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Nanoco Sees QD Applications beyond Displays (IC3)

by Bob Raikes

Keith Wiggins is from Nanoco, the UK-based firm which has specialised in non-cadmium quantum dots. The company has 112 staff with more than 80 chemists. Wiggins believes that businesses that have a “sensory” impact …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Nanosys Wants 25% of the QD Market (IC2)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys, a competitor to QDVision. Nanosys was founded in 2001 and Hartlove said that it has produced 4 tonnes (enough for more than 1 million TVs) …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

QDVision Believes Colour is About Trust (IC1)

by Bob Raikes

This was the first year that this reporter was able to attend the annual Cowen Investor’s Conference as the bigger team allowed time to do it. Steve Ward is CEO of QD Vision. He’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

LG Display Warns of “Depressing Overcapacity” (KN3)

by Bob Raikes

The final keynote speaker was Dr In Byeong Kang, Senior VP and CTO of LG Display, and his topic was ‘the challenges and opportunities of the display market’. First, he looked back into the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

TCL Growing with CSOT Supply (KN2)

by Bob Raikes

The second keynote was from TCL’s CEO Dongsheng Li who is also Chairman of CSOT. Li started by looking at an overview of the market. The global business is still in some trouble and …

Tags:China| CSOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Roll to Roll (R2R)| SID Display Week 2015| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Intel Concentrates on RealSense (KN1)

by Bob Raikes

The keynotes took place on the first morning of the opening day of the symposium and the first speaker was Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel who spoke about the Intel Realsense technology. He said …

Tags:3D Acquisition| 3D Depth Cameras| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

EDO Warns of Blue Light Danger with LCD (BC24)

by Bob Raikes

Michael Wong is from EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) which is developing AMOLED technology. EDO is interested in the new high growth markets and sees watches as an important application for the future as well as …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Large Display Monitor| LTPS TFT| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Dolby Claims to Improve Low Cost Hardware (BC26)

by Bob Raikes

Roland Vlaicu is VP of Consumer Imaging at Dolby and he talked about HDR. Dolby is now seeing others catching up with the interest that Dolby has had in this area for some years. …

Tags:Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

GM Likes HUDs and Free Form Displays But Not OLEDs (18)

by Bob Raikes

The first speaker in the final section was Thomas Seder, Chief Technologist for the HMITBD group at General Monitors. He said that GM’s main strategy is to try to increase the performance of products …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Free Form Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Panel Session Looks at Display Improvement Implications (BC20B)

by Bob Raikes

In response to a question, Merck’s Maisch said that it has panels of interested parties to look at developments five to ten years out. The company also tracks social media to see what the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| TV Set Market| Visual Quality| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Applied Materials Highlights Scaling Challenges for LCD & OLED Making (BC20)

by Bob Raikes

Max McDaniel is Chief Marketing Officer at Applied Materials. He said that there is more change happening now in the industry than ever before, and quick adoption of innovations is essential to capture value. …

Tags:Applied Materials| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

3M Points to Battery Life and Efficiency for Profit (BC23)

by Bob Raikes

Fedja Kecman is marketing manager for tablet and notebook computers at 3M’s Display Materials and Systems group. Lower growth in mobiles and tablets mean that there will be more competitive pressure on the industry. …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24