Sony’s dominance in the global CMOS image sensor market seems unchangeable.According to analyst firm Omdia, the Japanese tech giant had a market share of 51.6% during the third quarter last year, triple that of second-place Samsung’s 15.6%.The global CMOS image sensor market was worth US$4.733 billi

Samsung is reviewing a plan to reduce the number of models for its flagship Galaxy S24 series launching next year, TheElec has learned.The tech giant had so far launched three models for its flagship Galaxy S series; standard, Plus, and Ultra.Samsung usually starts the development of a smartphone a

Samsung is planning to launch an X-ray machine with 3D time of flight (ToF) image sensor technology next year, TheElec has learned.The image sensor, the core of the ToF module, will be manufactured by Sony.The machine will launch sometime during the first half of next year and Samsung is expected to

LG Innotek said on Thursday that it will show off its high-magnification optical consecutive zoom camera module, more commonly known as folded zoom camera, at CES next year.The module uses a prism to bend the light that the sensor absorbs. This allows the module to become thinner __ avoiding the cam

Samsung has drastically reduced its shipment target for its mid-tier smartphone Galaxy A23 5G this year, TheElec has learned.The Korean electronics maker originally planned to ship 12.6 million units but this has been dropped to below 4 million units __ a 70% drop.Earlier this year, Samsung had set

APS Holdings said on Tuesday that it has developed an OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) with a resolution of 3000pixels per inch (ppi).The company developed an OLEDoS in 1000ppi earlier this year.OLEDoS deposits OLED on a silicon wafer and are being developed for use in augmented and virtual reality devices.

Samsung’s Mobile Experience (MX) Business has formed an application processor (AP) solution development team within the business, TheElec has learned.The team will be led by executive vice president Choi Won-joon, who was also named the head of MX Development during Samsung’s annual reorganization e

Samsung transferred 98 patents it has in the US to Huawei last month, TheElec has learned.Combined with the 81 patents it handed over in 2019 to the Chinese company the Korean firm has given Huawei 179 patents in total so far.The pair had signed a cross-licensing agreement in 2019 to end their paten

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

Samsung has removed Japan’s Ibiden from the supply chain for high density interconnect (HDI) boards for its Galaxy S23 smartphone series, TheElec has learned.Ibiden had been a constant supplier HDI printed circuit boards for prior generations of the Galaxy S series.The Japanese company’s removable s

Qualcomm will continue using multiple foundries to manufacture its chips, one of its executives said on Tuesday.The US chip giant was continuing to collaborate with Samsung Foundry and will use multiple foundries, from the South Korean company, TSMC to GlobalFoundries, depending on their technologic

The OLED panel that Samsung will use for its Galaxy M54 smartphone launching next year will be developed by Chinese display panel makers BOE and CSOT, TheElec has learned.The Galaxy M series is mostly sold online as a budget model in Southeast Asia.Samsung sells millions of units of the phone but th

Samsung has removed Partron as a camera module supplier from the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 phones launching next year, TheElec has learned.Partron had been a major supplier of camera modules for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 that launched earlier this year in August.It was a secondary supplier of ca

SK Hynix was developing a new CMOS image sensor (CIS) that uses neural network technology, TheElec has learned.The South Korean memory giant is planning to embed an AI accelerator into the CIS, sources said.The accelerator itself is based on SRAM combined with a microprocessor __ also called in-memo

Samsung Display was considering expanding its quantum dot (QD)-OLED production capacity in order to win orders from Apple for their monitors, according to analyst firm UBI Research.The South Korean display panel maker was considering investing in QD-OLED production at its newly planned factory, like

China’s Sunny Optical will be supplying two camera modules that will be used as back cameras on Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra launching next year, TheElec has learned.The deal is expected to be highly profitable for the Chinese camera module maker as Samsung is planning to manufacture the most number o

Samsung System LSI, Samsung’s logic chip designing business unit, has been registered as a secondary vendor of automotive CMOS image sensor (CIS) for Hyundai Motor’s latest car model, TheElec has learned.The primary vendor for the car model, which launched during the first half of the year, is Omniv

Samsung will use mostly Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 application processors (AP) on its upcoming Galaxy S23 series smartphones, TheElec has learned.Sources said the tech giant’s own Exynos platform will likely power mid-tier smartphones instead of flagships.Samsung had attempted to expand the marke

Samsung is planning to manufacture 59.86 units of smartphones using joint development manufacturers (JDM) next year, TheElec has learned.The company shared this plan with its suppliers in its recent meeting with them where it laid out its annual plan for 2023.Samsung currently uses four JDMs, includ

Samsung’s mobile business, called Mobile Experience business by the company, took considerable time on its foldable smartphone strategy in a meeting with suppliers conducted during the third week of October, TheElec has learned.During the meeting, Samsung shared with suppliers that it believes the f