LG Electronics is using OLED panels from Samsung Display for its first OLED notebook, TheElec has learned.LG unveiled its Gram Style notebook series this week, which comes in 14-inch and 16-inch models.These two models are currently being manufactured using Samsung Display’s rigid OLED panels, sourc

Inkjet printing company Unijet has been chosen as the supplier of RGB inkjet printers in a government-backed project.South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, along with the local government of South Chungcheong Province, is leading a project dubbed Display Innovation Process Platform Bu

Samsung’s new Galaxy Book laptop to be unveiled at Unpacked on February 1 will use an Octa OLED panel that supports a 120Hz refresh rate and 3K picture quality.Samsung Display said it has launched a new OLED panel aimed at laptops that integrates its Octa (On-Cell Touch AMOLED) technology.The compan

South Korean printed circuit board maker Isu Petasys have secured orders for boards from more tech giants.The company will be supplying its multi-layer boards for server applications to Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia, sources said.Isu Petasys already has Google as a customer for the same boards.The co

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

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

Apple is planning to use hole-display for all four models of its iPhone 15 series, TheElec has learned.Hole-display has a hole in the display panel where the front camera is located, allowing there to be more screens compared to notches.Cupertino applied this technology to two models of its latest i

SFA said on Wednesday that it has signed a contract worth 142.1 billion won with Tianma to supply display production equipment.The South Korean equipment maker will be supplying its logistics equipment to the Chinese display panel maker.Tianma will be using these kits for its Gen 8.6 liquid crystal

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

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

Samsung Display has changed its priority in the development of Gen 8 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The South Korean company is planning to postpone investments into full-cut, vertical deposition method it had been co-developing for over a year with Japan’s Ulvac.Samsung Display will instead st

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 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

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 Innotek said on Thursday that it has developed two lenses made out of both plastic and glass aimed at application in self-driving automobiles.These new lenses are thinner by 20% to 30% and smaller than existing lenses made out of glass. But it maintains the same performance and being thinner mean

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

Spending on display production equipment will drop in 2023 and 2024 compared to this year, according to analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC).Spending this year will be US$12 billion but this will drop by 63% to US$4.4 billion next year.This will increase again in 2024 to US$8.3 billi

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