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SLAC Looks at QDs Very Closely

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have published a paper via Nature that describes how the group has used lasers to stimulate quantum …

Tags:Quantum Dots| R&D (Research & Development)| USA

We Catch Up with Omdia LED Market Data

by Bob Raikes

What They Say About three weeks ago, Omdia released data on the development of the LED display market and said that in Q4 there was some recovery in the market, to see a total …

Tags:LED| Market Data| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

ViewSonic UK Extends Warranty on Some Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ViewSonic said that it would extend the warranty on its VG (corporate) and VP monitors (for creatives) to five years in the UK. The previous warranty was three years. What We …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| warranty

Rollable TVs

Omdia Forecasts Rollable TV Sales

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Business Korea reports that Omdia has said that rollable TV sales will reach 3,000 units in 2022, rising to 74,000 in 2024 and 672,000 in 2027. At present, only LG Display …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Rollable Devices| Rollable Displays| TVs (TV Sets)

First look: Samsung’s 110″ microLED TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say FlatpanelsHD had a chance to get a good look at the most recent version of the Samsung 110″ LED TV. The blog was impressed with the unit (“The TV is wildly …

Tags:LED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

IEEE Spectrum Explains Nanosheet Transistors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IEEE Spectrum had an interesting article on the next generation of IC transistors at the next ‘state of the art’ in chip fabrication, which it lists as a 3nm process. The …

Tags:Semiconductors

MacBook & iPad Supply Hits a Crunch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that some Apple MacBook and iPad production has been postponed because of chip supply issues. Some orders have been moved back from the first half of the year to …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Samsung| Semiconductors

Guidance on Touch Screens From US CDC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US Centers for Disease Control have published new guidance on the use of touch screens that reports that there is less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting an …

Tags:Covid-19| Touch

Dell Adds VA and IPS Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell announced four gaming monitors along with its first Alienware gaming laptops in more than 10 years to use AMD CPUs. Model Size Resolution Curve Max Refresh Panel Type Available (US) …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing