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Quested Suggests IP for BBC UltraHD

The BBC’s Andy Quested has said that the broadcaster may not use terrestrial signals for any future UltraHD plans. Speaking at the Futuresource Consulting New Content Horizons conference in London, Quested said the Red Button – accessing an IP feed – could be used to take viewers to UltraHD content. He also reiterated that the … Read more

FlexEnable, CPT Partnership Signals Industrialisation of Truly Flexible AMOLED Displays

FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, has partnered with Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT), a renowned display maker, to drive the penetration of truly flexible AMOLED displays, a market predicted to explode to $16 billion by 2020. Building on a series of flexible AMOLED demonstrators made previously by FlexEnable, the … Read more

CPT-FlexEnable Partnership Marks Flexible Mass-Production

FlexEnable has entered into a partnership with CPT, to drive the penetration of ‘truly flexible’ AMOLED displays. Working together, CPT and FlexEnable have manufactured a glass-free, full-colour AMOLED display. It is based on FlexEnable’s low-temperature process for plastic transistors and CPT’s RGB OLED technology. The display operates at 60Hz and is 125 microns thick. FlexEnable … Read more

Automotive Demand Pushes KOE to Raise Production

KOE is to expand its production of display modules in Taiwan, from 180,000 modules monthly to 450,000, by March 2017. Parent company Japan Display said that the increase is being driven by rising demand for display modules used in automotive applications. production ramp will begin in May 2017. (Watch next week for more news from … Read more

New Suite of 7″ Industrial LCD Panels Provide Flexible Design Options

Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) has introduced new LCD display modules in its Industrial Application (IA) TFT LCD line-up in the popular 7.0-inch (diagonal) size class. The company’s new 7.0-inch class industrial LCD products include an out-of-the-box, high-performance IA product and a “Value IA” LCD panel for cost-sensitive applications, plus ability to add-on PCAP … Read more

Nanosys First to Achieve EPA Approval for Mass Production of Quantum Dots

Nanosys, the leader in Quantum Dot technology being used to achieve the highest color gamut and greatly improved energy efficiency for displays, today announced that it has become the first and only Quantum Dot manufacturer to complete the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program review process for its Quantum Dot materials and … Read more

Quantum Materials Announces QDX Class Quantum Dots With High Heat, Oxidation and Moisture Resistance

Leading North American quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp (OTCQB:QTMM) today launched their new QDX™ class of high-stability Cadmium-free quantum dots at the Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2015 International Symposium in San Jose, CA. QDX Quantum Dot production is underway on Quantum Materials’ patented continuous-flow production system and assessment quantities have already … Read more

Tobii, MSI Partner to Develop Eye-Tracking Games

Tobii Tech, a unit of Tobii, has formed a partnership with gaming notebook firm MSI to accelerate the development of eye-tracking enabled gaming products. The first product is a fully integrated eye-tracking concept notebook which will be shown at Computex this week. The companies said that the concept notebook is the first of other expected … Read more

Analogix Prepares for Ubiquitous USB

Analogix Semiconductor has shown a new family of single-chip USB-C solutions at Computex. Intended for mobile devices, the ANX74xx products each contain a cable configuration controller, a port controller and manager and a high-speed switch for USB 3.0 and DisplayPort. Analogix expects USB-C to eventually replace HDMI and other USB cables. Products include: ANX7428 (optimal … Read more