Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson warned of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) to the environment at his keynote speech during Semicon Korea on Friday.Dickerson said if AI data centers are built with the current technology, data centers will be consuming 15% of global power by 2025.This c

Prices of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels will remain high up to the second quarter of 2021 due to the recent fire yet AGC’s glass substrate manufacturing plant in South Korea, market research firms say.Prior to the fire, research firms pointed that price increases of LCD will make a downturn in

LG Electronics said on Friday that it has posted 63.26 trillion won in sales and 3.19 trillion won in operating income for the entire year of 2020.It is a rise of 1.5% and 31.1%, respectively, on-year.Stay-at-home and remote work trends led demand for home appliances, LG said. The home appliance bus

Corning said it was expanding production at its Gen 10.5 (2,940x3,370) liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate factories in China.The company said demand from TV and IT products continues to be solid, with demand increases for large-sized TV remaining robust. Demand for 75-inch TV grew over 60%

Samsung Display said on Thursday that it will develop new display form factors such as rollable and slidable to cement in leadership in 2021.Company senior vice president Choi Kwon-young also said at Samsung Electronics’ fourth quarter conference call that the firm will expand its leadership in the

South Korean start-up Vtouch is aiming to commercialize digital signage this year, company co-CEO Kim Seok-joong says.Vtouch is a developer of virtual touch technology. The technology uses the camera on displays to recognize the eyes and hand tips of users. The used the idea that the hand pointing a

Samsung Display on Tuesday has filed a second patent lawsuit against JOLED in the US, claiming the latter violated its patents.Intellectual Keystone Technology (IKT), a US subsidiary of Samsung Display, filed the suit to the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, against JOLED and Asus

Major TV makers have shown off their new MiniLED TV line-up for 2021 and intense competition is expected in key markets.MiniLED TV is a liquid crystal display (LCD) TV that uses MiniLEDs instead of LEDs for backlighting.MiniLED uses LED chips in the 100 to 200 micrometer size range, much smaller tha

South Korean component maker Partron was developing mmWave 5G router for US carrier Verizon, TheElec has learned.The company was preparing to supply the routers, aimed at consumers, to the carrier in the second half of 2021 at the earliest, people familiar with the matter said.Partron, which as most

The shortage in display driver IC (DDI) was one of the factors for display panel makers to prefer producing larger panels.Due to the shortage, display panel makers chose monitor panels over TV panel and larger TV panels over smaller ones.TV and monitor panels are usually produced at the same generat

MiniLED TVs will be leading the premium TV market by 2025, market research firm UBI Research said Tuesday.China’s TCL lead the development of MiniLED TV but the market will be led by Samsung and LG, the firm said.MiniLED TV will overtake OLED TV in market share after 2024, UBI Research said.MiniLED

SoluM is aiming to surpass BOE in electronic shelf labels (ESL) within the next three years to become the world’s largest vendor, CEO Jun Sung Ho said on Wednesday.In 2019, BOE acquired France’s SES Imagotag, which is the world’s largest ESL maker. Ranked second is Sweden’s Pricer. SoluM is third.So

Skyworth on Tuesday unveiled 16 new models of OLED and liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs at CES 2021.Its XC9300 TV is offered in 55 and 65-inch sizes and have 120Hz screen refresh rate, Dolby Atmos and DTS surround sound.Some TV models will also support Google Apps.The Chinese TV panel maker said it

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled a new robot cleaner with artificial intelligence (AI) features at CES 2021.Jetbot AI can analyze nearby objects to find the best cleaning course, Samsung said.The cleaner has AI solution, LiDAR sensor and 3D sensor installed. These allows for its to recognize

Chinese TV maker TCL showed off its new MiniLED TV called OD Zero at CES 2021.The TV has thousands of local dimming zone and has 50% thinner backlight, TCL claimed.It also improves contrast ratio compared to predecessors and minimizes optical crosstalk, the company said.TCL also announced a partners

LG Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its new OLED TV called OLED evo at CES 2021.The company said the new TV uses new organic materials. The model name for the new TV is G1.The new TV offers clearer picture resolution compared to its predecessors.LG will launch the TVs in 55, 65, 77 and 83-inch sizes.

LG Display unveiled a 77-inch OLED panel at CES 2021 made with new organic light emitting material.The company said is used a new high efficiency organic material for the panel that increases luminance by 20%.This will allow the panel to show brighter pictures and will be used in high-end OLED produ

TCL’s plan to shift the liquid crystal display (LCD) factory it is buying from Samsung Display from TV panels to IT panels is likely to be delayed, TheElec has learned.This is due to the shortage of LCD TV panels, and customers are requesting TCL extend LCD TV panel production at Suzhou, people fami

Market research firm TrendForce said on Monday that is expected 223 million TVs to be shipped in 2021.This is 2.8% more than last year. The continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic and large sports events such as the Tokyo Olympics will lead this growth.TV shipment last year dropped at the early stages

LG Electronics has unveiled its 2021 TV lineup ahead of CES 2021.It has unveiled a new OLED TV called OLED evo, model name G1, which the company said offer clearer resolution than predecessors.The new TV has brighter screen compared to predecessors while also offering high contrast ratio, deep black