Starting in 1995, Samsung went into full TFT production manufacturing 100,000 units that first year followed by 1 million units through 1997. In the year 2000, Samsung had rolled out their 10-millionth panel and buy 2003 they had reached production of 10 million units.
In terms of the glass substrate sizes, the first line was 370x470mm. The 7-1 Line in Tangjeong today uses the world’s largest mother glass of 1870x2200mm, 24 times larger than in 1995, making it efficient for mass production. Line 7-1 started mass production mainly on 32″ and 40″ panels for large TVs in April this year. Plans are to reach a full-capacity of 60,000 substrates per month by October. The company’s Line 7-2 also will start mass production in the first half of next year.
A lot of moving and shaking has been going on over at Samsung as the company made several large announcements this year. First of all the company announced a couple weeks ago they have developed a 40-inch OLED display. Manufactured on Samsung’s fourth generation (4G) production line with a mother-glass size of 730mm x 920mm this new OLED display features a 5000:1 contrast ratio.
Samsung also announced they would be moving more manufacturing facilities to China in an effort to lower the cost of production.
Below is a list of manufacturing plants which produce TFT LCD displays for Samsung and their overall output:
— Status of Samsung Electronics’ Large TFT-LCD Production
(Cumulative)
(Thousand units)
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Year 1995 1997 1999 2000 2003 May 2005
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# of Units 100 1,000 5,000 10,000 50,000 100,000
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Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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