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First Quarter 2023 Notebook Sales Bring Halloween Scares Early

by Omid Rahmat

New market data paints a woeful picture of notebook sales in the fourth quarter of 2022 with no respite for the first quarter of this year. Consumer and enterprise demand basically tanked. According to …

Tags:Acer| Apple| Asustek| Dell| HP| Lenovo| Notebooks

Lordin Plans to File 23 Patents for Blue OLED

by Omid Rahmat

Lordin, an OLED startup founded in 2020, has developed a blue OLED with an IQE of 90%. It has si far registered 4 patents and plans to file 19 more. The company’s CEO, Oh …

Tags:blue OLED| Lordin| TADF

Samsung Wants Waiver on US Chip Sanctions to China

by Omid Rahmat

Two of Korea’s major chip companies, Samsung Electronic and SK Hynix, want to put the breaks on the US CHIPS and Science Act. The US has frustrated semiconductor companies by unilaterally imposing sanctions on …

Tags:Samsung| SK Hynix

Latest Smartphone Data Hints at Caution for High End Displays

by Omid Rahmat

Data from A global study of consumer behaviors in the smartphone market shows that Apple’s brand remains almost unassailable worldwide. However, in the study’s timeframe, September to December of 2022, there is also an …

Tags:Android| Apple| Google| ioS

Accenture Invests in Hologram Company Looking Glass

by Omid Rahmat

 Accenture has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Looking Glass Factory, a Brooklyn, New York hologram company. Looking Glass has developed an end-to-end holographic platform, with a lineup of displays that can show content in 3D, …

Tags:Accenture| Holographic Displays| Looking Glass

Samsung Taking Pre-Orders for End of Month Shipping of 77″ OLED S95C TVs

by Omid Rahmat

Samsung’s announced pre-order availability for the 2023 Samsung 77” OLED S95C TV for $4,449.99. Samsung Display‘s QD displays at CES 2023 were already raising eyebrows. The pre-order through Samsung.com, or participating retailers, will get $250 worth of professional installation for …

Tags:QD OLEDs| Samsung

Rounding Up TV Pricing, LCD Panel Pricing, and Automotive OLED

by Omid Rahmat

The Super Bowl is driving all lows in TV prices, LCD makers’ production capacity outstrips demand, automotive OLEDs are going to be a bright spot, and Apple is keeping its suppliers on their toes …

Tags:Automotive| DSCC| iPhone| LCD TV| OLED| smartphone

Vedanta and Foxconn $20 Billion Gujarat Fab Gets Tech Leadership

by Omid Rahmat

Vedanta has hired a Texas Instruments and NXP Semiconductor vet, David Reed, as CEO of is semiconductor business. Last year, Vedanta and Foxconn announced a joint venture to build a $20 billion fab for …

Tags:Foxconn| India| Manufacturing| OLED Fabs| Vedanta

Foldables, 3D, AR: The Display Choice of the Future

by Omid Rahmat

There’s a strong case to be made for one of these display formats needing to break out and help define where the most eyeballs are going to end up. Sure, it could be a …

Tags:3D TV| Augmented Reality| ChatGPT| Foldable Devices| Smartphones

ISE 2023 Breaks Attendance Records

by Omid Rahmat

Like we said, trade shows are back. ISE 2023 had 58,107 attendees, a jump of 33% over 2022’s audience of 43,691. It had a visit from a king and a mayor (Felipe VI of …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Epic Games| ISE 2023| Unreal Engine