Samsung is planning to manufacture 200 units of 110-inch MicroLED TV aimed at homes in January, TheElec has learned.This amount is unusually high for a single month as only hundreds of MicroLED TVs had been sold a year so far, with the company usually manufacturing a dozen of them per month.Samsung

The patent infringement legal battle between LG Innotek and Corephotonics in South Korea is expected to extend to 2022.Earlier this month, Corephotnics had made a filing to the Supreme Court, citing its reasons for appeals against a decision made in the Patent Court of Korea. LG Innotek filed its ow

New Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Chang Duck-hyun visited the company’s facility in Busan, his first official move as CEO of the component arm of Samsung.The facility and Busan manufacture multi layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and flip-chip ball grid arrays (FC-BGA), two key products for the company

South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor was supplying its Wicop LED product to car manufacturers such as Changan Automobile, SAIC-GM-Wuling and Nio, analyst firm TrendForce said.The South Korean company had reached a 10% market share in the global automotive headlight market this year, the analys

Camera module maker Powerlogics, a supplier to Samsung, is planning to enter the optical image stabilization (OIS) market, TheElec has learned.The move is expected to intensify the competition between the camera suppliers of the South Korean tech giant to win more orders for cameras in smartphones.S

AP Systems said that its accumulated sales up to the third quarter this year from fab equipment increased 60% year-on-year.The South Korean display kit maker said it has recorded 55.9 billion won in sales from fab equipment up to the third quarter, or 16% of its total.The latest figure is its highes

Taiwan’s Asus was the largest vendor for OLED notebooks this year, according to analyst firm Sigmaintell.The Taiwanese firm controlled 36% market share in the sector this year, the firm said.This was followed by Samsung and Lenovo, which held market shares of 20% and 16%, respectively, Sigmaintell s

The market for OLED materials used in mobile and TV products is expected to be worth US$1.74 billion this year, according to analyst firm UBI Research.This market will grow 9% per year on average up to 2025 when it will be worth US$2.29 billion, the firm said.OLED materials used in tablets and noteb

Oppo’s first foldable phone Find N which will be unveiled on Wednesday will use Samsung Display’s foldable OLED panel, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display panel maker has supplied the 7.1-inch folding OLED panel to the Chinese smartphone maker, sources said.The external 5.45-inch flat OLED

Camera module and system chip firm Coasia is considering entering the optical image stabilization (OIS) actuator market, TheElec has learned.The actuators are used in camera modules of smartphones.Coasia is considering the move as customer Samsung, which buys its camera modules, is expanding applyin

Samsung’s premium TV lineup for 2022 will consist of 8K MiniLED, 4K OLED and 4K MiniLED technologies, TheElec has learned.The 8K (7680x4320) MiniLED TV, which will carry the Neo QLED TV brand, will be the highest tier out of three technologies, sources said.Samsung’s MicroLED TVs are still the highe

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