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Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Growth to Decline 3.6% in 2023

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Global semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 3.6% in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. In 2022, the market is on pace to grow 4% and total $618 billion. “The short-term outlook for semiconductor revenue has worsened,” said Richard Gordon, Practice Vice President at Gartner. “Rapid deterioration in the global economy and weakening … Read more

NB Panel Shipments in October Dropped to a Decade Low for That Month and Will Remain in a Slump in 4Q22, but Growth Will Return in 1Q23, Says TrendForce

TrendForce’s latest research finds that shipments of display panels used in notebook computers (NB panels) came to 13.5 million pieces (pcs) in this October, showing a MoM drop of 16.1% and a YoY drop of 45.0%. Based on TrendForce’s tracking of NB panel shipments, this figure is a 10-year low for the month of October. … Read more

China’s Consumer VR Shipment to Reach Nearly 7 Million Units in 2026, According to IDC

According to a recent IDC forecast, consumer standalone VR shipments in China increased by 166.2% year-over-year in the first half of 2022. China standalone VR in 2022Q1 reached 229 thousand units shipped, while 2022Q2 had almost 273 thousand units shipped. The VR landscape has had an increase in players compared with previous years, and many … Read more

Bottom Up, ‘Cinematic’ Chemistry for Blue QDs

Most quantum dot displays use a source of blue light (LEDs in nearly all cases except Samsung Display’s QD-OLED panels) but this means that you have to make the blue light emit from the display in the same way as the red and green light, which adds some challenges. In particular, more than you want … Read more

Apple to lose 6 Million iPhone 14 Pros

What They Say Bloomberg quoted “a person familiar with assembly operations” as saying that Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro shipments could fall short by 6 million units after the disruption in Zhengzhou, China that we reported last week (Foxconn Chinese iPhone Plant in Unrest Breakout). The shortfall is expected to be made up in 2023. The … Read more

[China Trend Report] Further Delays to BOE Chengdu B16 Line Investment

What They Say UBI Research of Korea published a press release that said that there is a possibility that the investment in BOE’s B16 8.7G OLED line located in Chengdu will be further delayed. A member of the State Assets Commission, Beijing Municipal government’s regulations on BOE Group is the cause. Staffing for the line had … Read more

DPVR E4 Announced with November Launch, Aims to Dominating the Consumer Market for Tethered PC VR Headsets

DPVR, a leading provider of virtual reality (VR) devices, has announced the launch of its newest PC VR gaming headset with the introduction of the ‘DPVR E4,’ which is aimed at dominating the consumer market for tethered PC VR headsets. In a different category altogether from standalone VR headsets such as the Meta Quest 2 … Read more

Links Week Starting 28th November 2022

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.  Jon Peddie has written a farewell to Lenny Lipton – a real personality of the cinema and 3D world. We’re sorry we missed the news of Lipton’s death. … Read more

Visionox signs an agreement with the government of Hefei to build its $1.6 billion flexible OLED module fab

What They Say Visionox is planning to co-invest $1.5 billion on a new flexible AMOLED fab in Hefei. Visionox will have a 45.5% stake, as will State-owned Hefei Dongxin Investment while Hefei Xincheng State-owned Assets Management will take a 9.09% stake. What We Think Hmmm… I found this release apparently as a PR release (MT Newswires). While … Read more

Enjoying art with 1 million lumens in London

What They Say Invidis published an article that dug into the ‘Frameless’ digital art experience close to London’s Marble Arch. The installation uses more than 50 Panasonic 3-chip DLP projectors to show digital versions of famous artworks after they were chosen from a short list of three projector makers. 80% of the projectors are fitted … Read more

AvanStrate Launches AvanRhino™ Cover Glass

AvanStrate Inc. (ASI), the global manufacturer of LCD glass substrates, introduces AvanRhino Cover Glass in their latest product portfolio. The new AvanRhino Cover Glass provides consumers with an exceptional drop and scratch performance, and finds versatile application for smartphones, laptops, tablets and automobile monitors. On the launch, Akarsh Hebbar, Managing Director – AvanStrate Inc. said, … Read more