Samsung is expected to continue procuring most of the hinges it will use for its upcoming foldable phones from South Korean vendor KH Vatec, TheElec has learned.The hinges are used to connect either side of the folding display panels. It also protects them from external shock.KH Vatec had been the e

South Korea’s printed circuit board (PCB) market is expected to grow 7% this year from 2021 led by high demand for chip boards, according to the Korea Printed Circuit Association (KPCA).The local PCB market is expected to be worth 16.255 trillion won, the association said.Revenue from chip board wil

Samsung vice chairman and CEO JH Han apologized to customers and shareholders on Wednesday during the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting on the controversy around a preinstalled app on the Galaxy S22 series that allegedly limited performance.Han said the company failed to appreciate customer con

OLED material startup Lordin said on Tuesday that it has filed a patent related to blue OLED technology with high light emission efficiency.Company CEO Oh Hyoung-yun said the technology offers high-efficiency and a longer life span for the blue OLED materials used in OLED panels.Lordin was aiming to

LG Electronics was planning to license out its patents related to smartphone and mobile technologies, TheElec has learned.The company has been reviewing various ways to use these patents since it exited the smartphone business last year.LG Electronics holds some 20,000 patents related 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi

Chinese display giant BOE was in talks with smartphone brand Honor to manufacture a two-stack tandem OLED panel to apply to a smartphone planned for later this year, TheElec has learned.The pair believe that the use of the technology, where the OLED panel has two emission layers, can reduce the powe

Samsung had sold more smartphones with liquid crystal display (LCD) panels than those sporting OLED panels last year, according to analyst firm Omdia.The tech giant shipped 135.1 million units of OLED smartphones in 2021, which accounted for 49.7% of its total shipment, the firm said.At the same tim

LG Display was currently developing two models of OLED panels that it aiming to supply to Apple’s iPads launching in the future, TheElec has learned.LG Display was developing 12.9-inch and 11-inch models, sources said. The company was the exclusive developer of the 12.9-inch model, they said.Samsung

South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) makers Korea Circuit and DAP are expected to supply a similar amount of smartphone boards to Samsung this year as they did in 2021.The pair are each expected to supply late-20% of the total boards that Samsung plans to procure for its smartphones this year, p

The global shipment of OLED smartphones last year increased 33.4% compared to a year prior, according to analyst firm Omdia.A total of 535 million units were shipped last year __ compared to 2020’s 480 million units, the firm said.Apple accounted for 33.3% of the latest total, followed by Samsung’s

Samsung Display has begun the development of OLED panels with a two-stack tandem structure where the panel has two emission layers (EML), TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker is developing the panels to win the orders from Apple for its OLED iPads that are expected to launch in 2024, s

The earnings of parts suppliers to Samsung’s smartphone operations recovered in 2021 compared to the year prior, their earnings reports show.The earnings of 17 major suppliers showed year-on-year increases in operating profit, including those of Partron (88%), BH (109%), Innox Advanced Materials (12

Samsung Display could be procuring fine metal mask (FMM), which is used in the production of OLED panels, from South Korean firm Poongwon Precision, TheElec has learned.If Poongwon’s FMM is approved for commercial use by Samsung Display, it could challenge Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing’s dominance in

Samsung is using the same OLED material set __ the M11 __ for the panel on the 6.8-inch Galaxy S22 Ultra as the Galaxy S21 Ultra, TheElec has learned.This is likely an attempt to control cost as Samsung’s focus is to increase the shipment of the S22 series compared to the S21 and S20 series, sources

Chinese display giant BOE is facing production problems in OLED panels for iPhones due to the ongoing global chip shortage, TheElec has learned.The shortage will affect production this month and next month, sources said.BOE procures display driver ICs for the panels from South Korean chip firm LX Se

SK Hynix has significantly downsized its team that develops memory products for automobiles, TheElec has learned.According to sources, Daeyong Shim, vice president head of SK Hynix’s Automotive Business, was transferred to the Semiconductor Academy, a team dedicated to educating the company’s suppli

Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone series Galaxy S22 with upped camera features as well as one model housing the S Pen stylus like the Galaxy Note.Galaxy S22 series comes in three models: Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S22.Galaxy S22 Ultra comes with a dedicated port for t

Samsung is planning to manufacture components enough to produce 30 million units of its Galaxy S22 series of smartphones which will be unveiled on Wednesday this week, TheElec has learned.This is 20% higher than the initial components it manufactured for the Galaxy S21 series last year.The component

LG Group had refused to hand over its chip development team to LX Group, which had split off from the former last year, TheElec has learned.LX Semicon, formerly called Silicon Works, had made a request during the second half of 2021 to LG Electronics to transfer its personnel and asset under the Sys

Samsung has posted solid earnings for the fourth quarter last year thanks to expanded sales of finished products and advanced processing nodes in semiconductors.The company said on Thursday that it has recorded 76.57 trillion won in revenue and 13.87 trillion won in operating profit in the fourth qu