Samsung System LSI, the logic chip unit of Samsung Electronics, has begun development of three timing controller (T-Con) for quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels being developed by Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display is planning to send its prototypes of QD-OLED TVs and a monitor to potenti

Samsung Electronics has launched a new SSD to with Zoned Namespace (ZNS) technology applied.PM1731a is built with Samsung’s Gen 6 V-NAND and comes in 4TB and 2TB storage options.It will come in 2.5-inch form, with mass production beginning in the second half of the year, the company said.It is Samsu

LG Energy Solution was close to finishing the development of coin cell batteries, also known as button cells, TheElec has learned.The company will likely compete for orders for them for use in wireless earphones such as Apple’s AirPods and Samsung’s Galaxy Buds with Samsung SDI, Varta and EVE Energy

Chemtronics has pulled out of its plan to buy Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ Wi-Fi module business.Chemtronics’ subsidiary Witz was originally announced to be acquiring Samsung’s Wi-Fi module business for 105.5 billion won back in January.Chemtronics said it was canceling the deal due to the potential f

Samsung Display may extend its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels up to the end of 2022, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display CEO Choi Joo-sun said the company was reviewing extending the production of large-sized LCD panels to the end of 2022, in an email sent to employees of its larg

Chinese display giant BOE will start the first stage operation of its B12 Gen 6 (1500mm x 1850mm) OLED line at Chongqing in October this year, TheElec has learned.The second and third stages will go live in March and October, respectively, of 2022.Capacity of 16,000 substrates per month will be adde

South Korean equipment makers recorded mixed results in the first quarter of 2021.Fab equipment vendors posted high growth, while display equipment firms underperformed.Fab equipment makers benefited from aggressive spending by semiconductor companies.Semes, Samsung Electronics’ fab equipment subsid

LG InnoTek has sold another 78 patents related to wireless charging patents to Ireland-based non-practicing entity Scramoge Technology.The South Korean component maker transferred the ownership of the Korean patents to the NPE on May 17.In February, LG had sold 128 US patents related to wireless cha

Samsung Electronics will use batteries made by LG Energy Solution for its upcoming Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE) smartphone, TheElec has learned.Last year, the Galaxy S20 FE had also used batteries made by LG, along with those by Samsung SDI and Amperex Technology Limited.S21 FE will have the same sup

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled new power management ICs that can be integrated with its DDR5 dual in-line memory module.The chips are integrated into the module rather than being placed on the mother board.This will increase compatibility and signal integrity and thereby provide more reliab

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Thursday promised to provide support and foster the local semiconductor industry.Moon spoke at an event in Samsung’s Pyeontaek chip plant to promote the local chip industry.On the same day, the government announced that it would offer 40% to 50% tax credits for

OLED emission material companies recorded high first quarter earnings that beat market expectations.Apple’s iPhone 12 sales, Samsung’s earlier than usual launch of Galaxy S21 smartphones, expanded application of OLED panels in notebooks and mid-tier phones, and Chinese panel makers expanding their O

Samsung Electronics is facing production problems for its Galaxy A series of smartphones due to the current global chip shortage, TheElec has learned.A person familiar with the matter said there has been no official sales date set for most regions in the world for Galaxy A52, A52 5G and A72, which w

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has developed a new DRAM based on the Compute Express Link (CXL) interface.The DDR5 module has been verified on Intel’s platform. Samsung said it will collaborate on the launch of the chip with other data center and cloud companies.CXL interface allows CPU

Intel has made an offer to Samsung Electro-Mechanic to invest in flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) substrate, TheElec has learned.Under the deal, the US chip giant will put in its own money first for the South Korea component maker to expand its FC-BGA substrate production capacity.Intel made the

Power module firm Vicor Korea will focus its sales on the local automobile industry this year, country manager Kichun Jung said, with a special focus on electric cars.The Korean unit of Vicor recently formed an automotive division. It also hired YS Jun, a veteran in the automotive chip industry with

Samsung Electronics will use batteries made by China’s Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) for its upcoming foldable smartphones, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant is planning to launch the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 2 later this year.It will mark the first time that it is using AT

Samsung Electronics is aiming to ship a million units of its recently unveiled Galaxy Book Pro series of notebooks this year, TheElec has learned.The company unveiled the Galaxy Book Pro 360 and Galaxy Book Pro last month. Each model comes in 15.6-inch and 13.3-inch variants.Samsung applied OLED pan

Chip and display equipment maker STI said on Thursday that it will be supplying its central chemical supply system (CCSS) to chip giant Micron.The deal is worth S$47.9 million, or around 40 billion won. The CCSS will be used in Micron’s PH2 of Singapore Fab 1.A STI spokesperson said the worldwide ch

Samsung Display said on Thursday that its OLED panels for panel can lowered its power consumption by 25% when its dark mode is on.The South Korean display maker supplied the panels for Samsung Electronics’ newly unveiled Galaxy Book Pro series of notebooks.Samsung Display said the notebooks’ batteri