Year: 2021

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Here We Go Again on the Crystal Cycle

by Bob Raikes

The LCD panel market is the kind of market that gives classical economics a good name. When supply is stronger than demand, prices dive and when demand is stronger than supply, prices rise. This …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Pricing

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Geekwire was able to persuade IDC to confirm its PC data by OS that showed that in 2020, Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide for the first time over the year, although this …

Tags:Apple| Chromebooks| Operating Systems| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| PCs| Windows

LEDs Fabricated on Silicon Chips

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) have developed a silicon chip with fully integrated LEDs that are said to be bright enough to enable state-of-the-art sensor and communication technologies. …

Tags:LED| R&D (Research & Development)| Semiconductors

AUO to expand capex for 2021

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Digitimes reports that AUO is to boost its capex this year to boost LCD production. It will reach $785 million against around $550 million in 2020. The focus will be on …

Tags:AUO| Investment| Large LCD Supply| Production Equipment

Samsung Kiosk Uses SoC + Tizen

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung Electronics has launched a Kiosk in the South Korean market, but which is intended to be available globally in the first half of the year. It will be sold via …

Tags:Kiosks| Samsung