Samsung Display and Japan’s Ulvac will start price negotiation for the Gen 8.5 OLED deposition equipment that the latter will be supplying, TheElec has learned.The pair had been working to develop a deposition machine for Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrate that uses full-cut substrates and deposits org

Samsung will start trial production of its 3-nanometer(nm) foundry process for customers this week at the earliest, TheElec has learned.The first customer for the process will be the Chinese application-specific IC firm, sources said.Qualcomm, Samsung’s largest customer, had also made reservations f

Chinese smartphone makers had launched a total of 76 models of smartphones that use OLED panels up to May this year, analyst firm UBI Research said on Wednesday.In the month of May alone, 20 new models were launched, the firm said.Vivo was the top vendor in terms of OLED smartphones, having launched

Samsung had nearly 50 million units of smartphones in distributor stocks, TheElec has learned.Its mid-tier Galaxy A series took up a huge portion of smartphones in inventory being read to be sold, sources said.They said Samsung is aiming to ship around 270 million units of smartphones this year and

Samsung is planning to use batteries made by LG Energy Solution for its Galaxy A and M series of smartphones, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant has been using batteries made by its compatriot since 2019.It used them for the now discontinued Galaxy Note series and currently uses them fo

Samsung Display is likely to build its first Gen 8.5 OLED line with a capacity of 15,000 substrates per month, TheElec has learned.Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrates are larger than the Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) used widely for smartphones.This means it is more efficient and productive for making larger OLE

Samsung manufactured around 12 million units of smartphones during the month of May this year.This was 20% less than a year ago, while accumulated production volume for the first four months of the year was also lower than a year ago, sources said.This dip, if it continues throughout the year, could

Google has postponed the launch of its first foldable smartphone again, TheElec has learned.The company planned to launch the project sometime during the fourth quarter but delayed the launch this year.It is the US company’s second postponement of the launch __ it originally planned to showcase the

BOE is yet to receive approval from Apple to manufacture OLED panels for the upcoming iPhone 14 smartphones series, TheElec has learned.The company was caught having changed the circuit width of the thin film transistors on the OLED panels it made for iPhone 13 earlier this year, people familiar wit

The first quarter earnings of suppliers to Samsung recovered thanks to the launch of Galaxy S22 smartphones, their earnings report showed.The combined revenue of 22 suppliers of components to the tech giant increased 28% this year compared to 2021 to 3 trillion won.Their combined operating profit ju

Samsung Display was researching phosphorescent blue OLED material to apply on quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels, according to a South Korean professor.Kyung Hee University professor Kwon Jang-hyuk told audiences at SID 2022 Review Symposium held in Seoul on Wednesday said it seemed the South Korean displ

Samsung has begun production of key components it will use on its upcoming foldable phones, TheElec has learned.The company has placed orders enough to manufacture a total of mid- to late-10 million units for Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4, sources said.The assembly of the complete production w

Murata Manufacturing and Taiyo Yuden expect revenue from multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) to grow by over 10% this year.The Japanese companies said revenues from this fiscal year __ from April 2022 to March 2023 __ are expected to increase by 11% and 14%, respectively, this year.Meanwhile, comp

Revenue from display driver IC (DDI) used in OLED panels is expected to reach US$6.123 billion this year, according to analyst firm Omdia.But this will continue to drop starting next year to drop to US$4.46 billion in 2028.The spread of Covid-19, which caused a shortage of the chips, more than doubl

South Korean display equipment maker KPS has unveiled a new fine metal mask (FMM) for use in the production of 15.6-inch notebook OLED panel.The company said it used what it calls a hybrid method to manufacture the FMMs.The prototype was made by assembling cell-level hole masks into one larger mask.

BOE had manufactured only a meager amount of OLED panels for iPhones since February, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker had begun supplying OLED panels for the 6.1-inch model of the iPhone 13 series since last year.But since February, the company’s panel volume for the phone plummet

LG Display said on Thursday that it saw a significant year-on-year profit drop during the first quarter due to lowered panel shipment and price drops.The company said it recorded 6.47 trillion won in revenue and 38.3 billion won in operating income, a drop of 6% and 93%, respectively.The company sai

Samsung was reviewing using batteries from Chinese battery maker Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) for its upcoming foldable smartphones, TheElec has learned.If Samsung’s MX business, the name of its mobile business, approves of the use, it will be the first time that it is using batteries from ATL f

Samsung is planning to increase its joint development manufacturing (JDM) of smartphones more than it initially planned this year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant is planning to increase the volume of smartphones produced by its Chinese contract makers by 20 million units for a total

LX Semicon saw its operating profit for the first quarter of 2022 jump thanks to the high demand for display driver IC (DDI).The fabless chip company said on Monday in its preliminary earning guidance that it recorded 585.1 billion won in revenue and 127.9 billion won in operating profit during the