Apple’s iPhone Pro models launching in 2022 will have hole-display for the first time, TheElec has learned.The 6.06-inch iPhone Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone Pro Max models will have hole-displays, sources said.The two other models, the regular 6.06-inch iPhone and 6.7-inch iPhone Max models will continue

Samsung Electronics has started an augmented reality (AR) HoloLens project with Microsoft, TheElec has learned.The project, which will last two years, started sometime in the summer this year, sources said. HoloLens is Microsoft’s AR display device model.Samsung had formed a taskforce for the projec

Samsung Display is planning to add three more foldable module lines at its factory in Vietnam by next year to expand its foldable panel production capacity, TheElec has learned.Once the addition is complete, the number of company’s foldable module lines will increase from seven to 10.This will expan

Inkjet printing firm Unijet has supplied inkjet equipment for microOLED to China’s Sidtek, TheElec has learned.The equipment will be used by the Chinese company in its production of microOLED displays.The South Korean company had supplied inkjet equipment for thin-film encapsulation (TFE) for MicroO

Samsung Electronics had recently sent requests to Samsung Display and AUO to develop a 12.7-inch thin-film transistor (TFT) to apply on its MicroLED TVs, TheElec has learned.Specifically, the South Korean tech giant has requested that the display panel makers develop low-temperature polycrystalline

LG Chem’s plan to sell its optically clear adhesive (OCA) business to a Chinese company is facing resistance from employees, TheElec has learned.Genzon Investment Group which wants to buy the business unit is hoping to retain existing employees but they are refusing to be transferred.LG Chem signed

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Tuesday it has developed a new 3225 multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) for 5G base stations.The MLCC (3.2mm horizontally, 2.5mm vertically) can be installed on the power terminal of base stations. It has a 10uF capacity and can withstand 100V.The company said it w

Companies from both India and China have shown interest in buying Samsung Display’s liquid crystal display (LCD) equipment at its now-defunct L8-1 LCD production line, TheElec has learned.L8-1 line was previously used by the South Korean display panel maker to manufacture panels for TV and IT produc

PI Advanced Materials said on Monday that it will pay 50% of its annual net profit this year as dividends for shareholders on December 31.The polyimide film maker has been paying over 50% of its net profit as dividends every year since 2016.As of the third quarter, PI Advanced Materials had accumula

South Korean display equipment makers are expected to face a difficult year in terms of earnings in 2022 due to conservative spending expected from global display panel makers.As of November, orders for OLED panel production equipment were lower than it was over the same time period in 2020.Last yea

Chinese display giant BOE was in the process of converting its three factories __ B7, B11 and B12 __ to manufacture smartphone flexible OLED panels for Apple, analyst firm UBI Research has claimed.Because of this, BOE will likely overtake LG Display as the larger OLED supplier for iPhones by 2023, U

China’s TCL has unveiled a 65-inch 8K resolution OLED panel prototype at its own conference in China on Tuesday.The prototype was developed by its display panel subsidiary CSOT, together with JOLED, and manufactured using the inkjet technology, TCL said at its conference dubbed 2021 TCL Huaxing Glob

Haesung DS is expected to expand its supply of automotive chip boards next year.Its main customers NXP, Infineon and STMicroelectronics are expected to maintain their high growth rate in 2022.Haesung custom manufactures lead frame and semiconductor package boards for these companies.Earlier this mon

LG InnoTek has transferred ownership of 76 patents registered in South Korea and the US to display chip firm LX Semicon last month, TheElec has learned.It sold the patents to LX Semicon over two deals, on October 14 and 21. It sold 60 South Korean patents and 16 US patents, people familiar with the

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has been supplying flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) to Apple for use on their M1 chip since last year, TheElec has learned.Japan’s Ibiden and Taiwan’s Unimicron are also supplying the chip boards for M1, people familiar with the matter said.Ibiden, the world’s largest man

Memory chip board maker TLB said on Wednesday that it will form a subsidiary at Vietnam within the year.It has signed a leasing agreement for lands where it will build a new factory.It will spend 5 billion won for the factory, which will start construction during the first half of 2022 and start par

BOE has started operations of its third flexible OLED line, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display giant’s B12 line at Chongqing, China has started production, people familiar with the matter said.B12 line consists of three stages: the first stage has started production. The second stage will start

The high demand for multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) is expected to continue at least until early next year.Murata and Taiyo Yuden’s remaining orders for MLCC during the July to September period doubled from a year ago.Taiyo also increased its MLCC sales forecast for the year thanks to high dem

Samsung Electronics has removed a 70-inch range MicroLED TV from its lineup planned for next year, TheElec has learned.The company will launch MicroLED TV aimed at the home market in three sizes __ 89-inch, 101-inch and 114-inch.Samsung will be applying low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS)

Samsung is planning to apply a 50MP autofocus camera for the main camera on the low-end Galaxy A13 smartphone, TheElec has learned.The South Korean conglomerate will procure the camera from local suppliers Cammsys and Namuga, people familiar with the matter said.Galaxy A13 will have a 50MP wide-angl