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Samsung Electronics Pauses Efforts to Develop Foldable Glass

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Korea reports that Samsung has temporarily stopped its project to make its own foldable glass. The decision was made that it was likely to be more competitive if it focussed …

Tags:Corning| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Samsung

KONKA Releases the APHAEA Watch, the World’s First Micro LED Watch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Konka has announced a new smartwatch, the AphaeaWatch that uses a 2″ microdisplay with a pitch of 0.12mm (P0.12), which we calculate as giving 300 x 300 resolution (212ppi), although some …

Tags:Konka| MicroLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartwatches

Oxford spin-out Bodle secures Series A funding extension

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bodle Technologies has received funding through an extension to its £6m ($8m) Series A funding round. (Bodle Moves Onto the Next Stage) What We Think Bodle is still in the early …

Tags:Investment| Reflective Display

Riot threatens to derail Wistron, Apple and India plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Contract manufacturer Wistron Corp has suffered a riot at an iPhone factory in India, reportedly over unpaid wages, although the company had commissioned employment agencies to pay the workers, according to …

Tags:India| ODMs & OEMs| Smartphone Market

Analyst: Will SVoDs replace pay-TV?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced TV blog published an article based on a presentation by Tristan Veale of Futuresouce Consulting that sets out the competition between Pay TV ($127 billion in 2020) and SVoD ($55 …

Tags:Broadcast| SVOD| TV Viewing

Chiral OLED

Pasta-shaped structures explain chiral light emission in polymers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at Imperial College, London, have developed a way to make OLEDs that emit chiral light (efficiently polarised. The material is based on ‘fusilli pasta’-shaped layers which can be created using …

Tags:OLEDs| Polarisers| R&D (Research & Development)

Interesting Links for W/E 25th December 2020

by Bob Raikes

Every week, we see interesting articles where we can’t really add value or they are just interesting and not related to displays, so we put them in a round-up list. French startup is preparing …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Cameras| Cinema| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Semiconductors| SIGGRAPH| Small Medium Panel Supply

LG to Make Bigger and Brighter OLED Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AVCesar, a website in France, has reported that LG will make a new size of 83″ in its range of OLED panels. The company has also confirmed information in the Japanese …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)