Samsung manufactured more smartphones and tablets than it aimed to during the first quarter this year, TheElec has learned.The tech giant manufactured 64.5 million units of smartphones and tablets during the quarter, 22% higher than it initially targeted at the year’s start, sources said.Samsung had

“That promise has been kept,” Li Mei, the chairperson of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission, told the parliament in December of last year.They were responding to a question on whether US chip giant Qualcomm kept its promise to invest $700 million in the country.The company, known for its Snapdragon proc

LG Electronics has sold 48 patents to Chinese smartphone maker Oppo.According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the South Korean electronics maker sold the standard essential patents to Oppo in November.The SEPs are related to codec, the technology needed to compress digital video an

Display component maker Anapass will be supplying display driver ICs that will be used in OLED panels for Samsung Galaxy S24 Fan Edition (FE), TheElec has learned.The company, which specializes in time controllers, or T-cons, has begun manufacturing the ICs, which are called TCON embedded driver ICs

Chinese display giant BOE is planning to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Gen 8 OLED production line, B16, on March 27th, TheElec has learned.The company has sent invitations to both Canon Tokki and Sunic System, which make deposition equipment, for the event, sources said.This likely mean

Samsung has recovered the operation rate of its fab in Xian, China to the 70% range, TheElec has learned.The fab is the South Korean tech giant’s only plant aboard that manufactures memory chips and accounts for 40% of its total NAND output.The operation rate of the fab at one time fell to 20% to 30

Samsung Display said on Sunday that it has begun installation of equipment in its latest Gen 8.6 OLED production line to be set up at its Asan plant in South Korea.The new A6 line will be built by converting its existing L8 line, which manufactured liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, and start prod

South Korea will be able to retake its position as the largest display panel producer from China by 2027, Samsung Display’s CEO said on Thursday.Samsung Display CEO Choi Joo-sun told reporters at the sidelines of the Korea Display Industry Association’s (KDIA) first board meeting for this year, wher

Sound-tracing chip company Exarion said on Thursday that it has signed a multi-project wafer service contract with Asicland, a design house partner of TSMC, for the production of a 12-nanometer (nm) prototype.Exarion’s sound-tracing chip will be made using the Taiwanese chip foundry’s 12nm process a

Samsung Display may use a different method to make the bezels of its foldable OLED panels this year, TheElec has learned.The display panel maker is considering using inkjet printing to make the bezels of the new panels that will be on Samsung’s foldable phones launching later this year, sources said

Samsung Display has strengthened its existing teams that work on future displays in its year’s end reshuffle, insiders told TheElec.The A Business Team, which handles demand from Cupertino, had its foldable capacity strengthened, the sources said.Specifically, the team will now also develop foldable

LG Innotek has begun development of under panel camera, in which the camera lens is not visible on the screen of smartphones, TheElec has learned.The move is being made most certainly for its main customer Apple, which is expected to launch smartphones with the technology within the next few years.U

Samsung will be unveiling its Galaxy S24 smartphones on January 17 next year at San Jose, TheElec has learned.The date is two weeks earlier than its Unpacked for the Galaxy S23 smartphones held this year.It is also the first time that the South Korean company is holding its Unpacked event in San Jos

Samsung will be using a frame case made out of titanium in its upcoming Galaxy S24 Series, TheElec has learned.The Ultra model in the series will be the first to adopt the titanium material and the company plans to expand the application depending on reception, sources said.Apple was the first to ap

There was increasing interest within Samsung Display in technologies that can be applied to manufacture OLED panels without the use of fine metal masks (FMM), TheElec has learned.This interest was sparked after the Society of Information Display conference held in May this year where new production

Samsung Display is expected to start production of Gen 8 OLED panels aimed at IT devices in the first half of 2026, according to an analyst firm.The South Korean display maker earlier this year announced that it will start spending 4.1 trillion won to secure production lines for Gen 8 OLED panels.Ge

Samsung was considering applying the waterdrop hinge that it introduced with the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 on its foldable notebook launching next year, TheElec has learned.Waterdrop hinge allowed the company’s latest foldables to have the sides folded more tightly while reducing the crease in the

Samsung will use its own chip from its Exynos brand of application processors in its upcoming Galaxy S24 Series, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant only used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips for its Galaxy S23 Series unveiled earlier this year due to yield issues in Exynos.Samsung will use b

Samsung’s shipment rate for its latest foldable phones Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 were 10% higher than their predecessors, TheElec has learned.As of mid-September, the tech giant had over 8 weeks of inventory left for the two models, which means they are selling steadily.Samsung orders part

BOE is hoping to get Apple’s approval next month to supply OLED panels for the standard version of iPhone 15, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display giant had earlier in the year hoped to win orders for two models in the iPhone 15 series __ the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, which have 6.1-inch and