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 Display is unlikely to decide within the first half of this year on whether it will spend more to expand its production capacity of quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels this year, TheElec has learned.It is unlikely that the company will hold an investment review on QD-OLED during the first half of 2

Chinese display maker CSOT has placed orders for equipment to use in the production of large liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, TheElec has learned.The company has recently placed orders for use at its Gen 8.6 (2250x2600mm) oxide thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD production line at its T9 factory in

LG Electronics said it has recorded 74.72 trillion won in revenue and 3.86 trillion won in operating income for the entire year of 2021.The revenue figure is its highest to date, which the South Korean electronic maker credited to high sales of premium home appliances.Revenue increased 28.7% from 20

Samsung is planning to begin production of new MicroLED TVs in May with lowered price tags, TheElec has learned.The company’s first 110-inch MicroLED launched last year had a price tag of 170 million won.But Samsung is planning to lower this by around 40% to 100 million won for its new 89-inch and 1

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

Samsung will unveil new TV models that use LG Display’s white(W)-OLED panels in June at the earliest, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant initially planned to launch the TVs in May.But after the year-end reshuffle last year, Samsung had decided to reevaluate the contract it has signed wi

Samsung Display unveiled its quantum dot (QD) organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels for the first time at CES 2022.The company showcased three versions of QD-OLED at a private booth __ 55-inch and 65-inch models for TVs and a 34-inch model for monitors, which has a response time of 0.1ms, accor

LG Electronics’ TV boss said on Tuesday that the company would “welcome” Samsung joining the OLED TV market.Park Hyoung-sei, head of home entertainment at LG Electronics, said if Samsung Electronics joins the OLED TV market, it will impact the expansion of the ecosystem "positively."Park also stress

Samsung and LG on Monday unveiled new TVs at CES 2022, which will run from January 5 to 7 at Las Vegas.Samsung said its new MicroLED TVs will come in 110-inch, 101-inch and 89-inch sizes.MicroLED TVs are comprised of micrometer-sized LEDs, usually under 100 micrometers individually, that act as pixe

Samsung Electronics and LG Display’s negotiations over the price of TV OLED panels that the latter will supply are hitting a snag due to the parties failing to agree on an appropriate unit price, TheElec has learned.According to sources, LG Display has offered to supply the panels at a price lower t

LG Display is planning to apply its new technology on its OLED panels for TV to increase their luminance by 30% during the second quarter next year, when mass production will begin, the company said at a press conference on Wednesday.The technology, called OLED.EX, uses deuterium, one of two stable

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 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

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

Samsung said on Thursday that it has promoted 198 executives in its year-end reshuffle this year.The company said it has chosen those in their 30s and 40s as vice presidents and executive vice presidents.Promotions were made across all its business units, from TV, smartphones to chips.Samsung said i

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday announced that it would be combining its mobile and consumer electronic divisions.The merged division will be called Set Division and led by Han Jong-hee, who previously headed Samsung’s Visual Display business unit, which manufacturers TVs, being promoted to vice chai

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

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

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