UniTest, a semiconductor testing equipment company, has received orders from a US company for its first NAND flash memory test equipment. It is among the world's top five NAND producers.An official of the company said, "We plan to increase the sales volume starting from this initial volume."UniTest

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

In the premium TV market, sales of 65-inch products are on the rise. The 70 to 80-inch or larger TV class is also being released. The display panel industry is also investing in the 10th generation line optimized for 65-inch panels, after discontinuing investment in the 8th generation class mass-pro

VINATech, the Konex listed leading supplier of supercapacitors (fast-charging devices), is expected to record sales of more than 30% this year, bringing US solid-state drive (SSD) storage companies as its customers. Its earnings forecast for the next year is also bright. It is a green light for its

Samsung Electronics is reinforcing its semiconductor package business. The Test Package (TP) Center organization has been promoted to the General Test and System Package (TSP) business. It also plans to establish a management support department in the device solution (DS) division, which will be in

Equipment market sales are expected to reach a record high of US $ 62.1bn this year, thanks to the robust semiconductor market conditions of the past several years. However, due to delayed investment by the semiconductor industry, a decline is expected within the next year. It is reverse growth in f

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

The Kunming Metal Research Institute in Yunnan, China, has developed a precious metal sputtering target and delivered it to prominent semiconductor companies in the United States, the Yunnan Provincial Government said recently. "The production of precious metal sputtering targets has been a technolo

Fluorine-based gas used for semiconductor manufacturing is under a supply shortage. Prices continue to rise.Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported recently that prices for fluorine gas will rise further, saying that the market will be unable to keep up with demand due to the memory semiconductor boom

The groundbreaking ceremony for China’s first ‘200mm wafer semiconductor equipment verification line’ was held in Changsha High-tech Zone, Changsha, Hunan Province, on November 28th. The project was undertaken by the research institute affiliated with the China Electronics Technology Association (CE

Samsung Display is in hurry to prepare for the technology report for the leader of Samsung Group.According to industry sources, on 4th, Jae-Yong Lee, the Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, will be revisiting Samsung Display business locations on 14th to receive reports on the technology developme

“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

Last month, Samsung Electronics filed for the court the injunction preventing Kim, a former semiconductor executive, who had taken a new job at Innotron, the DRAM company in China. Such a move by Samsung Electronics was made after this paper’s report on October 31 (Samsung DRAM design major executiv

During the launch event of new products on November 27th, Guizhou Huaxintong announced the mass production launch of StarDragon 4800, the processor chipset for data center servers. Taking place in the China National Convention Center in Beijing, the event was attended by top officials of China and p

On the 27th, Samsung SDI has decided to introduce a laminated production process to its Hungary factory next year. Only medium-sized batteries for electric vehicles will be produced at factories in Hungary.Previously, the winding method was utilized. The winding is a technique that extracts battery

11 executives and employees of Samsung Display indicted for selling data, drawings and equipment of Flexible OLED technology to China through disguised corporate. Samsung Display now occupies 95% of Flexible OLED in global markets.On 29 Nov, Suwon District Public Prosecutors’ Office announced that t

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

SK Hynix has completed construction of the new plant in Wuxi, China and will open the first equipment check-in ceremony.
According to the industry on the 27th, SK Hynix will hold an equipment check-in ceremony at the new plant C2F in Wuxi on this 30th. The two companies are invited to participate in