HB Solution had secured patents owned by US inkjet equipment firm Kateeva as collateral in case it doesn’t get repaid its investment, TheElec has learned.HB Solution, which had invested around 16 billion won in Kateeva that is giving it technological support, had said back in March that it will buy

Samsung has temporarily suspended the purchase of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels due to low demand for TVs, TheElec has learned.It had sent such a notice in mid-June and those affected by the halt include display panel makers BOE, CSOT, HKC, AUO and Innolux, sources said.The move is expected to

Samsung Display and Japan’s Ulvac will start price negotiation for the Gen 8.5 OLED deposition equipment that the latter will be supplying, TheElec has learned.The pair had been working to develop a deposition machine for Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrate that uses full-cut substrates and deposits org

LG Innotek has shared its patents related to car motors with auto parts maker Mando, TheElec has learned.The move likely signals that the pair plan to work together in developing technologies to expand in the electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous vehicle markets.LG Innotek had shared four of its US p

Samsung Display has acquired patents from German firm Cynora related to high-efficiency blue OLED, TheElec has learned.Multiple companies are currently working to develop blue OLED with high efficiency.Cynora is among them and it has been developing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) bl

Samsung SDI was preparing a pilot line at its Cheonan plant in South Korea to test batteries it will be supplying to Tesla, TheElec has learned.The batteries are 4680 cylinder batteries (46mm diameter, 80mm length) and the South Korean battery firm will verify the technology within the year, sources

South Korean chemical firm SungEel HiTech had won LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI as customers for its battery recycling service, TheElec has learned.The chemical first was founded in 2000 and specializes in extracting materials for batteries from various products from electric vehicles to consum

Samsung’s share based on shipment in premium TVs in China has dropped substantially over two years, analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultant (DSCC) says.Samsung’s late-20% share in 2019 dropped to late-10% in 2021, the firm said.It dipped below 20% for the first time during the fourth quarter of

DI had acquired image processing inspection equipment firm Protech Corporation in March this year, TheElec has learned.The purchase follows the one it made in November when it bought machine vision battery inspection equipment maker Vtensystem for 6 billion won.Protech was founded in 2000 and develo

Samsung Display is likely to build its first Gen 8.5 OLED line with a capacity of 15,000 substrates per month, TheElec has learned.Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrates are larger than the Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) used widely for smartphones.This means it is more efficient and productive for making larger OLE

Research into MicroLED technology was active in the US, Taiwan and Europe while there was none done by South Korean companies or institutes, a South Korean professor noted during a display industry conference in Seoul.Speaking at the 2022 SID Review Workshop, Korea University professor Hong Moon-pyo

Samsung Electronics was repositioning hundreds of employees at Samsung Display to its chip packaging business unit, TheElec has learned.The company is taking applications from employees at its display business unit for the transfer, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.Those 37-years-old

Google has postponed the launch of its first foldable smartphone again, TheElec has learned.The company planned to launch the project sometime during the fourth quarter but delayed the launch this year.It is the US company’s second postponement of the launch __ it originally planned to showcase the

Samsung Display has postponed the installation of a pilot line for its next-generation quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) display panel, TheElec has learned.The technology uses tick-shaped nanorod LEDs as the light source, with multiple units of them representing one pixel on a screen, and if commercial

Apple has begun the development of an OLED panel that doesn’t use a polarizer, TheElec has learned.The removable of the polarizer on the panel will allow them to be made thinner, which makes them more optimal for foldable panels, sources said.Polarizers are used to allow only lights in certain direc

Chip design house Gaonchips said it plans to focus on developing IPs for automotive and AI chips.Company CEO Jung Kyu-dong said during the company’s press conference ahead of its IPO said demand for design house services from the semiconductor industry was rising as chipmakers are focusing on develo

Chip and component reliability testing firm QRT was developing new chip testing equipment with the aim to make the business a major source of revenue by 2025, TheElec has learned.The company was aiming to sell its semiconductor soft error tester and 5G mmWave spectrum RF accelerated life tester, peo

LX Semicon saw its operating profit for the first quarter of 2022 jump thanks to the high demand for display driver IC (DDI).The fabless chip company said on Monday in its preliminary earning guidance that it recorded 585.1 billion won in revenue and 127.9 billion won in operating profit during the

South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI is planning to apply to its smartphone battery production the stacking method it currently uses for the production of electric vehicle batteries.The stacking method stacks battery materials in layers and Samsung SDI uses this technique currently in the producti

Apple is likely to use its long-time camera module supplier LG Innotek and parts maker Jahwa Electronics for the procurement of folded zoom camera modules.Earlier this week, South Korean camera module parts maker Jahwa Electronics announced that it will spend 191 billion won on a new optical image s