Sharp Takes $1.63 Billion Write-Down on LCD and OLED Businesses
by Omid Rahmat
The write-down was a reflection of decreased profitability.
Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn| LCD| OLED| sharp
Korea Lobbies for US OLED Sanctions on China
by Omid Rahmat
OLEDs may not rise to the level of being of vital national security importance to the US, but confrontation with China may end up favoring Korean interests.
Tags:China| CHIPS Act| Korea| OLED
Vuzix Reports Record Q1’23 Sales, Touts In-House Custom Waveguide and MicroLED Fabrication
by Omid Rahmat
Vuzix adds manufacturing capability in New York for custom waveguide and RGB MicroLED development.
Tags:Atomistic| Augmented Reality| financials| MicroLED| smart glasses| Vuzix| Waveguide Display
No, Declining MacBook Sales Don’t Cast Doubt on Profitability of Gen 8 OLED Production
by Omid Rahmat
When you have quarterly results to report and shareholders to appease, you don’t make a move, you just wait and wait until you’re sure there’s an upturn a coming.
Tags:Apple| Canon Tokki| LG| macbook| Manufacturing| OLED| Samsung
Vizio Weathers Smart TV Storms of Q1’23 With Streaming Service Revenues
by Omid Rahmat
The big drop in smart TV sales was offset by revenues from various aspects of its streaming services is interesting by itself alone.
Tags:Advertising| financials| Smart TV| streaming subscribers| Vizio
Userful Taps Nvidia GPUs for Performance
by Omid Rahmat
How long before businesses realize that the explosion of data and AI services means their employees are going to need more display real estate to get the full benefits in their productivity?
Tags:GPU| Nvidia| Userful
How Innovative Augmented Reality Companies May Revolutionize Industrial Procedures
by Omid Rahmat
While Glartek is still a relatively small and niche AR player, it is worth keeping an eye on the company’s development.
Tags:Augmented Reality| Glartek| Hololens| Microsoft| Portugal
German Consumer Electronics and IT Products Markets Have Rough First Quarter
by Omid Rahmat
Console sales grew by 64.2% but not much else in Q1’23. And who are all the people still buying CDs and Blu-Ray discs?
Tags:Consoles| Germany| Laptops| market research| PCs| Smartphones| tablets
MIT’s SMART Centre Develops World’s Smallest LED with Advanced Strain Sensing Capabilities
by Omid Rahmat
The new technology has the potential to convert existing cameras in everyday devices, like smartphones, into microscopes by only modifying the silicon chip and software.
Tags:Holography| LED| research
AI Revolutionizes Materials Science Research and Opens New Opportunities in Display Manufacturing
by Omid Rahmat
The integration of AI in material development has the potential to disrupt traditional display manufacturing approaches by accelerating material discovery, optimizing performance, and reducing costs.
Tags:Artificial Intelligence (AI)| Manufacturing| Materials| OLED| research
Leaky-Wave Metasurfaces Achieve World Record in Optical Control, Bridging Free-Space and Integrated Systems
by Omid Rahmat
A groundbreaking class of integrated nanophotonic devices demonstrates unprecedented control over all four optical degrees of freedom, enabling conversion of confined waveguide light into customizable free-space patterns.
Tags:Holographic Displays| | Optics| research
YouTube’s Growing Dominance on TV Screens: Viewership, Advertising, and Competition with Streaming Services
by Omid Rahmat
Almost half of YouTube viewership now occurs on TV screens.
Tags:Advertising| connect tv| YouTube
