LG Electronics said it expects to ship fewer OLED TVs this year compared to last year due to an inadequate supply of OLED panels in the market from the economic slowdownThe South Korean electronics maker said on Friday that TVs were sensitive to consumer income and the recent economic slowdown has c

There was increasing interest within Samsung Display in technologies that can be applied to manufacture OLED panels without the use of fine metal masks (FMM), TheElec has learned.This interest was sparked after the Society of Information Display conference held in May this year where new production

LG Display has decided not to start investment and construction of a production line for OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) this year, TheElec has learned.OLEDoS deposits organic materials on silicon instead of glass and is a technology to make high-resolution microdisplays.LG Display plans to continue to foc

German OLED material firm Novaled has nullified three patents related to OLED registered in South Korea owned by rival Solus Advanced Materials, TheElec has learned.Novaled is Samsung’s subsidiary as its affiliates Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Samsung Display together own 100% of its shares.

The CEO of South Korean display panel maker LG Display told reporters on Wednesday that the company’s earnings will gradually improve going forward in the second half of the year.LG Display CEO Jeong Ho-young was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the industry conference K-Display, hosted by

Samsung Display has started the development of LED on silicon (LEDoS) microdisplay technology for applications in augmented reality (AR) devices.Samsung Display Vice President and Head of Technology Strategy Team Gong Min Kim believed that in the coming future, LEDoS will replace OLED on silicon (OL

Samsung placed an order to LG Display to procure white-OLED panels earlier this month, TheElec has learned.The order is small and Samsung is planning to use the panels for the development of a W-OLED TV it will unveil later in the year, sources said.LG Display will deliver the panels to Samsung with

Inkjet printing solution firm Enjet’s earnings this year will again be determined by Samsung and Samsung Display.Enjet, which listed on Kosdaq last year, is aiming for an annual revenue of 44.8 billion won and an operating profit of 18.2 billion won, sources said.These goals are higher by 2 times an

BOE chairman Chen Yanshun didn’t make a visit to Samsung, a key customer of the Chinese display panel maker, during his visit to South Korea in April, TheElec has learned.It is extremely rare for a high-level company executive of a component maker to not make a visit to a customer during a foreign t

A cloud hangs over the profitability of Gen 8 OLED. This is because Apple’s revenues from MacBooks are dropping, a key product that would use the OLED panels made by display panel maker’s Gen 8 OLED production lines.The iPhone maker’s revenue from MacBooks was US$7.168 billion during its fiscal seco

Samsung has ordered its TV and smartphone businesses to find a solution to improve their earnings, TheElec has learned.Samsung reported 63.75 trillion won in revenue and 640 billion won in operating income for the first quarter, a drop of 18% and 95%, respectively, from the same time period a year a

Samsung’s chip division posted a loss of 4.58 trillion won during the first quarter, the division’s first loss in 14 years.The South Korean tech company said on Thursday that it posted 63.75 trillion won in revenue and 640 billion won in operating income, a drop of 18.75% and 95.47%, respectively, f

Samsung Electronics and LG Display have resumed their negotiations for a possible white OLED (W-OLED) supply deal, TheElec has learned.The pair are discussing LG Display potentially supplying somewhere between 200,000 to 300,000 units of W-OLED panels as the initial stock, sources said.If LG Display

Chinese display panel makers monopolizing the liquid crystal display (LCD) market will in the long run threaten the TV businesses of Samsung and LG, according to UBI Research CEO Choong Hoon Yi.Yi told TheElec in an interview on Tuesday that while many see the dominance of Chinese companies in the L

Fab equipment maker Wonik wants to acquire display driver IC company TLI, TheElec has learned.Wonik, which also makes display equipment and chips, has expressed its interest in acquiring the fabless chip company since last year, sources said. The pair have recently met to discuss the issue, they add

DB Hitek will for the first time supply its OLED display driver ICs aimed at smartphone panels to Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.DB Hitek will begin supplying the 40-nanometer (nm) DDIs to Samsung Display during the second half of 2023, for use in OLED panels in Samsung smartphones.The company

Samsung Display was considering collaborating with APS holdings for the development of a 3500ppi fine metal mask (FMM), TheElec has learned.The masks are used to manufacture OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) that can be used in virtual and augmented reality devices.APS Holdings had last year unveiled an OLED

DB Hitek is planning to split off its fabless chip business to better focus on its main chip foundry business, the company said on Tuesday,This is a reversion of its statements made six months ago where the company said it will not split off its fabless chip business unit after small shareholders vo

Telechips is developing an AI SoC aimed at autonomous driving applications using IP from Sapeon, the AI chip subsidiary of SK Group, TheElec has learned.The chip supports an advanced driver assistance system and will use Sapeon’s AI accelerator IP, sources said.The chip will be manufactured using Sa

OLED material company Lordin has registered a patent related to blue OLED that has four times the luminance efficiency than previously.Lordin CEO Oh Hyoung-yun told TheElec on Wednesday that the technology on the patent was differentiated from those in the US and Japan.The company was aiming to comm