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UBI Reports & Forecasts Medium/Large OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UBI Rersearch of Korea reported that its estimate for the value of the medium and large OLED display market was $1.67 billion with shipments rising by 11.2% on an annual basis. …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| OLED Fabs

Meta, Qualcomm sign pact on custom virtual reality chips

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Reuters reports that Meta has signed a deal with Qualcomm who will provide custom chips for Meta’s Quest VR headsets. The companies’ engineering teams will collaborate on the platform. The chipsets …

Tags:Application Processors| | Qualcomm| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display transfers LCD patents to CSOT

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung Display (SDC) has sold and transferred its LCD patents to TCL’s CSOT panel making subsidiary which bought the Samsung Suzhou fab in China in 2020. Samsung …

Tags:BOE| CSOT| Patents| Samsung| TCL

USB Promoter Group Announces USB4 Version 2.0

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The USB Promoter Group announced USB4 Version 2.0 which adds a capacity for up to 80Gbps over active cables and ‘up to 80Gbps’ using existing 40Gbps-rated copper cables and connectors. Protocol …

Tags:DisplayPort| HFR - High Frame Rate| Interfaces| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USB| USB Monitors

The State of Play in MicroLED and an Apple Watch Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Semiconductor Engineering published quite a long article on the state of play of microLED developments and has some useful information, especially if you are new to the field. In it, Eric …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Investment| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Supply Chain

Apple Headset Ideas from Gurman

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple expert, Mark Gurman described ‘at least’ three Apple XR headset developments. N301 – probably to be called the Apple Reality PRo and a high-end rival to Meta Platforms Inc.’s …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

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Samsun $300 Smartphone has 120Hz Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has launched the A235G handset for $300 in the US with a 1080 x 2408 LCD display (Gorilla Glass 5) supporting 120Hz refresh. The APU is a Snapdragon 695 and …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones

Apple’s iPhones overtook Android devices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The FT reported data from Counterpoint Research who said that the active installed base of iPhones topped the 50% mark in the quarter that ended in June. It’s iPhone’s highest market …

Tags:Android| Apple| Operating Systems| Smartphones

Links Week Starting 5th September 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week – only a few as I have …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HP Inc| Lenovo| ViewSonic

Germany Loves SmartTVs and Dynamic HDR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DTVEurope reported data from the Deutsche TV Plattform that 2.7 million televisions were sold in Germany by the end of July 2022. Smart TVs sales made up 96% of the total …

Tags:Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Market Data| Smart TV| TV Set Market