Samsung manufactured approximately 300 million smartphones in 2021, TheElec has learned.According to sources, it manufactured 238.88 million units on its own. Over 60 million units were manufactured through joint development manufacturers such as Wintech and Huaqin. In total, Samsung made slightly o

Samsung will unveil new TV models that use LG Display’s white(W)-OLED panels in June at the earliest, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant initially planned to launch the TVs in May.But after the year-end reshuffle last year, Samsung had decided to reevaluate the contract it has signed wi

Samsung Display will need an order of substantial volume from Apple to expand its Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) IT OLED panels this year.The South Korean display panel maker’s development of a vertical deposition machine, in collaboration with Japan’s Ulvac, for use in Gen 8.5 IT OLED panel that started las

Semiconductor board companies in South Korea have started spending on flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA) in earnest due to high demand.But sources in the industry told TheElec that despite this, it is very unlikely that these companies will be able to narrow the gap with leading companies in Japan,

BOE has recently converted the layout of parts of its B12 OLED panel factory so that it can manufacture OLED panels for IT products and automobiles besides just smartphones, TheElec has learned.The phase 3 production line at B12 in Chongqing, China will be able to manufacture OLED panels for smartph

A plan to buy its own building by Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA), a trade association of the display industry with members such as Samsung Display and LG Display, is being criticized by association members as out of touch, TheElec has learned.Those working at member companies told TheElec

While Samsung Electro-Mechanics has signed off on multiple spending plans to expand its production capacity for flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA), rival LG Innotek is yet to fix a decisive timeline to enter the competition.LG Innotek had formed a task force for its FC-BGA business in early 2021 but

Samsung Display unveiled its quantum dot (QD) organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels for the first time at CES 2022.The company showcased three versions of QD-OLED at a private booth __ 55-inch and 65-inch models for TVs and a 34-inch model for monitors, which has a response time of 0.1ms, accor

SKC is aiming to supply semiconductor package boards to tech giants such as Intel, Nvidia and AMD, TheElec has learned.Its chip package glass subsidiary Absolics will aim to supply the boards, sources said, which will begin production in 2023.In October, SKC had said it plans to commercialize semico

Samsung Electronics and LG Display’s negotiations over the price of TV OLED panels that the latter will supply are hitting a snag due to the parties failing to agree on an appropriate unit price, TheElec has learned.According to sources, LG Display has offered to supply the panels at a price lower t

LG Display is planning to apply its new technology on its OLED panels for TV to increase their luminance by 30% during the second quarter next year, when mass production will begin, the company said at a press conference on Wednesday.The technology, called OLED.EX, uses deuterium, one of two stable

Printed circuit board maker Simmtech is planning to start operations of its new factory in Malaysia between May or June next year, TheElec has learned.The factory will manufacture memory module PCBs __ which mounts multiple memory chips on a single board. Such PCBs are used in PC, server and solid-s

APS Holdings is planning to use most of the funds it secured recently through share offering and sales in its OLED fine metal mask (FMM) business, TheElec has learned.The company had secured around 60 billion won in fresh funds in the past two months.Last month, it issued convertible bonds for 18.6

Printed circuit board firm Korea Circuit is considering entering the battery market, TheElec has learned.Since early 2021, the company had held talks with multiple startups in the battery sector to potentially invest in them.It had held talks with a battery separator company and a battery anode comp

Samsung Electro-Mechanics held a board meeting on Thursday to approve spending US$850 million, or 1.1 trillion won, in equipment and infrastructure to manufacture flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) at Vietnam.The company will spend the amount up to 2023 to build the new FC-BGA production line.TheEle

LG Display will be supplying low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistor (TFT) OLED panels for Apple’s iPhones launching next year, TheElec has learned.Winning the order for LTPO TFT OLED from Cupertino, despite the volume being small, is critical for the South Korean panel mak

FST will begin producing its first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicles in 2023, a company executive said on Wednesday.FST executive vice president Choi Jae-hyouk also said during the 2021 Semiconductor EUV Ecosystem Big Trend Relay Conference hosted by TheElec that the fab equipment and material mak

Smartphone glass firm Ryuk-Il C&S said on Tuesday that it has acquired chemical firm C&A for 1.8 billion won.Ryuk-Il C&S has been looking for new business opportunities since its customer LG Electronics’ exit of their smartphones business in April.LG Electronics had accounted for 80% of Ryuk-Il C&S’

Samsung is planning to manufacture 200 units of 110-inch MicroLED TV aimed at homes in January, TheElec has learned.This amount is unusually high for a single month as only hundreds of MicroLED TVs had been sold a year so far, with the company usually manufacturing a dozen of them per month.Samsung

The patent infringement legal battle between LG Innotek and Corephotonics in South Korea is expected to extend to 2022.Earlier this month, Corephotnics had made a filing to the Supreme Court, citing its reasons for appeals against a decision made in the Patent Court of Korea. LG Innotek filed its ow