LG Display is working on developing foldable devices with Chinese partners in smartphone and PC. LG Electronics, its parent company, has immediately entered into an alliance with Chinese vendors even without carrying out any project on foldable devices. This is in contrast to Samsung Display’s colla

It has been reported that Samsung Display has decided in their new equipment purchasing policy to exclude equipment produced by Toptec, due to suspicions that the company has leaked technology in the past.According to the industry on the 20th, Samsung Display plans to change the procurement of '3D l

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are at a war of nerves over the announcement of development of next-generation DRAM, subtly.SK Hynix officially announced on 15 Nov that it has developed “world’s first” DDR5 DRAM for Servers and PCs (Reference: SK Hynix Opens A New Era of Next-Generation DDR5 DRAM).

The operation rate of Samsung Display’s OLED production line, which had fallen has risen sharply. This is due to Chinese smartphone manufacturers on OLED adoption and Apple's launch of new iPhone products. However, it has yet to recover from the first half of last year.According to the data from mar

Samsung Electronics plans to diversify its supply of photoresists (PR), one of the core materials used in the 3D NAND flash production process. It means the exclusive supply system will be no longer valid for use by Dongjin Semichem, which has been in operation for more than five years.According to

The equipment industries are tightening their belts getting prepared for next year, as condition of the semiconductor markets tend to be changing despite a growing trend in recent years.Equipment businesses like that of displays, especially Samsung Display, have been suffering from falling sales. As

It is predicted that Samsung Electronics’ new Galaxy S10 (tentative name) to be released early next year will be built genuinely bezeless with Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) panel without any borders.Two fine holes at the top of the screen will be facilitated for camera and sensor. This is diff

Do Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron all have the same 1y DRAM ? By looking at the results, it does not seem so. Micron and SK Hynix both introduced their second-generation 10-nano (1y) DRAM on the 12th of Nov. However, Samsung Electronics on the other hand already announced the mass producti

It is confirmed that many of the semiconductor engineers on the move to SK Hynix are sued by former employers for provisional injunction. Happened just lately, when SK Hynix increased number of its experienced positions aggressively. Attention is drawn on whether a change in the company’s strategy o

It is predicted that reduced shipments of smartphones will lead to reduced size of small and medium display markets.According to IHS Markit, a market research company, the global shipments of display panels for mobile phones (feature phones and smartphones) is estimated to be 1.95 billion. That said

Samsung Display is planning to expand its supplier of bezeless Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) equipment used on Galaxy S10 (tentative name) by implementing additional A4 production line from its current A3 in Asan, South Chungcheong Province.According to some industry insiders on 7 Nov, Samsung

Samsung Electronics plans to focus more on R&D activities on high-tech facilities as a way to maintain the ‘Far Superiority’ in the semiconductor business.According to industry sources on the 7th, the Production Technologies Research Institute in DA (Device solutions) sector of Samsung Electronics h

Samsung Electronics is planning to build an additional mobile phone plant in Vietnam.According to Samsung Electronics by management of Samsung Electronics plans to visit Samsung Electronics in Yen Binh, Thai Nguyen province (SEVT), Vietnam from the 29th to the 31st to approve the construction for it

ISAC, a South Korean small and medium semi-conductor equipment manufacturer, has joined a project aiming at localizing Atom Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment from a Chinese partner. A conference on the subject matter held in Hilton Hotel Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China on February 16 was made pub

It has been confirmed that a key executive in charge of design at Samsung Electronics’ Memory Business Division has resigned from the position to join a Chinese DRAM manufacturer. News on Samsung shifting production to China has been regularly circulated but it is the first time the career movement