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Mobile Market – Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S5 sales are 40% down on projected sales with just 12M sold in July, that’s 4M units fewer sold in the first three months than the predecessor Galaxy S4 and the company is losing no time in reacting to the news. The Wall Street Journal Headline reports that the Korean technology giant is … Read more
TVs – Today is our Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, when we travel long distances to have overly large family dinners with people we don’t like. The traditional main dish is roast turkey, and turkey is also our slang term for a fool or failure – as in, “It’s hard to fly with the eagles … Read more
Flat Panel – Everybody in the display industry immediately thinks LCD when the name Merck comes up. Merck does much more than just LCDs, however, as the company is also involved in many aspects of display manufacturing, which gives the company a very clear feel on where the display industry may be heading. So it makes people listen … Read more
Digital Signage – Over the past few decades, New York City’s Times Square has undergone a dramatic change, from sleazy adult entertainment district to its current Disney/Las Vegas-like center of lights, sounds and family-friendly attractions. Last week, the neighborhood added what is being called the world’s largest high-definition video display – a 24-million pixel LED advertising … Read more
TV – Sandvine, the Canadian provider of an internet network policy control platform, has released data on who is using all this available broadband bandwidth and how much goes to video on demand. As discussed some time ago by Peter Putnam in his article “Broadband: It’s All About The Pipes“, broadband internet has been changing the direction … Read more
Business and Strategy – Innolux, Taiwan’s largest LCD fab, made headlines last week with the announcement of new fab investment in mobile displays as it looks to keep pace with LCD demand, particularly of LTPS LCD type that is so popular in high pixel density mobile display devices from Apple. Taiwan’s Innolux is building its first new … Read more
Market Intelligence – According to the latest DisplaySearch Automotive Displays Report, with more safety features requiring a greater level of driver monitoring, demand for multifunction TFT-LCD panels in the automotive instrument cluster is accelerating. In fact, TFT LCD shipments for the instrument cluster in automobiles are expected to grow 48% to reach 30.2 million units this year, growing … Read more
idcTablet – This year we have heard a lot about the resurgence of the notebook PC and the demise of the tablet PC. The PC industry was almost ecstatic about the possibility of market growth, even though only in the notebook segment. Now the latest results show a familiar trend, tablet sales are up and … Read more
Display Materials & Manufacturing – While Corning’s Gorilla Glass is aimed primarily at mobile devices, the company has set up a separate group to look at alternative uses for the product. In our exclusive tour at the Sullivan Park Corning facility, we had a chance to learn more about how it is being used in … Read more
Display Materials & Manufacturing – In a special press event held at Corning’s New York Headquarters, the company revealed its latest innovation – Gorilla Glass 4. The company provided impressive test results showing the performance of this cover glass material, which is aimed at mobile devices. It is already in production and available on smartphones … Read more
Gopalan Rajeswaran (Raj) changed his planned talk from solar panels to discuss AMOLEDs as there was not a specific speech on this topic at the event. Rajeswaran said that he has been working in the OLED area for 30 years or so since his days at Kodak. OLEDs were discovered in 1987, after four or … Read more
TFT panel suppliers are forecast to ship 718 million large-area (9″+) panels this year – a 3% rise compared to 2013. NPD DisplaySearch says that panel price increases and an expanding average TV size will enable revenues to keep pace with shipments. Revenues will also grow 3% YoY, to $75 billion. Large-area TFT panel shipments … Read more
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