Samsung Electronics was developing the technology to keep the distance between pixels to early-0.5mm for MicroLED TVs that are under 100-inch in size.This has allowed the company to reduce the distance between pixels by over 10% __ the distance between pixels for its 110-inch MicroLED TV was 0.63mm.

Samsung Display saw its smartphone OLED panel shipment increase 24.6% quarter-to-quarter during the third quarter thanks to the launch of iPhone 13, according to data from UBI Research.The South Korean display panel maker shipped 124.76 million units of the panels during the third quarter, the analy

LG InnoTek was supplying its 3D time of flight (ToF) module to Apple and Microsoft for their virtual reality (VR) headsets that are planned to launch next year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean component maker already supplies its ToF modules for iPhones and iPad.ToF modules shoot lasers to an o

Youngwoo DSP said on Wednesday that it has chosen to lead a national project to develop a new MicroLED package technology.The project given by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is aiming to develop an ultra-small RGB layer based MicroLED manufacturing technology.The project will b

LG Electronics said on Tuesday in its earnings guidance that it is expecting sales of 18.78 trillion won and operating income of 540.7 billion won for the third quarter this year.Sales increased by 22% from a year ago and is its highest quarterly figure to date.However, operating profit dropped 49.6

OLED material firm P&H Tech has signed a long-term contract with US’ Dupont to supply them with long life OLED materials.The deal is worth 7.1 billion won and lasts until 2028, the South Korean company said.It signed the deal with Dupont’s subsidiary in South Korea.P&H Tech will receive the 7.1 bill

South Korean component makers are aiming to spend on flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) to foster the business as their new growth engine.The sums they will spend and timing are behind to their semiconductor board making rivals in Japan and Taiwan but will be enough to narrow the gap in terms of tec

A LG InnoTek researcher has confirmed that the company is planning to manufacture flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA).LG InnoTek research fellow Nam Sang-hyuck, speaking at a symposium held at the KPCA industry show for printed circuit boards at Incheon, said that the company has “now started FC-BGA,

Terranix, a part of Youngpoong Group, was supplying its heat-resistant boards for the headlamps on Tesla’s Model Y, TheElec has learned.The LED board maker was the sole supplier of the boards to the US company.The boards are used to dissipate the heat from the hundreds of LEDs used in the headlamp.T

LG Display has begun the development of 12.9-inch OLED iPad, TheElec has learned.As Samsung Display recently scrapped the development of a 10.86-inch OLED iPad it was proceeding with Apple, LG Display will likely be able to enter the IT OLED market at a level playing field with its South Korean comp

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will build a production line for flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) to supply to a US chip firm, TheElec has learned.The total spending on the line will be 1.1 trillion won with the US chip company also jointly investing in it. The pair agreed on the deal last month.FC-BG

The standard version of the Galaxy S22 series which will sport a 6.1-inch screen is expected to account for over half of the volume Samsung plans to manufacture for the Galaxy S22 series, TheElec has learned.Galaxy S22 Ultra will also be able to house the S Pen stylus, sources confirmed.Samsung is a

Apple and Samsung Display have canceled their joint project to develop a 10.86-inch OLED iPad, TheElec has learned.The tablet was originally slated to launch in 2022 and would have been Cupertino’s first iPad to sport an OLED panel.The project was stopped due to either the single stack structure of

SoluM said on Tuesday that it is seeing sales from its supply of server power switch equipment to Intel increasing over 50% per year since 2019.The product it supplies to the chip giant was high-efficiency and high-density and it is seeing orders for the increase every year, the South Korean compone

South Korean smartphone lens companies are struggling to survive in the market as Taiwanese and Chinese rivals have taken over half the supply of lenses to Samsung Electronics.There are rising calls in the local industry for Samsung to take care of the lens supply chain in its own country to avoid a

Samsung Mobile boss TM Roh had made two trips to the US this year to meet major US component makers to secure more supplies of application processors needed in smartphone production, TheElec has learned.Roh had asked major partners to supply Samsung with more application processors but was denied, s

CU-Tech said on Friday that it plans to secure five production lines for printed circuit assembly (PCA) for use by Samsung Display in quantum dot (QD)-OLED display panels.CU-Tech said Samsung Display has sent QD-OLED samples to Samsung Electronics and Sony. The company expects the display panel make

Samsung Display will try out using vertical deposition of organic material for the production of Gen 8.5 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display maker was collaborating with Japan’s ULVAC in the development of the equipment needed for this process, sources said.IT OLED panels re

Shipment of OLED panels 10-inch or larger exceeded 10 million units for the first time during the first half of 2021, according to UBI Research.This was thanks to high sales of tablets and TVs that use OLED panels, the analyst firm said.According to UBI Research, shipment of OLED panels 10-inch or l

Samsung is planning to apply a 108MP camera for the first time on its mid-tier Galaxy A series next year.The South Korean conglomerate is planning to have the 2022-model Galaxy A73 have a 108MP camera.The camera will also have optical image stabilization (OIS) capability.Galaxy A72, which launched d