Samsung has temporarily suspended the purchase of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels due to low demand for TVs, TheElec has learned.It had sent such a notice in mid-June and those affected by the halt include display panel makers BOE, CSOT, HKC, AUO and Innolux, sources said.The move is expected to

Samsung is planning to begin production of its new MicroLED TVs that use low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistors (TFT) during the third quarter, TheElec has learned.They will be the tech giant’s first MicroLED TVs that use LTPS TFT instead of printed circuit boards (PCB)

Samsung’s share based on shipment in premium TVs in China has dropped substantially over two years, analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultant (DSCC) says.Samsung’s late-20% share in 2019 dropped to late-10% in 2021, the firm said.It dipped below 20% for the first time during the fourth quarter of

Display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion, according to analyst firm Omdia.The drip follows year-on-year increases in 2021 and 2020, which were 26% and 14%, respectively, due to increased demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from the Covid-19 pandemi

Samsung Display is likely to build its first Gen 8.5 OLED line with a capacity of 15,000 substrates per month, TheElec has learned.Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrates are larger than the Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) used widely for smartphones.This means it is more efficient and productive for making larger OLE

Research into MicroLED technology was active in the US, Taiwan and Europe while there was none done by South Korean companies or institutes, a South Korean professor noted during a display industry conference in Seoul.Speaking at the 2022 SID Review Workshop, Korea University professor Hong Moon-pyo

Samsung Electronics was repositioning hundreds of employees at Samsung Display to its chip packaging business unit, TheElec has learned.The company is taking applications from employees at its display business unit for the transfer, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.Those 37-years-old

Samsung is unlikely to launch TVs that use LG Display’s white(W)-OLED panels this year, TheElec has learned.Demand for TVs has dipped compared to the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic while liquid crystal display (LCD) panels that spiked before are dropping again, which means Samsung is in no hurry to l

Samsung Display was researching phosphorescent blue OLED material to apply on quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels, according to a South Korean professor.Kyung Hee University professor Kwon Jang-hyuk told audiences at SID 2022 Review Symposium held in Seoul on Wednesday said it seemed the South Korean displ

Samsung Display has postponed the installation of a pilot line for its next-generation quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) display panel, TheElec has learned.The technology uses tick-shaped nanorod LEDs as the light source, with multiple units of them representing one pixel on a screen, and if commercial

Revenue from display driver IC (DDI) used in OLED panels is expected to reach US$6.123 billion this year, according to analyst firm Omdia.But this will continue to drop starting next year to drop to US$4.46 billion in 2028.The spread of Covid-19, which caused a shortage of the chips, more than doubl

LG Display was considering applying microlens on its OLED panels aimed at TVs, TheElec has learned.Microlenses can be used to control the direction of the light reflected from the panel to the direction of the viewer.This improves the efficiency of light extraction, increasing the brightness of the

Whether Samsung can launch a white(W)-OLED within the year will depend on whether it can conclude its negotiation with LG Display within May, sources said.The pair had been negotiation has been going on for months but they have yet to agree on a unit price for W-OLED panels that both can agree on, t

LX Semicon saw its operating profit for the first quarter of 2022 jump thanks to the high demand for display driver IC (DDI).The fabless chip company said on Monday in its preliminary earning guidance that it recorded 585.1 billion won in revenue and 127.9 billion won in operating profit during the

Samsung Display has begun the development of a thinner version of its quantum dot (QD)-OLED panel, TheElec has learned.The aim is to reduce the use of glass substrates from the current two to one, sources said.If the South Korean display panel succeeds, the new version of QD-OLED will also be rollab

Samsung is expected to begin selling OLED TVs with panels provided by LG Display in September, analyst UBI Research said in its forecast on Thursday.UBI Research CEO Choong Hoon Yi said during a conference hosted by the analyst firm in Busan, South Korea that LG Display is expected to manufacture up

Samsung Electronics and LG Display’s ongoing negotiation over the supply of TV OLED panels was focused on budge OLED panels, TheElec has learned.Samsung, the world’s largest TV manufacturer by revenue, is launching OLED TVs this year after a 9-year hiatus and is procuring OLED panels from Samsung Di

LG Display is considering a variety of OLED technologies for when it launches OLED panels dedicated to monitors, a company executive said.The South Korean display panel maker was reviewing both white-OLED (W-OLED) and red, green and blue-OLED (RGB-OLED) for OLED panels aimed at monitors in the 30-in

Samsung has delayed the start of production for the 89-inch version of its MicroLED TVs, TheElec has learned.The model was originally planned to start production in May along with the 101-inch model.But the production timeline for the 89-inch model has been pushed back to the third quarter of this y

Corning said on Tuesday that it has supplied its Astra Glass to Samsung Display for use in quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels.Each QD-OLED panel uses two sheets of the glasses: one for the thin-film transistor and another for the QD layer.Samsung Display’s QD-OLED panel will be used in TVs made by Samsung