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How Rambus is Driving MIPI Performance for Mobil Displays

by Omid Rahmat

The continuing expansion of display performance requirements in mobile applications demands that a hybrid of software and hardware solutions come together to address the bandwidth requirements. Rambus is offering a platform to get to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Codecs| Mipi| Rambus| Smartphones| VESA

ByteDance May Have a Thing to Say About VR With Pico

by Omid Rahmat

TikTok’s parent comapny, China’s ByteDance, owns a VR headset company, Pico, and despite the pressures that bear down on the company from western regulators, it is not backing away from a fight with Meta …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| meta| Pico| VR

SK Hynix and LG Displays to Make MicroOLEDs for Meta

by Omid Rahmat

The social media giant will be designing the chips to be manufactured as part of its ongoing investment in the mixed reality displays. The expected timing for all this is 2025 to 2026. According …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| LG Display| meta| Qualcomm| SK Hynix| XR

SMIC Sees Big Price Drops in ICs for Displays

by Omid Rahmat

The Chinese chipmaker’s recent earnings call said that prices for ICS used in displays and flash memory chips in smartphones have dropped by 30% but that it would be continuing to invest in capital …

Tags:Manufacturing| SMIC

DCI Publishes CTP Version 1.3.3

by Omid Rahmat

The latest version of the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) compliance testing is provisioning direct-view screens, and laser-illuminated projectors as having passed the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) in this current iteration. DCI is a joint …

Tags:DCI Compliance

When Push Becomes Shove, Display Manufacturing Will Go China’s Way

by Omid Rahmat

The US Congress is trying to figure out how to put a stop to the flow of goods and capital to China from the tech sector. Pressure has been applied to allies like South …

Tags:BOE| Canon Tokki| China| LG Displays (LGD)| Manufacturing| OLED Materials| Samsung

Lordin Plans to File 23 Patents for Blue OLED

by Omid Rahmat

Lordin, an OLED startup founded in 2020, has developed a blue OLED with an IQE of 90%. It has si far registered 4 patents and plans to file 19 more. The company’s CEO, Oh …

Tags:blue OLED| Lordin| TADF

ISE Back on the Up

by Bob Raikes

The famous football manager, Carlo Ancellotti, in his autobiography ‘Quiet Leadership’, talked about the ‘arc’ of a football manager’s career with a single club. The manager comes in, signs some players and makes changes. …

Tags:ISE 2023| trade shows

Samsung Wants Waiver on US Chip Sanctions to China

by Omid Rahmat

Two of Korea’s major chip companies, Samsung Electronic and SK Hynix, want to put the breaks on the US CHIPS and Science Act. The US has frustrated semiconductor companies by unilaterally imposing sanctions on …

Tags:Samsung| SK Hynix

Latest Smartphone Data Hints at Caution for High End Displays

by Omid Rahmat

Data from A global study of consumer behaviors in the smartphone market shows that Apple’s brand remains almost unassailable worldwide. However, in the study’s timeframe, September to December of 2022, there is also an …

Tags:Android| Apple| Google| ioS

Samsung Taking Pre-Orders for End of Month Shipping of 77″ OLED S95C TVs

by Omid Rahmat

Samsung’s announced pre-order availability for the 2023 Samsung 77” OLED S95C TV for $4,449.99. Samsung Display‘s QD displays at CES 2023 were already raising eyebrows. The pre-order through Samsung.com, or participating retailers, will get $250 worth of professional installation for …

Tags:QD OLEDs| Samsung

Vedanta and Foxconn $20 Billion Gujarat Fab Gets Tech Leadership

by Omid Rahmat

Vedanta has hired a Texas Instruments and NXP Semiconductor vet, David Reed, as CEO of is semiconductor business. Last year, Vedanta and Foxconn announced a joint venture to build a $20 billion fab for …

Tags:Foxconn| India| Manufacturing| OLED Fabs| Vedanta