LG Display has unveiled a prototype stretchable display that can stretch by 20%.The company said on Tuesday that the display, which can be extended, folded, and twisted, can expand in size from 12-inch to 14-inch.The stretchable display is also full color, meaning it has red, green, and blue pixels,

LG Display’s plan to invest in OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) production is facing delays.The company was originally expected to place orders for the equipment needed for production sometime in the third quarter.But LG Display is yet to do so and a decision is unlikely until December, sources said.OLEDoS

Samsung Display was considering expanding its quantum dot (QD)-OLED production capacity in order to win orders from Apple for their monitors, according to analyst firm UBI Research.The South Korean display panel maker was considering investing in QD-OLED production at its newly planned factory, like

China’s Sunny Optical will be supplying two camera modules that will be used as back cameras on Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra launching next year, TheElec has learned.The deal is expected to be highly profitable for the Chinese camera module maker as Samsung is planning to manufacture the most number o

HB Solution will be supplying quantum dot (QD) inkjet equipment to Samsung Display by the end of this month, TheElec has learned.The equipment will be used to form the QD color conversion layer used in QD-OLED panels made by Samsung Display in its Q1 production line.HB Solution announced that it had

Samsung’s mobile business, called Mobile Experience business by the company, took considerable time on its foldable smartphone strategy in a meeting with suppliers conducted during the third week of October, TheElec has learned.During the meeting, Samsung shared with suppliers that it believes the f

Samsung Electronics is planning to manufacture 290.68 million units of smartphones in 2023, TheElec has learned.This is 13% of the production target of 334.2 million units it had set near the end of 2021 for this year.Manufacturers always set a production target around 10% higher than their shipment

Samsung Display purchased 42 patents in the US related to oxide thin-film transistors (TFT) from Fujifilm last month, TheElec has learned.The South Korean panel currently uses oxide TFT on its Gen 8 quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels.Samsung Display may use the technology again for Gen 8 OLED panels aimed

Samsung is aiming to ship over 40 million units of TVs next year despite the negative outlook in the sector, TheElec has learned.The tech giant wants to cement its leadership position in the sector and considers the 40 million units the minimum it must ship annually, sources said.Around 39 million u

Chinese display panel makers Tianma and CSOT are expected to resume spending and order equipment within the year, sources from South Korean equipment makers told TheElec.This is thanks to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s being expected to secure a third term during the National Congress that will last

Japan’s Canon Tokki is the leader in OLED deposition equipment and the industry is watching closely whether they will maintain this leadership in the era of Gen 8 OLED as it did the prior generations.Samsung Display and LG Display, the company’s main customers, are currently developing equipment for

A Samsung Display executive said on Friday that MicroLED displays will likely be used over OLED display panels in augmented reality (AR) devices.Samsung Display group leader Kim Min-woo said at MicroLED Display Workshop industry event in Seoul that this was because high luminance, or brightness, was

Samsung has been sued by a former employee last month in the US over alleged patent infringement, TheElec has learned.Former employee Kim Seung-man alleges in his suit filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Samsung and Samsung Electronics America that the companies inf

The current oversupply of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels is expected to continue through 2023, analyst firm TrendForce said in its latest forecast.LCD panel prices had increased from June 2020 through the first half of 2021, the firm said, spurned by high demand for consumer electronics from Co

Samsung Display was aiming to develop red, green and blue (RGB) OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) technology.Like its competitors LG Display and Sony, the company will develop OLEDoS that uses white pixels and color filters first.But it ultimately aims to develop OLEDoS without the need of white pixels, sour

Samsung has postponed the development of a new line of tablets due to the continued low demand for consumer electronics from the global recession.Development for the Galaxy Tab S9 series was scheduled to start in December but this has been pushed back to 2023, sources said.The company is planning to

Samsung Display is planning to use a transparent polyimide substrate for its foldable OLED panels by 2024, TheElec has learned.Using completely transparent polyimide instead of the yellowish ones used now will increase the light penetration through the panel and improve the quality of pictures in un

Samsung has begun production of 89-inch MicroLED TVs during the third quarter, TheElec has learned.It is the tech giant’s first MicroLED TV that uses low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistor (TFT) glass substrates instead of the printed circuit boards used in prior models.

Apple has increased the specification it wants from its OLED on Silicon, or OLEDoS, panels from Samsung Display and LG Display, TheElec has learned.The company had first requested pixels per inch of 2800 but has now increased to 3500ppi, sources said.Cupertino likely wants to increase the immersion

LG Innotek is likely to announce additional spending plans for its flip chip (FC)-ball grid array (BGA) next year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean component maker announced a 413 billion won spending plan in February this year for the business that will last until April 2024.LG Innotek had said