OLED material startup Lordin said on Tuesday that it has filed a patent related to blue OLED technology with high light emission efficiency.Company CEO Oh Hyoung-yun said the technology offers high-efficiency and a longer life span for the blue OLED materials used in OLED panels.Lordin was aiming to

Display glass processing firm Kglass said it can now support processing for ultra-thin glass (UTG) up to 20-inch in size.UTG are used as cover windows in foldable displays. Kglass said it has built a processing system for the glasses at its plant in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province.The plant can

South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) makers Korea Circuit and DAP are expected to supply a similar amount of smartphone boards to Samsung this year as they did in 2021.The pair are each expected to supply late-20% of the total boards that Samsung plans to procure for its smartphones this year, p

The earnings of parts suppliers to Samsung’s smartphone operations recovered in 2021 compared to the year prior, their earnings reports show.The earnings of 17 major suppliers showed year-on-year increases in operating profit, including those of Partron (88%), BH (109%), Innox Advanced Materials (12

Automobile component firm Korea Fuel-Tech Corporation has developed its own virtual reality (VR) headset.The prototype is called V300i and the company had applied an optical design to resolve the dizziness issue common in VR headsets, the company said.The device has a 2160x2160 resolution and can vi

LG Innotek said on Tuesday that it will spend 413 billion won on manufacturing flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA), its official confirmation of entering the high-end semiconductor board market.The South Korean component maker said it will spend the fund up to April 2024.FC-BGA is harder to manufactu

Hyundai Mobis said on Wednesday that it has invested US$40 million into US autonomous driving startup Zendar.Zendar was founded in 2017 has received over US$100 million from Khosla Ventures in 2019.The startup offers an AI-based radar software that it says increases radar performances to equal lidar

South Korea’s Bioptro was currently developing a bare board tester (BBT) for flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) with the aim of wrapping up development within the year, TheElec has learned.The printed circuit board (PCB) testing equipment maker had been reviewing entering the sector from the increas

Samsung is planning to procure 50MP image sensors from SK Hynix for the cameras on Galaxy A23 5G, which will launch during the second half of the year, TheElec has learned.The Galaxy smartphone maker is planning to launch 4G LTE and 5G versions of Galaxy A23.Samsung is aiming to ship 17.1 million un

China’s Sunny Optical has been chosen as the lead developer for the main camera on the Galaxy A23 5G by Samsung, TheElec has learned.Galaxy A23 will, on its rear, pack a 50MP OIS wide angle camera, 5MP ultra-wide angle camera, 2MP macro camera and 2MP bokeh camera. It will have an 8MP camera on the

New players are entering Samsung’s supply chain for smartphone camera module rigid flexible printed circuit boards (RFPCB) as previously dominant companies are existing or reducing their related businesses.Samsung Electro-Mechanics had exited the sector last year, while Daeduck Electronics is reduci

Electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla has recently given out orders for camera modules, TheElec has learned.LG Innotek, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and their Taiwanese rivals are taking part in the bid to win orders, sources said.Tesla has given out orders for camera modules it plans to use in Model S, Mo

Semiconductor board companies in South Korea have started spending on flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA) in earnest due to high demand.But sources in the industry told TheElec that despite this, it is very unlikely that these companies will be able to narrow the gap with leading companies in Japan,

While Samsung Electro-Mechanics has signed off on multiple spending plans to expand its production capacity for flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA), rival LG Innotek is yet to fix a decisive timeline to enter the competition.LG Innotek had formed a task force for its FC-BGA business in early 2021 but

SKC is aiming to supply semiconductor package boards to tech giants such as Intel, Nvidia and AMD, TheElec has learned.Its chip package glass subsidiary Absolics will aim to supply the boards, sources said, which will begin production in 2023.In October, SKC had said it plans to commercialize semico

Printed circuit board maker Simmtech is planning to start operations of its new factory in Malaysia between May or June next year, TheElec has learned.The factory will manufacture memory module PCBs __ which mounts multiple memory chips on a single board. Such PCBs are used in PC, server and solid-s

Printed circuit board firm Korea Circuit is considering entering the battery market, TheElec has learned.Since early 2021, the company had held talks with multiple startups in the battery sector to potentially invest in them.It had held talks with a battery separator company and a battery anode comp

Battery cell inspection kit maker Misumsystech has begun developing a battery management system (BMS) for small electric vehicles, TheElec has learned.The company is aiming to develop an open platform that can be applied in any car model, people familiar with the matter said.It is aiming to commerci

Samsung Electro-Mechanics held a board meeting on Thursday to approve spending US$850 million, or 1.1 trillion won, in equipment and infrastructure to manufacture flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) at Vietnam.The company will spend the amount up to 2023 to build the new FC-BGA production line.TheEle

Car interior firm Seoyon E-hwa was considering entering the urban air mobility (UAM) market, TheElec has learned.The company, a supplier to Hyundai Motor Group, recently began research and development in interiors of UAM vehicles, people familiar with the matter said.UAM vehicles are flying vehicles