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Global Quantum Dot Market Player Quantum Materials Launches Cadmium Free Green and Red QDs

One of the fastest-growing companies in the North American quantum dot market, Quantum Materials, has just introduced Cadmium free green and red quantum dots to the marketplace. The initial limited production volume of these innovative quantum dots will be sent to a number of consumer electronics manufacturers, selected by Quantum Materials. The firm has also … Read more

KOE Moves to High Res for Industry

KOE Europe has introduced a new 10.1″ LCD display module, with high resolution, for industrial use. While many industrial display modules have resolutions of 1024 x 768 or lower, KOE’s new TX26D202VM0BAA has 1920 x 1200, with a pixel density of 224ppi. The introduction is part of a continued move towards higher-quality displays for industrial … Read more

Nearly 50% of US Homes Will Own a 4K TV by 2020, says Strategy Analytics

The USA will emerge as the leading market for 4K or Ultra HD TVs in terms of household penetration by 2020 followed by the leading Western European markets, Australia, South Korea and China. According to Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices (CHD) report “Ultra High Definition TV Displays: Global Market Forecast,” demand for UHD TVs is … Read more

Samsung Display Apparently New Apple Supplier

As we have reported in the past (Apple Looks to LG for AMOLED), it is very likely that LG Display is supplying the flexible AMOLED screen to be used on the Apple Watch. New media reports from Korea now claim that Apple has signed a deal with Samsung Display to become the second supplier for … Read more

Valve Streams Games Cheaply, Provides Console Release Date

Valve has finally provided a date for the release of its Steam Machine consoles. Units will begin to be released from November this year. At the same time the company showed off the Steam Link: a box that can stream games from a PC or Steam Machine to a TV, at 1920 x 1080 resolution … Read more

Gear VR Consumer Version Coming This Year, Says Oculus

Samsung’s Gear VR (Samsung Brings B2B to Consumer Show) will be launched this year alongside the Galaxy Note 5 – or so implied John Carmack, CTO of Oculus VR. Carmack told Game Developers’ Conference attendees that the product would be launched with Samsung’s next hardware cycle. Samsung’s new Note devices tend to be launched at … Read more

Semiconductors Rise to New January High

Worldwide semiconductor sales in January were the highest they have ever been at the beginning of a year, according to the USA’s Semiconductor Industry Association. Total sales reached $28.5 billion – an 8.7% YoY climb from January 2014’s $26.3 billion. Seasonal trends were reflected in the fact that these sales were 2% lower than those … Read more