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Rumour: Samsung to Spin-Off LCD, OLED Units

by Helen Vince

There have been unconfirmed reports that Samsung is considering plans to spin-off its LCD and OLED business, Samsung Display. Sources in Korea suggest that the divisions could be split next month, three years after …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 13

ET News Details Flexible OLED Plans

by Tom Allen

ET News has summarised information about the flexible OLED plans for LG Display and Samsung Display. LGD currently has a monthly capacity of 14,000 substrates (LGD Succeeds in Doubling Flexible Capacity), and is now …

Galaxy S6 and Edge OLEDs Push Cutting Edge (Again)

by Steve Sechrist

In the OLED Display Technology Shoot-out published today, Displaymate Labs said Samsung once again has leapfrogged its generational OLED display performance with its new flagship flexible curved screen Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy S6 …

Tags:AMOLED| Samsung Display| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Rumour: Apple Settles on Oxide

by Tom Allen

The newest in a long chain of rumours regarding Apple’s 12.9″ iPad has appeared. According to sources in Asia, the tablet will use Oxide TFTs and enter mass production in Q3’15. Samples are being …

Samsung Display Apparently New Apple Supplier

by Tom Allen

As we have reported in the past (Apple Looks to LG for AMOLED), it is very likely that LG Display is supplying the flexible AMOLED screen to be used on the Apple Watch. New …

Veeco Lowers Encapsulation Expectations

by Tom Allen

In 2013, Veeco purchased Synos Technology in order to acquire the company’s flexible OLED encapsulation method, Fast-ALD. The technique enables material deposition at lower temperatures (sub-100°) and faster speeds than traditional atomic layer deposition …

Samsung and LG Still at War Over OLED Secrets

by Helen Vince

Korea’s Suwon District Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted four Samsung Display officials for violation of the unfair competition prevention and trade secret protection act. The CEO of one of LG Display’s subcontractors was also …

Samsung to Invest $3.6 billion in New OLED Fab

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article published by Reuters, Samsung Display is planning to invest a substantial amount of money into building a new OLED fab for the production of small to medium sized display panels …

Weak Smartphone Demand Hits Panel Makers

by Vanessa Browning

Weak smartphone demand in Q1 has caused panel makers to lower prices to compete for orders, say players in the Taiwanese supply chain. Samsung Display is said to have lowered the cost of a …

Panels Move to Be Largest Factor in Set Prices

by Tom Allen

Changing panel prices are becoming the largest swing factor to TV makers’ profitability, says David Hsieh of DisplaySearch (http://tinyurl.com/ofwz9e6). The LCD module represents between 70% and 80% of the cost of a set, and …

AUO, Samsung, Sharp Expect 4k Handset Panel Orders

by Helen Vince

Taiwanese sources report that five of the major Chinese handset companies have placed orders with AU Optronics (AUO) for UltraHD panels, with mass production expected to start by the end of this year. Although …

Planar Debuts Large-Format Transparent OLED

by Tom Allen

Planar Displays has announced that it will show a 55″ transparent OLED prototype at ISE. The company has built part of its business proposition around transparent displays, but until this point all units have …