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Youngwoo DSP Leading a MicroLED R&D Project

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that Youngwoo DSP will lead a Korean national project to develop a new microLED package using a budget of $21 million. It is intended to develop a process …

Tags:Korea| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)

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Samsung: The possibility of a ‘star alliance’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A report in Digitimes highlighted that the withdrawal of the Koreans from making LCDs is leading to a re-alignment of the relationship between Korean and Taiwanese makers. According to the report, …

Tags:AUO| Korea| LCD displays| Mediatek| Taiwan

Counterpoint Shows Smartphone Market Brand Development

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In it’s regular mail-out, Counterpoint Research published a chart and some detailed data on the development of the global market for smartphones. The result highlights the way that they top five …

Tags:Korea| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| Market Shares - Brands| Smartphone Market

Samsung’s new foldable phones draw strong preorders: reports

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported that the new Galaxy foldable smartphones are hitting high numbers for pre-orders. The Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 are said to have reached 450,000 pre-orders by …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Korea| Samsung| Smartphones

Near half of Korean display equipment makers report loss in Q2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that nearly half of South Korean equipment makers (13 or 30) have recorded operating losses in Q2 2021 because of conservative investment spending by Samsung Display and LG …

Tags:Financial Data| Investment| Korea| OLED Fabs

Seoul Viosys Offers MP of MicroLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a press release from Seoul Viosys that includes claims that that the firm can now make tiny (<1? green and blue) InGaN microLEDs that avoid the problem of sidewall …

Tags:Korea| MicroLED

Kglass to expand into Chinese foldable UTG market

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reported that a display glass processing firm, Kglass, will expand into China via a South Korean software firm, Softcen, which will take a 40% share in Kglass. It will …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Korea

Samsung Joins 200 Other Firms in Korea’s Metaverse Alliance

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Economic Daily reported that Samsung has joined a Korean government initiative to coordinate activities to create a metaverse. A total of 202 firms are involved in the initiative which …

Tags:Korea| Samsung| The Metaverse

Solus to Supply LG Display with HTL for OLED panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Solus has announced that it will be supplying hole transport layer (HTL) to LG Display for its WOLED displays that are used in TV panels. …

Tags:Korea| OLED Materials| Supply Chain

ETRI Develops MicroLED Film

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat tip to MicroLED-Info for pointing me to a Korean language page that outlines how ETRI in Korea has made a film that can be used to hold microLEDs with transfer …

Tags:Korea| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)