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Qualcomm is Expanding in XR R&D & Developing ‘5G Necklace’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Auganix reported that Qualcomm is boosting its R&D investment in XR with the opening of six new labs in Europe. Separately, Engadget reported that the firm has developed a ‘5G neckband’ …

Report: EU & UK cinema attendance up 28% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Preliminary data from the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that the cinema attendance in the European Union and the UK increased to 383.2 million tickets sold in 2021. This is 83.8 million …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Market Data

Links Week Ending 18th February 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. LG 2022 TV line-up How to …

Epson Cinema LS12000 Has ‘True 4K’ Using Shifting

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Epson announced a new Pro Cinema LS12000 UltraHD 3LCD projector using dual axis shifters and a 1080p panel to create the full resolution. The Laser Phosphor engine is rated to help …

Tags:Epson| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| UltraHD

Acer Reports January Consolidated Revenues of NT$25.16 Billion, Reaching an Eight-year High

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer put out its monthly result for January which was the highest January for eight years at 7.1% beyond last year at $902 million. It was down 14.8% from in line …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data

QLED TVs Market Value Set to Decline

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Korea quoted data, attributed to Omdia, that suggested that the value of the QD-LCD TV market segment will drop by around 3.1% to $17.674 billion this year, the first time …

Tags:Forecasts| LCD TVs| Market Data| QD OLEDs| Quantum Dots

AMD Completed its Purchase of Xilinx

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AMD has completed its purchase of Xilinx after more than a year of processing. Some reports put the deal value at $50 billion as the deal was made based on AMD …

Tags:AMD| FPGAs| Mergers & Acquisitions| Semiconductor Industry| Semiconductors

DSCC’s Latest Capex Report Shows 11 G8.5 IT OLED Lines Under Development as Smartphone Spending Stalls

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In its latest Capex report, DSCC highlighted that there are now 11 different 15K G8.5/G8.6 IT OLED lines under development and spending for fabs for IT applications will lead OLED spending …

Tags:Notebooks| OLED Fabs| OLED Monitors| Production Equipment| tablets

DSCC Releases Final Equipment Market Share Results for 2021 and Latest 2022-2025 Outlook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published its overview of the equipment market for 2021 and its top five vendors. Applied Materials was top dog, taking top position from Canon/Tokki which dropped in share. It had …

Tags:Forecasts| LCD Fabs| Market Data| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment

Samsung sees high demand for the Galaxy Tab S8 Ulta, halts pre-orders

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has halted pre-orders in the US for its 11″ Galaxy Tab S8 and 14.6″ Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra which have been listed as unavailable due to “overwhelming demand in the …

Tags:OLEDs| Samsung| tablets| USA

Notebook shipments to plateau for next 5 years

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Digitimes Research said that it believes that the surge in demand for notebooks, driven by the pandemic, may not be sustainable as it reported shipments of 247 million units in 2021, …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Notebooks| PCs

Good Online Guide to Codecs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Codec consultant, Jan Ozer (I’m sure I have one of his books from many years ago, somewhere..) has published an introductory guide to different codecs. What We Think This is a …