized."Shim Eun-Su, Director of the AI ​​& SW Research Center of Samsung Electronics Advan

Jim Feldhan, the CEO of market researching company Semico Research, started his presentation at a press conference on the opening day of Semicon Korea 2019 by explaining about the concept of ‘10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 1-Year Treasury Constant Maturity (T10Y1Y)’Feldhan explained the ‘T

The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors is largely divided into two directions. One is to serve functions on device surfaces and the other is to process large data through the cloud. The infrastructure, cloud, and device companies are trying to take the lead by strengthening com

A local news source Xin Zhi Xun (芯智讯) recently reported that Unisoc, a core affiliate of the Ziguang Group, has launched the communication chip Chuntong (IVY) 2651, which supports the 'BeiDou No. 3 system', a global service of 'China' GPS BeiDou. Chuntong 2651 is a 4-in-1 combo communication chip th

The global semiconductor packaging materials market is expected to reach $ 17.8 billion (about 19.8 trillion won) by 2021, a slight increase from $ 16.7 billion in 2017 (about 18.6 trillion won). Continuous pressure for cost reduction and slowed consumption of materials, combined with the rapid grow

SK Innovation has been speeding up their high-tech materials business. It has entered the transparent polyimide (PI) business, which plays a key role in implementing foldable displays. Transparent PI can replace glass, which is a conventional cover window. Sumitomo Chemical, Kolon Industries, LG Che

On the 11th, Chinese display maker Tianma announced through the investor exchange platform of Shenzhen Stock Exchange that it has been producing a "hole display" and that "Consumer products will be released soon." It replied to the question of investors asking for facts and supply with "In talks of

SKCS is planning to make another leap in the electronic materials business. SKCS is trying to supply shrink-resistant film to Chinese smartphone makers. SKCS is a film specializing company established in May 2005. Its main business is various plastic films used in printing, photographic optics and s

Samsung Electronics is slated to launch a foldable smartphone next year. China is also spurring the development of foldable smartphones, starting with Huawei. The foldable smartphone is a seven-inch smartphone when unfolded into one display and 5 inches when folded. The technological difficulties in

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) were introduced quite some time ago. VR has appeared in various films since the 1990s, including Star Wars, The Matrix, and Total Recall. AR was used for the first time to view Virtual Fixtures developed by Armstrong's Research Lab in the United States

“We’re focusing the company’s capability on the smart industry that combines logistics, energy, and healthcare. In the national market, as soon as from 2021, there will be results based on the collaboration with SMEs.”Mr. Park, the Korea regional director of STMicroelectronics, emphasized as such in

Samsung Display has developed high-resolution Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) panels for laptops that support 4K resolution. Early next year, the development is set to be presented to the public at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. It has been reported that the supply of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel

The utilization rate of the production lines for Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon(LTPS) Liquid Crystal Display(LCD), the high-resolution of small and medium-sized displays, has surpassed that of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). This is because the installation of LTPS LCD panels on low-co

Chinese memory controller manufacturer Jiangsu Huacun developed China’s first eMMC controller in just one year since its establishment in Sep last year. Announcement was made during Independent Memory R&D Technology Exchange Summit 2018 held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on 21 Nov.Reported by IM2Make

Samsung Electronics has confirmed that the device Solution (DS) division, which oversees the semiconductor business, is building R&D for Fan-Out & Wafer-Level Package (Fo-WLP) and pilot lines. It is said that their goal is to apply Fo-WLP technology from the next-generation Premium Exynos Applicatio

In 2019, the smartphone market is expected to see negative growth, but the CMOS image sensor (CIS) market is predicted to experience an expected boom. This is because smartphones equipped with dual and even triple cameras, are expected to become the mainstream. Companies that lead the CIS market, su

Amid the booming market of the world's No. 1 MLCC company, Murata of Japan began construction this month to extend its production line.Japan's Murata recently announced that it will begin construction of additional MLCCs starting this month in Ushi, Jiangsu, China. It is going to invest a total of 1

Next year is expected to be the era of a complete zero-bezel display without a notch.Following in the footsteps of Samsung Display, LG Display is also developing organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels for smartphone use which will be available for notch-less design. The current design of the not

SK Hynix produces a 2-layer stacked CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) at its 300mm wafer plant. This is SK Hynix’s first time to produce a stacked CIS.According to a industry report on the 25th, SK Hynix plans to mass-produce a 16 megapixel, 2-layer stacked CIS using the Through Silicon Via (TSV) technology i