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IC04 Ares Solves a Problem for Flexible Displays

by Bob Raikes

Dr David Arreaga is founder of Ares Materials from Texas which makes films for flexible displays. The films are based on polysulphide which have not been used so far in the flat panel display …

Tags:Film materials| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

IC03 OTI Reveals the ‘Dirty little Secret’ of OLEDs for IT

by Bob Raikes

OTI Lumionics was next up and the speaker was Michael Helander who is the founder and CEO. The company focuses on the electrode materials to help with manufacturing, which is an under-served market. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

IC02 Clearink Ramping Things Up

by Bob Raikes

Frank Christiaens is from ClearInk Displays and we have been writing about the company for two years since the company came out of stealth mode in 2016, although it has been around since 2012. …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

IC01 Start Up Teams ‘Should not be Toxic’

by Bob Raikes

We joined the Investor Conference, run like the Business Conference by DSCC, for a panel discussion, but the early part of the event was a presentation by Bob O’Brien of DSCC who tallked about …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Intel Keeps Low Power Display Close to its Chest

by Bob Raikes

We promised to come back to you over the Low Power Display Technology (LPDT) that Intel announced at Computex when we had more information (Intel Reveals Low-Power Display Technology for Laptops). At the moment, …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Power Consumption| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Infocomm 2018 Sees a Shift in LED

by Bob Raikes

My three week tour of the West of the US is now over and I’m back on European time (well my watch is!). I’m still desparately typing and editing to try to catch up …

Tags:Editorial| Infocomm 2018| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 22

DSCC Expects Samsung OLED Revenues to Recover

by Bob Raikes

DSCC said in a blog post that it expects Samsung Displays’ fab utilization rate will continue to improve as it builds up volumes to meet the demands for flexible OLEDs for Apple, Samsung and …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Applied Materials Helps to Sustain Moores Law

by Bob Raikes

We don’t normally report on general technical developments in the semiconductor business, displays keep us more than fully occupied. (I mis-typed that as fooly which might be accurate!). However, we spotted that Applied Materials …

Tags:Applied Materials| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 25 - Issue 22

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Amazon Acquires Premier League Rights

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has bought the rights to screen 20 games in each of the next three seasons from the English Premier :League. Analyst Comment This is the first time that a broadacaster other than Sky …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 22

MediaTek Adds Chip for High Mid-Range

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek has a new chip, the Helio P22 application processor for ‘new premium’ high end mid-tier devices and uses a 12nm manufacturing process, also used on the P60 which was announced earlier this year. …

Tags:Application Processors| Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Asus Project Precog is a Dual-Screen Notebook

by Bob Raikes

At the Computex event, Asus has shown Project Precog, a clamshell notebook design base on a dual display concept that runs in stand, book, tent and flat mode and uses one of the displays …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 22

LDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #22

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display in the US has two new 27″ FullHD Monitors. The MultiSync E271N and EA271F have DisplayPort, HDMI and VGA connectors and features include low blue light and flicker-free dimming. The stands can …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| ViewSonic| Vol 25 - Issue 22