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A Smarter Steering Wheel Technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say NewElectronics reported on the development of ‘more intelligent steering wheels’ for automotive use. Using an ultra-thin complex curve construction built around flexible electronic circuit assemblies, the wheel shape includes a level …

Tags:Automotive| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)

14th-gen Intel Chips Could Support Ray Tracing

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Intel is rumoured to be planning to bring ray tracing to its integrated graphics processors in the Intel Meteor Lake processors that are due in 2023. Wccftech.com said that technically the …

Tags:CPUs| GPUs| Intel

Apple Increases Self-Repair Programme

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is adding the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops with M1 chips to its Self Service Repair programme in the US. The repairs covered include fixes to the trackpad, Touch …

Tags:Apple| Right to Repair| warranty

Sigmaintell Research|Mobile & Tablet Panel Price Trends in Aug.2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell Research released its price forecast for August panel pricing for mobile and tablet use. It’s not surprise to see all the segments reported reduced prices and the firm sees no …

Tags:Forecasts| Pricing| Small & Medium Displays| Small Medium Panel Supply

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TCL Result Sees GP Margin Rise

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL put out its interim result for the first half of 2022 to the end of June. The company saw revenues of $4.29 billion (down 3.5%) with a gross margin up …

Tags:China| Financial Data| Smartphone Market| TCL

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Xiaomi Result Shows Smartphone Sales Down

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xiaomi saw a 20% drop in revenue in Q2, year on year, below the predictions of analysts. Volume of handsets was down 22%, and revenues down 29%, further than the market …

Tags:China| Financial Data| India| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Links Week Starting 22nd August 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. Hat tip to Jon Peddie for this …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Intel| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| MiniLED| MMD (AOC Philips)| Netflix| OLED Notebooks| OLED TVs| POS| Semiconductors| SVOD| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Wireless

Dolby Vision Precision Detail Now on LG Sets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG’s 2022 OLED and miniLED TVs that use the Alpha 9 Gen 5 silicon processor have been upgraded to add support for ‘Dolby Vision Precision Detail’. This is a switchable feature …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Electronics (LGE)

Will Headworn AR Revenues Exceed $35 Billion by 2026?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A couple of weeks ago, ARtillery Intelligence released a new forecast that puts the value of the AR market at $35 billion by 2026 from $1.8 billion last year, after a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts

Cineworld on the Brink?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Just as we went to press, the BBC reported that CineWorld had seen its shares plunge 60% after a report in the WSJ said that the firm was preparing for bankruptcy. …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Financial Data| Reorganisation & Restructuring

Micledi and Qustom Dot Plan Collaboration

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Micledi Microdisplays and QustomDot have announced a collaboration to make microdisplay exploiting the QustomDot QDs for colour conversion and based on Micledi’s 300mm wafer processing. (Micledi Collaborating with GlobalFoundries.) The latest …

Tags:Microdisplays| Quantum Dots