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

Samsung Electronics is planning to start operation of its P3 semiconductor production line at its Pyeongtaek plant three months earlier than planned due to the global chip shortage, according the president of EcoPro HN, a supplier to the South Korean tech giant.Samsung had requested that EcoPro HN s

LB Semicon is expected to test image sensors and application processor of customer Samsung Electronics in scale starting in May, TheElec has learned.The chip back-end processing firm begin testing the initial stock of chips in March.New testing facility made to handle Samsung’s order will operate at

Samsung Electronics has been sued in the US by non-practicing entity (NPE) which has earlier purchase patents related to wireless charging technology from LG InnoTek.Ireland-based Scramoge Technology had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics America

Samsung Electronics marked 65.39 trillion won in revenue and 9.38 trillion won in operating profit in the first quarter this year.Revenue was the highest ever for a first quarter, Samsung said. Operating income rose 45% year-on-year.The South Korean tech conglomerate saw its mobile and consumer elec

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its new notebook series the Galaxy Book Pro that sport OLED panels at its Unpacked event.Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 will come in 15.6-inch and 13.3-inch sizes. The 360 model has a 360-degree revolving screen and offers S Pen support.A total of f

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Wednesday that it has recorded 2.37 trillion won in sales and 331.5 billion won in operating income for the first quarter.It is an increase of 11% and 99%, respectively, from a year ago.The figures are slightly above South Korean analysts’ consensus of 2.34 trillion

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that the family of late chairman Lee Kun-hee will pay over 12 trillion in inheritance tax.They will also pay 1 trillion won in donation for philanthropic works.Members of the family hope to honor the life of the late chairman and his “commitment to corporate cit

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has launched a new enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) for servers based on the 24G SAS (SAS-4) specification.PM1653 is made using the company’s Gen 6 V-NAND. It will come in various capacities up to 30.72TB.SAS, or Serial Attached SCSI, is an interface des

South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer Isu Petasys is exiting its high density interconnect (HDI) board and flexible PCB (FPCB) business, TheElec has learned.The company notified its customers, which includes Samsung Electronics, and its employees of the exit, people familiar with the

Samsung Electronics will launch its low-tier Galaxy M12 smartphone in South Korea on Wednesday.The phone, which will only come in black, will be sold online priced at 198,000 won.M12 will have a 90Hz refresh rate 6.5-inch screen. It will have four cameras on its back: a 48MP main shooter, a 5MP ultr

The global semiconductor material market was worth US$55.3 billion in 2020, according to SEMI.This was a rise of 5% from 2019, the organization said. This year, it will grow 6% to be worth US$58.7 billion, SEMI said.South Korea, Taiwan and China will lead this growth. South Korea’s semiconductor mat

Chinese camera module firm O’Film Group has been kicked out of Samsung Electronics’ supply chain for smartphones, TheElec has learned.The company was kicked out of Apple’s supply chain last year year. In July, the US Department of Commerce had included O’Film Group among a list of eleven Chinese com

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has refused to take part in a preliminary review for a South Korean government project to develop next-generation processing-in-memory (PIM).The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has chosen PIM AI semiconductor as a national p

Around 169 million units of iPhone OLED panels will be shipped this year, according to market research firm Omdia.This is 47.6% higher than the 114.5 million units shipped in 2020. The 169 million units includes legacy OLED iPhone models as well as those for new models launching later this year. App