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Sigmaintell Forecasts Driver Chips Market as Flat

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese analyst, Sigmaintell said that the global market for display drivers grew by about 5% in 2020, with 7.8 billion devices sold, driven by strong demand for IT panels for monitors, …

Tags:Display Drivers| Market Data| Semiconductors

VR Still Causing some Sickness

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a test in Australia, 36 participants played a VR game called Beat Saber, using an HMD for 10 minutes and 50 minutes. Although headsets have improved (and an HTC Vive …

Tags:Health and Safety| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality

AMOLED Materials Market Will Grow to $2.5 Billion by 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC forecast that AMOLED stack materials would grow at 18% CAGR from $927 million in 2019 to $2.46 billion in 2024. The company has increased its forecast because of an expected …

Tags:Forecasts| InkJet Deposition| Market Data| OLED Materials

DSCC Interviews X Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC followed up the recent news by XDisplay about its tools being installed (XDC Installs World’s First 300mm MicroLED Tool) by interviewing the company. The company said that it uses a …

Tags:MicroLED| Production

New Report: VR Revenue to Reach $12.2 Billion by 2024

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The VR/AR Association reported a forecast from ARtillery Intelligence that suggests that VR revenue will grow sharply in 2022 to 2024 after recovering in 2021 to pre-Covid levels. The key growth …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Innolux Enjoys the Market in Q4 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Innolux reported a solid quarter to finish 2020 with sales of $2.79 billion and operating profits of $360 million. For the year, it made sales of $9.64 billion and net profit …

Tags:Innolux| Large LCD Supply| Taiwan

Gartner Says Worldwide Smartphone Sales to Grow 11% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Gartner forecast that the smartphone market will grow 11.4% to 1.5 billion units in 2021 with 5G penetration getting to 35%. Mature Asia Pacific, Western Europe, and Latin America are expected …

Tags:Forecasts| Gartner| Smartphone Market

Anandtech Finds New Samsung OLED is Remarkably Efficient

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Anandtech has got its hands on a new Samsung S21 Ultra and had a deep dive into the power consumption in various modes, compared to previous Samsung devices. The blog found …

Tags:OLED Materials| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones

Corning China Capacity Increase Clarified

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yesterday we reported information from ‘The Elec’ in Korea that Corning was planning to expand its TV glass capacity in China. We were contacted later by Bob O’Brien of DSCC, who …

Tags:Corning| Glass| Production Capacity

More than 1 million Oculus Quest 2 headsets Sold in Q4 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say According to SuperData Research, a Nielsen company, more than 1 million Oculus Quest 2 headsets were sold in Q4 2020, which was a new record for a single quarter. The only …

Tags:Market Data| Virtual Reality

Magic Leap’s second-gen headset will be more compact – Apple’s to be $3K

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information ($$) has backed up previous Bloomberg reports that Apple’s planned VR headset, code-named N301, would have dual ‘8K’ displays with eye tracking and Lidar as well as many as …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Directional Polarized Light Emission from Thin‐Film Light‐Emitting Diodes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article has been published in the journal, Advance Materials, that explains how a group at NC State University and the University of Texas has developed a new device architecture for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| LED| Mixed Reality| PeLED (Perovskite LED)| Virtual Reality