Apple has recently received a glass board-based OLED panel from Japan’s JDI aimed for mixed reality devices like its Vision Pro, TheElec has learned.The panel has a resolution of approximately 1,500 pixels per inch (ppi), sources said, so it is likely aimed at a budget model MR device.Apple’s Vision

LG Display acquired samples of black pixel define layer (PDL) from Japan’s Mitsubishi and other companies during the second quarter, TheElec has learned.The material is crucial for the application of color filter on encapsulation (CoE) on foldable panels to make them thinner, sources said.CoE replac

Sapien Semiconductors said on Monday it has signed a deal with a Silicon Valley-based tech giant to develop LED on silicon (LEDoS) chip for application in augmented reality (AR) glass.The deal is worth 4.8 billion won and the contract expires in October next year, the company said.The chip will come

LG Innotek will be the sole supplier of folded zoom modules for the initial stock of iPhone 16 launching later this year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean component maker was also the sole supplier for the initial stock of iPhone 15 last year.Folded zoom bends light into prisms and sends them to

Samsung Display is aiming to reduce the power consumption of its display panels by over 50% to meet the needs of the so-called “AI era,” a senior executive said.The display panel maker was developing technologies that remove all factors that influence power consumption in its display, Samsung Displa

LG Electronics was considering using flip chip-ball grid array (FC-BGA) made by affiliate LG Innotek on its TVs, TheElec has learned.LG Innotek has been fostering FC-BGA, a high-end chip board, as its new business, so winning the electronics maker as a customer can be a much-needed boost as it can u

LG Chem is expected surpass Dupont in OLED evaporation material this year, according to data from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC).This forecast by DSCC comes amid LG Chem’s winning of orders for electron blocking layer by Samsung Display for small OLED panels. Solus Advanced Materials had be

Apple is expected to use LG Display as a secondary vendor for OLED screens on the iPhone SE4 launching next year, TheElec has learned.The brand is Cupertino’s budget model and has used BOE as the sole vendor for its screens for a while now.Next year, BOE will be the primary vendor while LG Display,

Samsung has vastly increased the number of Galaxy Ring it plans to manufacture than initially this year due to the positive reception of the device, TheElec has learned.The company initially planned to manufacture 400,000 units than adjust the volume after seeing the market reception for the smart r

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Monday that it will supply high-performance chip boards for hyperscale data centers to AMD.The chip boards refer to flip chip-ball grid array (FC-BGA) and it is the first time Samsung Electro-Mechanics is confirming the deal officially.Hyperscale data centers refer

Avatec said on Monday that it plans to manufacture ultra-thin glass (UTG) for foldable notebook panels.UTG are used as cover windows for foldable panels. The foldable OLED panel LG Display and Samsung Display are developing for Apple is also expected to use UTG.Avatec said the UTG will require thin-

BH will be supplying the flexible printed circuit boards (FPCB) for the camera modules on Samsung’s new foldable phones, TheElec has learned.The board maker becomes the third supplier of the boards to Samsung after NewFlex and SI Flex.BH has so far focused on FPCB for displays but the new deal means

Samsung is expected to manufacture slightly more smartphones and tablets than it aimed during the second quarter, thanks to the recovery of the global smartphone market.The South Korean tech giant is projected to produce 49.9 million units during the second quarter, 3% more than its forecast made in

Samsung Display was looking for a new contractor to handle the back-end etching work for its rigid and hybrid OLED panels, TheElec has learned.This was because one of its contractors for this work, Soulbrain, is planning to exit the business, sources said.Samsung Display currently manufactures rigid

Chinese display panel maker CSOT has sent requests for quotations to South Korean equipment makers for Gen 6 OLED production equipment, TheElec has learned.Multiple equipment makers have received the request and are reviewing the profitability of assembling the kits, sources said.CSOT will decide ne

LG Display has received approval from customer Apple to supply OLED panels for iPhone 16 Pro Max, TheElec has learned.This is ahead of Samsung Display, which has never happened before, sources said.Last month, LG Display and Samsung Display both received approval to supply OLED panels for iPhone 16

LG Display has supplied its two-stack tandem OLED panel to Dell’s notebook, TheElec has learned.It is the first time that the OLED tech is being used on a notebook.Dell’s XPS13 will use LG Display’s 13-inch OLED panel. The notebook offers a liquid crystal display (LCD) model and an OLED model. The L

LG Display has secured approval to supply OLED panels by Apple for iPhone 16 Pro, alongside rival Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.It is the first time that it secured such an approval in a timely fashion before the phones go into mass production.In the past, LG Display received approval months

South Korean component maker Fine M-Tec has been approved by Samsung as a backup supplier of hinges for the Galaxy Z Flip foldable phones, TheElec has learned.However, the company is yet to receive the approval to supply hinges for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 6, sources said.Fine M-Tec is yet to make

Samsung Display expects LED on silicon (LEDoS) displays used on augmented reality devices to be a monolithic one panel, a senior executive said.Samsung Display vice president Huh Jong-moo said on Thursday in the Microdisplay Conference hosted by TheElec that LEDoS technology is expected to evolve fr