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Samsung acquitted over LG OLED tech theft

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Maeil Business News of Korea reports that the Korean Supreme court has upheld an appeal by five employees of Samsung Display and an LG partner against a conviction over stealing secrets …

Tags:Korea| LG Displays (LGD)| Litigation| Patents| Samsung Display

Apple to evaluate BOE’s iPhone 14 OLED panel this week

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that BOE has passed samples to Apple for evaluation as a supplier for the expected iPhone 14 and hopes to get approval ‘within the month’. If the go …

Tags:Apple| BOE| iPhone| OLEDs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Supply Chain

TFT Central Looks at AUO New Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TFT Central got an update on AUO’s panel roadmap and suggested (behind a paywall) that there would be new 1080P TN/Film panel for gaming with 540Hz refresh and set for release …

Tags:AUO| LCD Panels

Links Week Starting 20th June 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. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Asus| audio| BenQ| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Japan| LED| Legislation| OLEDs| Outdoor Displays| PlayStation| Power Supplies| Semiconductor Market| Smartphones| sony| Sports and Stadiums| Testing| TSMC| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Virtual Sets

BCDTEK to Build 300mm MicroOLED Fab

by Bob Raikes

What They Say OLEDInfo reports that a Chinese OLED microdisplay developer, BCDTEK, is building a new fab in Huainan, China with a monthly capacity of 20K 300mm substrates per month. The company is expected …

Tags:Microdisplays| OLEDs

APS Holdings forming ultra high resolution FMM research line

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that APS Holdings in Korea is developing a facility for ultra high resolution fine metal mask (FMM) OLED manufacturing in Chonan. Resolution could get as high as 3,000ppi. …

Tags:Korea| Microdisplays| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)| Vapour Deposition

Bitmovin Provides a Guide to HDR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to Jon Peddie for pointing us to a “Guide to HDR’ available from Bitmovin (registration required). If you are new to HDR, it’s a useful reference to the different formats, …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range

LG Display invests $1bn in Vietnam facility

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Aju Business Daily reports that LG Display is raising $1.0 billion to expand its OLED module assembly facilities at its plant in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Despite difficult geopolitical and macroeconomic …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Supply Chain

LGD Adds LG Chem as Deuterium Supplier – Samsung to Boost Foldables

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korean ET News reports that after initially getting supplies of ‘deuterium blue’ from DuPont of the US, LG Display is now also getting supplies from LG Chem for its OLED.EX …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Materials| Samsung| Supply Chain

 Nreal adds Steam support to its AR glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nreal is adding support for the Steam game platform to its Nreal Light and Nreal Air AR glasses in a beta programme that allows the streaming of games from a PC …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Steam Consoles