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by Bob Raikes
I’ve been in the US week, working on our SID report, which we hope to get out early next week and attending the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara. My schedule meant that …
Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2018| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Kopin introduced its Golden-I display at the event. The display is designed to work with a smartphone that has USB Type-C to connect to the controlling system and the display supports the DisplayPort Alt …
Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2018| Kopin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25
by Bob Raikes
Samsung is reported to have decided to reduce the thickness of the cover glass on the expected Galaxy Note 9 by 0.5mm after a senior executive compared the phone to others based on OLEDs …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
IDC has forecast that the global AR/VR market will grow with a CAGR of 71.6% over the 2017-2022 forecast period and will reach $27 bilion in 2018 – up 92% over 2016. The consumer …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
China-based research company, Sigmaintell Research has forecast that supply demand balance for smartphone displays will get closer to equilibrium in the third quarter of 2018, as seasonal demand patterns drive volume growth to around …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22
by Bob Raikes
AOC has a new monitor for budget-conscious gamers. The 24.5″ TN LCD-based FullHD G2790PX has support for 144Hz operation and has a claimed 1ms response time. Brightness is 400 cd/m² and viewing angles are …
Tags:Desktop Monitors| | Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Sony has a new OLED-based microdisplay, the ECX339A, that has 1600 x 1200 resolution and a 0.5″ diagonal, giving a pixel pitch of 6.3μm (which we calculate at just over 4,000 ppi). Previously, the …
Tags:Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Charles Peng is from Tianma and he talked about the new era of mobile phone displays. 5G will soon be available with high speed and low latency enabling new AI applications. The smartphone will …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Thomas Wegener is a veteran of Fujitsu and Samsung, but is now working for BOE in Europe. BOE sees itself as an IoT company, rather than a display business and Wegener went through the …
Tags:Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Chris Hudson is from Corning where he is International Division VP and Commercial Director and he talked what Corning likes to describe as the current ‘glass age’. The company is 165 years old and …
Tags:BOE| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Max McDaniel is from Applied Materials, the production equipment maker, where he is CMO for the Display and Flexible Technology group. Applied Materials is 50 years old, started in Mountain View, California and is …
Tags:InkJet Deposition| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21
by Bob Raikes
Eric Virey is from Yole Développement and we have reported on his talks several times. He looked at MicroLED, asking if it was a viable alternative to OLED and LCD? LED as a technology …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| MicroLED| MiniLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21
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