Samsung Display signed a contract with Microsoft to develop and supply OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) for the latter’s mixed reality (MR) device, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker is expected to supply hundreds of thousands of units, sources said.Microsoft was developing the MR device for

Samsung was developing a new chip package technology to prevent overheating in application processors (AP), TheElce has learned.The package attaches a heat path block, or HPB, on top of the SoC, and is expected to be used on future Exynos chips, sources said.The technology, called by its full name f

Elentec said it will be collaborating with US battery firm Enovix on battery pack research.Elentec will turn battery cells made by Enovic to battery packs under the partnership.The US firm specializes in high-performance batteries that use silicon cathode, the South Korean battery pack firm said.Eno

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

Ultra-thin glass (UTG) maker Dowoo Insys is planning to list on the Korean Exchange next year.Company CEO Lee Jae-gyu, told TheElec on Friday that Dowoo Insys will file for the preliminary review to go public to financial authorities in the summer.Kiwoom Securities is underwriting the deal. The secu

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 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

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 is planning to increase the number of smartphones made through joint development manufacturers (JDM) in China this year.The South Korean company initially planned to manufacture 4.4 million units through its JDM partners this year, but this has increased by 23 million units to 6.7 million un

Samsung will exclusively use Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processors for its upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable phones, TheElec has learned.The tech giant has only used Qualcomm’s application processor on its foldable phones up to now and this will be the case again for the new phones as we

Dreamtech said on Thursday that it was planning to supply chip modules to a global chipmaker.It said it will be supplying DRAM modules and assembled solid-state drives (SS) to the global top-tier customer __ highly likely Samsung’s chip division. The company said it was entering the sector to respon

Samsung Display showed off its deposition mask to be used in the production RGB OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) display at the Display Week event hosted by the Society of Information Display (SID) in the US from May 14 to 16.Rival LG Display also showed off its own OLEDoS technology at the event, a white O

Samsung may cancel its planned launch of a budget model version of its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable phone, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant initially planned to showcase three foldable phones during the summer: Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, and an affordable version of the Fo

SK Hynix said on Thursday that it has developed Zoned UFS (ZUFS) 4.0 and start mass production of the mobile NAND solution in the third quarter.ZUFS improves on conventional UFS flash memory with increased data management efficiency.It manages data per their characteristics and saves them in differe

BOE has decided to use OLED deposition machines from South Korea’s Sunic System for its production of Gen 8 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.Rival Canon Tokki didn’t put in a bid for the order, paving the way for Sunic System to clinch the deal as the single vendor.The South Korean equipment make

Samsung’s chip division has returned to profitability in the first quarter on the back of the recovery of the memory chip market.The South Korean electronics maker said on Tuesday that it recorded 71.92 trillion won in revenue and 6.61 trillion won in operating profit, an increase of 13% and 932%, r

Samsung Electronics vice chairman and co-CEO Han Jong-hee returned from its three-day visit to China on Wednesday.Han, who is also the head of Samsung’s Device Experience (DX) division, which makes smartphones, TVs, and appliances, was accompanied by Samsung’s head of procurement at its TV Business

Samsung’s smartphone business is planning to use OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) from Sony for its extended reality (XR) device, TheElec has learned.Samsung MX Business’ decision to use the Japanese company’s technology over its affiliate Samsung Display, which has also been developing its own OLEDoS techn

Econy will handle all the back-end processing orders for the ultra-thin glass (UTG) that Samsung will use for its Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphone, TheElec has learned.For the UTG of Galaxy Z Fold 6, Samsung will continue to use Dowoo Insys as its back-end processing contractor, sources said.Back-end proc