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DDI Shortage Helping Monitor Panel Allocations

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Trendforce reported that a shortage of display driver chips is driving LCD makers to focus on monitor and notebook panels, which are more profitable than TV panels and larger TV panels, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Display Drivers| Large LCD Supply

BOE’s 2nd Gen 10.5 LCD factory to reach full capacity in 1st half

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reports, quoting local Chinese media, that BOE has secured $3 billion in funding to expand its B12 production line for OLEDs for smartphones in Chongqing. The company currently operations …

Tags:BOE| Investment| Large LCD Supply| OLED Fabs| Small Medium LCDs

Perovskite Materials can Deliver Transparency and Conductivity

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Science Daily said that a group led by University of Minnesota Professor K. Andre Mkhoyan has made a discovery that combines transparency and conductivity in perovskite materials. The group found metallic …

Tags:Materials| Perovskite| Touch

TSMC to Kick off Mass Production of Intel CPUs in 2H21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say EE Times reports, quoting Trendforce as a source, that Intel has moved the production of 15% to 20% of its non-CPU chips to TSMC and UMC. While the company is planning …

Tags:CPUs| Intel| Semiconductors| TSMC

Lenovo has upgraded its ThinkBook Plus

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo has upgraded its ThinkBook Plus that has a larger external E Ink display, moving up from 10.8″ to 12″ and with resolution going up to 2560 x 1600. The main …

Tags:E Ink| Lenovo| Notebooks

LCD TV Panel Prices Continue Rising in Q1 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC posted a blog that included a forecast that despite the substantial TV panel price increases in the second half of 2020, prices are set to rise by an average of …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)

Asus Adds OLED Notebook with Secondary Screen

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus has a new version of its ZenBook Pro Duo, the 15 OLED (UX582), that has a new tilting ‘4K’ secondary tilting full width touchscreen. The ‘ScreenPad Plus’ is a 14″ …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| Notebooks