Earlier this year, TCL CSOT’s 8.6G oxide semiconductor production line, known as the T9 Project, began mass production and customer shipments. With a 35-billion-yuan ($4.9 billion) investment, the factory in Guangzhou started first with products like a 14.0″ FHD laptop display and a 23.8″ FHD monitor. At an investor briefing last week, TCL CSOT announced that the second phase of the T9 project will start installing equipment in the latter half of this year, with full production expected next year.

T9 uses 4mask Oxide technology, supporting…