Samsung Display was developing quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels that were thinner than its current commercialized version.This was confirmed by the booth of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute during the 22nd International Meeting of Information Display (IMID 2022) held at Busan, S

Samsung Display is planning to expand the production capacity of quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels by 30% before the year’s end, TheElec has learned.The company plans to achieve this by reducing the takt time __ the time it takes to manufacture a product __ without additional spending on equipment, sourc

An executive of US firm eMagin said the company was also developing a tandem structure microOLED.Tandem structure stacks at least two emission layers, which increases luminance efficiency and extends the life of OLED panels.MicroOLED, meanwhile, uses a silicon wafer as the substrate to deposit the o

Samsung has dropped its smartphone shipment target for 2022 from the previous 300 million units to 260 million units, TheElec has learned.Earlier in the year, the South Korean tech giant had planned to manufacture a total of 334 million units of smartphones with the goal of shipping around 300 milli

LG Display is planning to unveil a 20-inch OLED panel by the end of the year for application in personal devices.LG Display vice president Kang Won-seok said during a forum hosted by the Korea Display Industry Association said demand for personal displays has risen during the pandemic and the new pa

TCL chairman Li Dongsheng had asked South Korean display equipment makers for an understanding of the current delays in payments during his visit last month, TheElec has learned.Due to low demand for TVs, display panel makers like CSOT, a subsidiary of TCL, are currently operating their factories at

LG Display CEO said on Wednesday that the company was open to converting its liquid crystal display (LCD) TV production lines in South Korea to those dedicated to OLED.LG Display CEO Jeong Ho-young, speaking at an event hosted by the Korea Display Industry Association, an organization he is currentl

Samsung will ship 11 million units of its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 foldable smartphones by the year’s end, analyst firm Omdia says.While when achieved, this will be over 50% higher than last year’s shipment for Fold 3 and Flip 3, it falls short of the tech giant’s internal target

Samsung Display and LG Display were both developing OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) and LED on silicon (LEDoS) technologies, TheElec has learned.These microdisplay technologies are aimed to be applied to virtual and augmented reality devices.A similar technology to these is liquid crystal on silicon, and t

Smartphone camera module maker Partron reported lackluster second-quarter earnings due to major customer Samsung manufacturing fewer smartphones.Demand for smartphones during the second half of 2022 is also expected to be low while Samsung is planning to reduce the number of camera modules on the ph

Youngwoo DSP said on Tuesday that it has signed a contract with Samsung Display for inspection equipment used in OLED panel production.The company didn’t reveal the size of the deal but said the kits will be used to check for defects in OLED cells, modules and panels in a production line located in

Poongwon Precision is expected to aim to supply Samsung Display with fine metal masks (FMM) used in the production of smartphone OLED panels in the fourth quarter, TheElec has learned.The company had said back in February that it is planning to supply an initial match of the material to an unnamed c

Samsung Display will be applying different grades of materials on the OLED panels it will manufacture for the upcoming iPhone 14 series depending on the model tiers, TheElec has learned.It will use its latest and most advanced material set for the higher tier iPhone 14 models while it will use its p

LG Electronics has offered compensation to current and former employees for the patents they helped develop, TheElec has learned.It marks the first time for the company to offer such compensation.LG Electronics has currently involved in around 50 lawsuits with employees over patents, which likely sp

Samsung will gain procure protective films used in its foldable smartphones from South Korean component maker Segyung Hitech for its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 phones, TheElec has learned.Segyung Hitech had been the supplier of the films, used to protect the screens on the phones,

TCL chairman Li Dongsheng is expected to visit Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino very soon, TheElec has learned.His visit is likely aimed at winning supply orders for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels made by TCL subsidiary CSOT from the iPhone maker for use on its tablets and MacBooks, sources sa

PI Advanced Materials said on Friday that its new optical polyimide (PI) film production line with an annual capacity of 750 metric tonnes has started production.With the additional capacity, the company now has an annual production capacity of 5,250 metric tonnes from its facilities in Gumi and Jin

Samsung is planning to reduce the number of rear camera modules on its mid-tier Galaxy A series starting next year, TheElec has learned.The company will most likely remove the depth camera that was considered underutilized and instead focus on increasing the specifications of the remaining cameras,

Samsung has scrapped its plan to develop and launch a Galaxy S22 Fan Edition (FE) model to focus on expanding the sales of Galaxy S22 Ultra, TheElec has learned.The company had initially planned to manufacture around 3 million units of Galaxy S22 FE this year.But as the chip shortage continues and t

Samsung was buying fewer TV display panels from BOE due to a royalty issue, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant had demanded that the Chinese display panel maker pay around 100 billion won in royalty payment if they want to advertise that they are supplying their liquid crystal display (