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South Korea’s $422 Billion Tech Investment Includes $47.5 Billion in Displays

by Omid Rahmat

President Yoon Suk Yeol today announced a $422 billion investment by the country to accelerate the development of home grown manufacturing capability in everything from semiconductors to EVs, and of course, displays. Along with …

Tags:Manufacturing| Samsung

Revolutionizing Audio and Haptic Feedback: Synaptics Resonate’s Piezoelectric Transducers Create Audio Through Display Glass

by Omid Rahmat

Synaptics just did an official announcement to say that samples are ready to ship for its very cool Synaptics Resonate. This is a technology that uses a display’s surface as a sound and haptics transducer …

Tags:Haptics| Internet of Things IOT| Synaptics

Apple’s MR Success Strategy: Who Will Be Pushed to Achieve Results?

by Omid Rahmat

The Financial Times has reported that Apple’s mixed reality (MR) headset is being launched this year at the behest of Tim Cook, its CEO, as he looks to cement his legacy by producing a …

Tags:Apple| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality

JDI Selling Higashiura LCD Fab to Sony

by Omid Rahmat

The asset sale is expected to take place on April 1, 2024, with revenue expected to be recorded from Sony based on newly-adjusted lease and outsourcing agreements from April 2023. Japan Display Inc. (JDI) …

Tags:JDI| LCD| Manufacturing| sony

Samsung Partners Up to Bring Digital Signage to EV Charging Stations

by Omid Rahmat

Samsung’s putting its OH55A outdoor signage display into a new kiosk product in partnership with Palmer Digital and IoTecha. The charging kiosk may include one or two Samsung OH55A displays, and one or two …

Tags:DOOH| IoTecha| Kiosks| Palmer Group| Samsung

When a Bank Falls in Silicon Valley Does it Break a Screen?

by Omid Rahmat

There’s a lot of virtual pearl-clutching going on at the heart of the startup kingdom of VCs and its pet piggy bank, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). With no desire to try and rehash the …

Tags:Financial Data| Macroeconomics

Foxconn and Apple Look for Labor Law Parity Between India and China

by Omid Rahmat

The shifting focus of manufacturing to the world’s most populated country continues to gain ground.

Tags:Apple| Foxconn| India| Manufacturing

The Fallacy of Apple’s High OLED Costs

by Omid Rahmat

With a display-centric mindset, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the manufacturing costs of OLEDs are going to cause price rises in Apple’s products. That may be true to some extent—Apple doesn’t shy away …

Tags:Apple| iPad| LG Display| OLED| Samsung Display

Roku and Google Updated Their TV Apps

by Omid Rahmat

In effect, Roku has upgraded its OS because the app is the OS. Google TV received an update a few weeks ago, following on from the December 2002 update of Android TV. The TV …

Tags:Android TV| Google TV| Roku TV| TV OS

Roku Select TVs Hit the Stores

by Omid Rahmat

As of today, Best Buy is stocking and selling the company’s range of TVs, its first foray into the market. It’s going to be really interesting to see how Roku does in the market, …

Tags:Roku| TVs (TV Sets)

Apple’s Smartphones Competing With Themselves

by Omid Rahmat

The company held 8 out of the top 10 slots of best-selling smartphones in 2022.

Tags:Apple| Samsung| Smartphones

Envisics Gets $50 Million in Funding for AR HUDs in Automotive

by Omid Rahmat

The round was led by Hyundai Mobis with additional investments from new strategic shareholders InMotion Ventures, the investment arm of Jaguar Land Rover, and Stellantis. Automotive Head-Up Displays (HUDs) have been around for a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Envisics| Head Up Displays HUDs