314 news items tagged Korea
Sumitomo Chemical to produce curved-surface AMOLED touch panels in South Korea, says Nikkei
Wednesday 8 March 2017Japan-based Sumitomo Chemical will invest JPY15 billion (US$132 million) to set up a factory for curved-surface AMOLED touch panels based on thin-film substrates in South Korea, according...
Qualcomm begins comeback fight against Korean FTC
Wednesday 22 February 2017Qualcomm has petitioned the Seoul Central District Court to not implement fines totaling SKW1.03 trillion (US$865 million) levied by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC).
China to join top-3 semiconductor equipment spenders for first time, says SEMI
Wednesday 14 December 2016Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 8.7% to US$39.7 billion in 2016, according to SEMI. In 2017, another 9.3% growth is expected,...
Gigabyte partners with Blizzard to launch customizable PCs in South Korea
Monday 21 November 2016Gigabyte Technology is cooperating with game developer Blizzard Entertainment to release customizable gaming PCs under both Blizzard's Overwatch and Gigabyte's Aorus dual-brands and...
Foxconn Group to ship over 30 million Luna phones in 2016, says paper
Monday 21 November 2016The Foxconn Group is expected to ship over 30 million Luna-branded smartphones in Korea and Indonesia in 2016, targeting the medium- to high-end segments, according to a Chinese-language...
Tai-Saw to ramp up SAW filter production in Taiwan, Korea, says paper
Wednesday 5 October 2016Quartz component and SAW (surface-acoustic-wave) filter maker Tai-Saw Technology is ramping up its production of SAW filters at its plants in Taiwan and Korea to cope with rising...
Korea DRAM firm rumored to scrap 30,000-50,000 wafers produced at 21nm
Friday 19 August 2016A DRAM production slip-up has forced a Korea-based vendor to scrap 30,000-50,000 wafers from its 21nm node, according to industry sources.
Iljin Materials joins Tesla EV battery supply chain, says report
Thursday 18 August 2016Korea-based Iljin Materials' ectrodeposited (ED) copper foil technology reportedly has been validated by Tesla and Panasonic recently and the company will be able to join Tesla's...
Korea market: Pantech reenters smartphone market, says report
Monday 4 July 2016Korea-based handset vendor Pantech has made a reentry into Korea's smartphone market launching a new model, the SKY IM-100, according to a Korea-based ET News report.
Hoya to shift LCD photomask production to Taiwan, Korea
Tuesday 21 June 2016Japan-based Hoya, which has halted production of photomasks and other products at its Kumamoto plant since April 15 due to damage by earthquakes and an earthquake-induced fire in...
Digitimes Research: South Korea digital signage production value to grow to KRW3.97 trillion in 2020
Friday 3 June 2016The South Korea government-sponsored Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute estimates the production value for digital signage in South Korea in 2016 at KRW2.55 trillion...
Digitimes Research: Korea memory-IC industry output value to increase 5% in 2Q16
Tuesday 31 May 2016The production value of South Korea's memory chip industry is expected to increase about 5% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, according Digitimes Research. Demand for smartphones...
Digitimes Research: Korea LCD driver IC vendor Silicon Works sees revenues hit record high in 2015
Tuesday 24 May 2016Combined revenues of Korea's major LCD driver IC vendors reached a record high of KRW419.4 billion (US$353.97 million) in 2015, with Silicon Works, a subsidiary of LG Electronics,...
Taiwan fingerprint sensor suppliers start shipments to China, Korea smartphone vendors
Tuesday 12 April 2016Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor suppliers have started shipping products to China- and Korea-based smartphone vendors, according to sources at Taiwan-based foundries.
Digitimes Research: Korea pushing development of sensors, IoT products
Tuesday 29 March 2016The development of sensor products will play a key role in Korea's plans to ramp up the production value of related IoT (Internet of Things) products from KRW1.6 trillion (US$14.5...
Digitimes Research: US FCC to open up STB market; Korea vendors less interested in 3D TV
Monday 7 March 2016Observing the OTT/TV market in February, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed to make the set-top box (STB) market more open, allowing consumer electronics...
Taiwan passes South Korea to become No.1 in total IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Tuesday 1 March 2016As of December 2015, Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with nearly 22% of worldwide IC capacity installed in the country, according to IC Insights. Taiwan surpassed...
Digitimes Research: Korea memory-IC industry output value to fall 10% in 1Q16
Tuesday 16 February 2016The production value of South Korea's memory chip industry is expected to decline around 10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2016, due mainly to falling chip prices, according...
ASE says planned buyout of SPIL gets anti-trust approval in Korea, Germany
Tuesday 2 February 2016Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has received clearance from anti-trust authorities in South Korea and Germany for its intended buyout of Siliconware Precision Industries...
Korea government invests in public displays, says report
Monday 25 January 2016The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technologies (KEIT) will invest as much as US$6.67 million in public information displays, according to Korea-based ET News.
Digitimes Research: Korea pushing new in-cell touch panel developments
Monday 4 January 2016The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) under the South Korea Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has reached one micron level electronic linewidth used in...
Korea makers prepping US$12.8 billion in OLED equipment investments for Apple, says report
Thursday 31 December 2015Apple is about to finalize agreements with Samsung Display and LG Display regarding OLED panel supply. The two panel makers are estimated to invest a combined US$12.8 billion in production...
Digitimes Research: South Korea expected to develop large-size flexible displays based on AMOLED, PI substrates and roll-to-roll process in 2016
Tuesday 22 December 2015South Korea is expected to adopt AMOLED display technology, PI (polyimide) plastic substrates, organic TFT driving technology and roll-to-roll process to develop large-size flexible...
Samsung to mass produce 18nm DRAM in 2Q16, says Korea media
Tuesday 22 December 2015According to South Korea's Digital Times, Samsung Electronics will start mass production of DRAM chips built using 18nm (1x) process technology in the second quarter of 20...
Korea large area AMOLED manufacturing equipment market to record US$ 8.64 billion for next 5 years, says UBI Research
Friday 11 December 2015The complementary investment market in Korea for OLED manufacturing equipment is expected to record US$8.64 billion between 2016-2020, according to UBI Research,
- GlobalWafers to expand plant in central S. Korea (Apr 17) - Yonhap News
- Applications for patents on AI chips Increase 10-fold in 4 years (Mar 16) - BusinessKorea
- Qualcomm receives authorization from the European Commission and Korea Fair Trade Commission for NXP acquisition (Jan 18) - Company release
- Semiconductors take up 16% of South Korea exports (Oct 27) - Yonhap News
- LG Display, Huawei to sign long-term smartphone OLED supply deal (Sep 20) - BusinessKorea
- Korea Smart ID to provide fingerprint smart cards for UN (Sep 12) - BiometricUpdate.com
- China faces foes in Tokyo, Seoul and beyond on semiconductors (Jul 27) - Wall Street Journal
- Samsung rumored to resume making iPhone chips for Apple in 2018 with 7nm 'A12' (Jul 18) - Apple Insider
- SK hynix joins hands with Japan's ORIX for Toshiba deal: report (Jun 2) - The Investor
- LG Innotek to supply facial recognition camera module for iPhone 8 (May 11) - The Investor