A cloud hangs over the profitability of Gen 8 OLED. This is because Apple’s revenues from MacBooks are dropping, a key product that would use the OLED panels made by display panel maker’s Gen 8 OLED production lines.The iPhone maker’s revenue from MacBooks was US$7.168 billion during its fiscal seco

Samsung has ordered its TV and smartphone businesses to find a solution to improve their earnings, TheElec has learned.Samsung reported 63.75 trillion won in revenue and 640 billion won in operating income for the first quarter, a drop of 18% and 95%, respectively, from the same time period a year a

Samsung’s chip division posted a loss of 4.58 trillion won during the first quarter, the division’s first loss in 14 years.The South Korean tech company said on Thursday that it posted 63.75 trillion won in revenue and 640 billion won in operating income, a drop of 18.75% and 95.47%, respectively, f

Samsung Electronics and LG Display have resumed their negotiations for a possible white OLED (W-OLED) supply deal, TheElec has learned.The pair are discussing LG Display potentially supplying somewhere between 200,000 to 300,000 units of W-OLED panels as the initial stock, sources said.If LG Display

Chinese display panel makers monopolizing the liquid crystal display (LCD) market will in the long run threaten the TV businesses of Samsung and LG, according to UBI Research CEO Choong Hoon Yi.Yi told TheElec in an interview on Tuesday that while many see the dominance of Chinese companies in the L

Fab equipment maker Wonik wants to acquire display driver IC company TLI, TheElec has learned.Wonik, which also makes display equipment and chips, has expressed its interest in acquiring the fabless chip company since last year, sources said. The pair have recently met to discuss the issue, they add

DB Hitek will for the first time supply its OLED display driver ICs aimed at smartphone panels to Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.DB Hitek will begin supplying the 40-nanometer (nm) DDIs to Samsung Display during the second half of 2023, for use in OLED panels in Samsung smartphones.The company

Samsung Display was considering collaborating with APS holdings for the development of a 3500ppi fine metal mask (FMM), TheElec has learned.The masks are used to manufacture OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) that can be used in virtual and augmented reality devices.APS Holdings had last year unveiled an OLED

DB Hitek is planning to split off its fabless chip business to better focus on its main chip foundry business, the company said on Tuesday,This is a reversion of its statements made six months ago where the company said it will not split off its fabless chip business unit after small shareholders vo

Telechips is developing an AI SoC aimed at autonomous driving applications using IP from Sapeon, the AI chip subsidiary of SK Group, TheElec has learned.The chip supports an advanced driver assistance system and will use Sapeon’s AI accelerator IP, sources said.The chip will be manufactured using Sa

OLED material company Lordin has registered a patent related to blue OLED that has four times the luminance efficiency than previously.Lordin CEO Oh Hyoung-yun told TheElec on Wednesday that the technology on the patent was differentiated from those in the US and Japan.The company was aiming to comm

Inspection equipment maker TSI Korea has supplied its dual DDI bump pattern inspection equipment to LB Lusem.TSI Korea CEO Lee Chul-hee told TheElec that this means it has supplied its equipment to the top two South Korean DDI chip on film makers, the other being STECO, which it began supplying in 2

The shipment growth of MiniLED panels is expected to grow up to 2024 but essentially halt from 2025 onward.This is because Apple will be applying OLED panels instead of MiniLED panels for its tablets and then subsequently notebooks, according to analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultants.MiniLED

Samsung is planning to launch a 77-inch OLED TV and a 49-inch OLED monitor during the first quarter of this year, TheElec has learned. These additions mean Samsung will have a total of 3 models of OLED TVs and 2 models of OLED monitors this year. The tech giant already offers 55-inch and 65-inch OLE

Samsung’s chip business barely avoided posting a profit loss in the fourth quarter of 2022 as the memory chip market reeled from price drops caused by weak demand.The South Korean tech giant said it recorded 70.46 trillion won in revenue and 4.31 trillion won in operating income during the quarter.

The Korean CEO of TCL CSOT will step back from management of the Chinese display giant.TCL CSOT CEO Kim Woo-shik, who is also senior vice president of TCL, will leave his current role and become an advisor at TCL.Kim, who previously worked at LG Display before joining the Chinese firm, had been at C

LG Electronics may launch a transparent OLED TV in 2024 at the earliest, TheElec has learned.LG Display had pitched the idea to the electronics maker earlier this year; but such a model is not slated to launch in 2023, sources said.This is likely due to the demand for consumer electronics such as TV

LG Display is planning to halt production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs in South Korea this month, TheElec has learned.The P7 factory at the company’s facility in Paju, which is responsible for the panels’ production, will halt production within December.The nearby P8 will continue

LG Display is expected to launch large OLED panels with micro lens array technology which will improve brightness and power consumption.The South Korean display panel maker first unveiled a 77-inch 8K OLED panel with the technology and deuterium applied at SID 2022 in May this year.Micro lens array

China’s BOE has been removed from the official list of suppliers for this year of Samsung published by the South Korean tech giant.Meanwhile, China’s Sunny Optical was newly added __ Japan’s Alps Electric, Nitto Denko, and Rohm were also noticeably absent.Samsung publishes its list of suppliers bian