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Samsung Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2Q21

by Artem Alekseenko

IC Insights is currently assembling its 1Q21 top-25 semiconductor supplier ranking, which includes company sales forecasts for 2Q21 that will be presented later this month in the May Update, the third monthly Update to …

Tags:Forecasts| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Semiconductors

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Samsung Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2Q21

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say IC Insights forecast that the improving DRAM market will mean that Samsung goes back past Intel as the largest semiconductor supplier again. The firm was ahead of Samsung in 2017 and …

Tags:Intel| Market Data| Samsung| Semiconductor Market

Kolon supplies CPI film for Xiaomi’s foldable phone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that Kolon Industries said that it had supplied its colourless polyimide (CPI) film to Xiaomi to be used in the Mi Mix Fold smartphone and that target sales …

Tags:Film materials| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices

Links Week Commencing 10th May 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. PS5 and Xbox Series X likely to …

Tags:Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Interfaces| OLED TVs| PlayStation| sony

The Dream Glass 4K AR Headset has Started to Ship

by Arthur Berman

DreamWorld USA Inc. (Millbrae, CA) was founded in Silicon Valley during 2016 by a team of AR enthusiasts that were highly experienced in optics and computer vision. In 2018 the company produced and delivered …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)

GfU Updates UltraHD Guide

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GfU said that more than 17 million UltraHD sets had been sold into German households between 2015 and 2020 and they now account for 75% of all sets sold. To …

Tags:Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD

It’s Still the Early Days for Foldable Device Software

by Bob Raikes

After yesterday’s dig down in the weeds of colour gamut measurement, I’m going in the other direction today with some thoughts about devices and operating systems, prompted by recent changes by Apple in its …

Tags:Android| Apple| Chromebooks| Foldable Devices| Notebook Shells| Operating Systems

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Delta will supply its 19,000 flight attendants with iPhone 12s

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Applemust reports that Delta Airlines is supplying 19,000 iPhone 12s to flight attendants to help find stored inventory using AR technology. The firm will also use the smartphones for developing training …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Aviation

Hitachi & Vestel Launch Hospitality TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hitachi, via Vestel’s press agency, put out a release explaining the launch of a ‘vast new range’ of hospitality TVs from 32″ to 65″ and with support for Hitachi’s Hospitality Content …

Tags:Hitachi| Hospitality TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vestel