It is difficult to imagine, with South Korean electronics giant, so deep rift between theSamsung and LG. LG’s new annual conference in the Chinese market, often in conjunction with a day or every other day with Samsung’s Chinese New Year, the two sides or even over the competition for media reporters. Samsung employees gossip,talk about the opponents, and actually bring a tone of disdain.
Industry sources, white led high power, this is not Samsung’s first. Samsung OLED R & D earlier, stronger, andvery tight on OLED patent protection. Prior to that, has occurred collected from theSamsung switched to LG’s patent disputes Samsung prosecution, was sentenced things.Estimated that such incidents in the future there will be.
The U.S. at CES this year, led high bay Samsung, LG showcased 55-inch OLED TV. Both are competing for the commanding heights of the next-generation display. Samsung plans to invest 8.5 generation of OLED production line, white led high power, the LG has a similar plan.
According to foreign media reports, SMD, a director, the LGD can not use White-OLED technology to produce high-quality OLED panels, while the SMD RGB-OLED technology.Expected LGD will start in one or two years after the adoption of the suspected leak oftechnology, the losses caused by this incident to the SMD may reach 30 trillion won in thenext five years.
LGD response SMD statement is slander LGD reputation, the LGD without the above techniques to manufacture the product. LG, a director, said only two panel makers inSouth Korea, white led high power, part of the flow can not be avoided, to the Overseas Development is an alternative for these personnel.
Global supply of OLED panels, Samsung accounted for 99% of the share, in the absolutemonopoly position. It also acquired a large number of the Institute of patents. After thebankruptcy of the Kodak (microblogging), Samsung took the opportunity to the acquisition of a the OLED core patent owned by Kodak, white led High Power LED Spot Lights, to become dominant.