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

Only the Galaxy S21 Ultra showed higher specs than its predecessor Galaxy S21 in Samsung’s Unpacked event on Thursday.The specs of Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus was downgraded to compared to predecessors.The Galaxy S21 Ultra has a 6.8-inch screen with QHD+ (3,200x1,440) resolution. The display’s has a 515

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

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

LG Display will extend its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panels in South Korea by a year, TheElec has learned.The extensions comes from LG Electronics’ request as it was finding difficulty in securing sufficient volume of LCD panels.LG Display has initially intended to halt LCD TV pa

Samsung Display will be the exclusive supplier used by Apple for organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels used in the two highest tier models of its next iPhone, TheElec has learned.Both models of iPhone 13 will use low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistors (TFT) OLED pane

The controversy over Infintech’s delayed payments to South Korean display equipment maker isn’t looking close to a resolution anytime soon.The Chinese company had ordered equipment from companies back in 2018 to build a 6th-generation liquid crystal display (LCD) factory at Jiangxi, but the deadline

Chinese display maker Tianma is aiming to ship 40 million OLED panels next year.Out of that total, 20 million units is aimed to be flexible OLED panels, the company said on Wednesday.The goal is half of BOE’s aim of shipping 40 million flexible OLED panels, which was announced in August.According to

Chinese display panel maker Visionox has begun operations of its flexible OLED factory at Guangzhou, according to local media Ijiwei.The company held a ceremony to mark the start of operations on Sunday. It previously said it will build two lines at the factory using China-made equipment and materia

Iljin Display is hoping to return to profitability from notebook and MiniLED markets.The company announced that it will offer shares to secure 20 billion won in funding. 10 billion won will be spent on facilities related to notebook components, the company said.Out of the 10 billion won, 60 billion

NEG’s liquid crystal display (LCD) glass factory in Takatsuki, Japan has suffered a five hour blackout, according to local media Nikkei.Production is expected return to normal after the first quarter of 2021.The factory was halted from the blackout on December 10.NEG produces glass substrates for us

LG Display was considering converting its E5 production line at its Gumi factory to produce OLED panels for iPhones, TheElec has learned.E5 currently produces OLED panels for automobile and wearable applications.Currently, LG Display uses its E6 line at its factory in Paju to produce OLED panels for

Samsung Display is expected to see increased supply of OLED panels for iPhones next year as Apple is expected to ship the highest number of OLED-using iPhones in 2021.Apple is expected to ship between 160 million to 180 million units of iPhones that use OLED panels next year, sources within Samsung

Chinese OLED material company AG-RAY has started the largest OLED material project in China to localize supply of the materials, according to local media reports.The company is building a new OLED material factory at city of Meishan in Sichuan province where it is based in.The factory, once complete

Companies involved in a national project run the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy are turning in their research results in the development of fine metal mask (FMM) used in OLED panel production.APS Holdings, Philoptics, Poongwon Precision and Olum Materials have turned in their one-year result

Samsung Display’s sales of its liquid crystal display (LCD) factory in Suzhou, China is facing delays, Chinese media Ijiwei reports.This is from delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the South Korean government to approval the deal.LCD is designated a national core technology by the South Korea

Prices of OLED panels for smartphones will drop from extreme oversupply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and sanctions against Huawei, according to UBI Research.The global smartphone market slowed in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to demand for OLED to fall. In the thi

Talks between Wonik IPS and Semes for the former to buy the latter’s display equipment business is being stifled by disagreements between the pair on employee transfer and compensation.Semes have been unable to come up with a proper compensation plan for its employees, TheElec has learned.There are

Samsung Display will begin trail runs of its production line for Quantum Dot (QD) displays next month, TheElec has learned.The line, dubbed Q1, at its factory in Asan, was designed to produce QD-OLED(organic light emitting diode) panels. QD-OLED will be the first iteration of Samsung Display’s so-ca

Samsung Display has been ordered by a court in Seoul on Friday to compensate its former employee for their invetion.The employee, who have requested compensation of 150 billion won, had said they will appeal. The dispute between the pair is expected to continue to the appeals court.Samsung Display w