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Volatile Mobile Device Sales Drive Displays Market

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Mobile Displays – Consumer adoption of ereaders and tablet PCs has been a key driver for small display unit shipments and revenues. Over the past several years, display market dynamics have been volatile as users adopt new mobile devices.  For example, at the recent 2014 Printed Electronics conference held in Santa Clara, CA, November 18-20, a … Read more

USA and South Korea Hold Recycling Conference in California

Industry – The USA and South Korea held a conference in California this week about recycling issues. The conference addressed the recycling of a wide range of products that enter the waste stream.  The one day conference was organized by the Research & Development Center for Valuable Recycling (RDC) from South Korea and its North American partner, Inkor … Read more

OLED Ready For Prime Time?

OLED – OLED technology is the designated prince of the display technology world. We have seen it rise from a novel technology to the first products released 17 years ago. The question is when will it take over the display world in the same way that LCD kicked other display technologies out? In  a recent article … Read more

Userful Uses Ethernet to Drive 4K Videowalls

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Controllers/Scalers/Processors – Userful Corporation (Calgary Alberta) announced today the availability of its software solution to the videowall problem, which had initially been announced in October. The solution leverages the company’s background in desktop virtualization (VDI) software suited for small/medium businesses with minimal IT support. Userful, a privately held company founded in 2003, is the provider … Read more

Asian Smartphone Market: India Leads Growth as China Continues to Slow in 2014 Q3

Market intelligence – According to the latest research from International Data Corporation (IDC), the smartphone market in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) posted a moderate 6% Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) and 24% Year-on-Year (YoY) growth in 2014 Q3.  This trend reflects a decline in growth from previous years and is a result of its largest market, China, having seen … Read more