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China chipmaker SMIC says phone, PC demand has dropped ‘like a rock’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese chipmaker SMIC has said that it has seen demand for mobile phones, personal computers and home appliances drop “like a rock” and with no signs of recovery on the horizon, …

Tags:China| Forecasts| Market Data| Semiconductor Market

RealWear AR devices being used by MAN Commercial Vehicles

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Auganix reports that MAN commercial vehicles in Romania is seeing a reduced time-to-diagnosis by 75% and cut specialists’ travel time in half following the introduction of the use of RealWear Assisted-reality …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Europe

Microsoft Says Hololens Reached A Huge Milestone for Military

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After last week’s talk of problems with the Microsoft Hololens and its challenges in the big defence contract that it has in the US, VR Times reports Microsoft chief AI and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence

Lenovo invests in trackpad startup Sensel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last month, Sensel which is developing haptic touchpads, said that it has raised $18.8 million in a series B funding round that brings its total funding to date up to $57 …

Tags:Haptics| Investment| Lenovo| Touch Market

Pico Going to US for Content and Sales

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reports that the ByteDance (TikTok) owned company, Pico is setting up a team on the West Coast of the USA to develop content licensing and to start marketing its …

Tags:USA| Virtual Reality

Sigmaintell Research｜TV Panel Price Trends in Jun.2022 (The early June edition)

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Sigmaintell of China published its early June TV panel price data which confirmed that all sizes of TV panels continue to decline sharply. Smaller sizes fell by between 2.5% and 7% …

Tags:LCD Panels| Pricing

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LG Display to order MicroOLED equipment to win Apple’s MR device order

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that LG Display is expected to order deposition equipment from Sunic Systems in Korea to make microOLED-on-silicon panels, with the aim of competing with Sony for the supply …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| Microdisplays| OLEDs

Apple Considering Larger MacBook Air

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that Apple may have a new 15″ MacBook Air next year and a new 12″ MacBook Pro for later this year. A 15″ MacBook Air would be the largest …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Notebooks

Report: emerging optics to displace Fresnel lenses in XR headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Analyst IDTechEx has put out a report on headset optics highlighting birdbath, holographic and dynamic focus optics as being likely to replace Fresnel lenses in XR headsets over the next decade. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

Merck OLED Production Now Expanded in Korea

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported that Merck Korea has now completed the expansion of it OLED material facility in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province after a plan to invest €20million. announced in 2020. (Merck …

Tags:Korea| Merck| OLED Materials

Dell transforms its XPS 13 2-in-1into a tablet

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Thee Verge reported a few days ago that Dell is revising the design for its XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop to change it to, effectively, a tablet with a keyboard, more like …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Dell| tablets

Roku / Netflix Acquisition Rumor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week there were rumours that Roku was to be bought by Neflix. Commentators speculated that Netflix could use such an acquisition to accelerate its expected advertising-subsidised membership plans. From Roku’s …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Netflix| Roku