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According to the International Data Corporation ’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the India smartphone market exited 2022 with 144 million shipments (the lowest since 2019), with a 10% decline YoY (year-over-year). 4Q22 declined 27% YoY as shipments fell to 30 million units. Despite multiple price discounts and channel schemes, high inventory levels after Diwali restricted new … Read more
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 as both social media heavyweights keep slugging away at each other. This is a nice juxtaposition with an earlier story on … Read more
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 The Elec, LG Display is relying on SK Hynix for the semiconductor wafter which it plans to produce at its oldest … Read more
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 expenditures. However, most of spending will be on mature technologies and increasing capacity for older generations and infrastructure for new plants. … Read more
Sales of smartwatches in India went from 12.22 million units in 2021 to 30.72 million units in 2022, according to IDC Research. The data tracks smartwatches inclusive of basic and advanced. Smartwatch ASPs continue to decline, at $42.5 (vs $61.2 a year ago) which is a reflection of the Indian market’s appetite for basic smartwatches … Read more
Dr. Jon Peddie has just written a three-volume The History of the GPU, published by Springer, tracing its history, the ecosystem and environment, and new developments in the industry. These are the first and only books to cover the entire history of the GPU, from the origins of concepts in the 1950s to the supercomputers … Read more
The Pixel 7 Pro’s bill of materials (BOM) is about 50% Samsung and Oppo’s new foldable phone uses Samsung Displays. In both cases, Samsung’s winning the high-end of the Android phone market with its display technology. The teardown of the Pixel 7 Pro by Counterpoint revealed the significance of Samsung’s role in helping Google position … Read more
The manufacturer of pattern generators got an end of the year record order intake, which increased 105% in the fourth quarter. The company received its first order for an FPS10 Evo in the fourth quarter. This is a new product in the FPS Evo series for writing photomasks to produce fine metal masks, which are … Read more
Qualcomm calls it the connected intelligent edge, but the launch of the Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF, adds some much need communications power to the company’s offerings that could have a positive impact on AR and VR headset designs. Ostensibly, the Snapdragon X35 bridges the complexity gap between high-speed mobile broadband devices and extremely low-bandwidth IOT … Read more
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 venture of Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal, and Warner Brothers. The primary purpose of DCI is to establish uniform … Read more
Cree LED announces the availability of three surface mount diode (SMD) LEDs optimized for large-format, high-resolution video screen applications. These new LEDs provide enhanced performance for all types of large-format displays requiring superior image quality and reliability. These SMDs are ideal for stadium signs, airport displays, command center displays and full-color roadway signs. First, the … Read more
Shenzhen Century Joint Innovation Technology Company Ltd. (Innocn) has been a driving force in the competitive market for smart displays for the last decade, producing some of the most elite smart monitors and computers. Innocn, or Innovation China, is an award-winning manufacturer that has made a name for itself by developing smart displays with more … Read more
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