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PanelSemi Gears Up to Launch the World’s First Flexible AM Mini LED Display

by Artem Alekseenko

PanelSemi Corporation, a Taiwan-based panel semiconductor provider, is unveiling the world’s first flexible Active-Matrix (AM) Mini LED Display, called Primary, at the upcoming Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, on January 5-8th. …

Tags:active matrix| Flexible Displays| MiniLED

New Diffuser Can Selectively Control Colours

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists in two German institutes have developed a new optical diffuser that uses silicon nanoparticles that create a metasurface that can redirect specific wavelengths of light. The groups see applications in …

Tags:Germany| Metasurfaces| Optics| R&D (Research & Development)

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Appotronics Announces Litigation Against Delta Electronics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Appotronics, the key developer of laser phosphor light source technology, has filed an action against Delta Electronics in the Guangzhou IP Court. The action is the latest in a series of …

Tags:China| Delta| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Litigation| Patents

2021 AMOLED Smartphone Revenue Reaches $397Billion

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say DSCC reported its preliminary Q4 data for AMOLED smartphone panels which were firm, despite the strong annual growth in the preceding quarters. The year was a good one for the category …

Tags:AMOLED| Smartphone Market

The HalfDive VR Headset is Optimized for Use in Bed – But Goes to Sleep

by Arthur Berman

Founded just recently, in March, 2021, Diver-X, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) is in the process of launching a rather unusual headset. Called the HalfDive, the product is designed for use while the user is lying …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 3rd January 2022

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 first part of this week. I spotted the chart below on the …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| Automotive| Desktop Monitors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| Metasurfaces| Oculus VR| OLEDs| Operating Systems| Optics| Remote Controls| Roku| Samsung| STBs

Samsung and LG Display can’t agree on TV OLED panel price

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that although Samsung is expected to buy OLED panels from LG Display, pricing has been a challenge. Samsung is said to want to position OLED as not as …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Pricing| Samsung