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UBI Predicts Changing Encapsulation at Samsung

Samsung’s upcoming A3 line will use a new hybrid encapsulation technology, Korea’s UBI Research claims. Rather than the current Vitex technique, the new method will be ‘similar to the method that LG Display takes’, where the film is laminated after the resin coating process. The A3 fab is a G6 line, due to begin operation … Read more

Video Over LTE Gets Closer to US Deployment

We recently reported on how AT&T and Verizon are showing signs that they will be rolling out LTE-Broadcast. AT&T has now added more sound bites to the growing push, saying that it is building a network to deliver video to LTE-enabled devices over a new LTE Broadcast network of its own design. Speaking at the … Read more

Argos Makes Key Appointments

UK retail chain Argos has made two new appointments as part of its strategy to become a digital retail leader. Ian Dobson joins the company as head of customer and market insight, in which role he will lead the development of strategies driven by an understanding of customers and how they shop. Matt Hobbs has … Read more

HP Pursues Chromebook Philosophy for Windows

A new notebook has joined HP’s Stream 14 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33), with a similar thin and light design and minimal local storage. Available in two sizes (11.6″ and 13.3″), the HP Stream features up to 1TB of cloud storage via Microsoft OneDrive; a year’s subscription to Office 365 Personal; and a $25 … Read more

Panasonic’s 14″ Toughbook is Lightest Yet

Panasonic says that its new Toughbook CF-LX3 is the lightest 14″ notebook available on the market today. Weighing 1.26kg, the product will run on battery for up to 14 hours. The battery will recharge in 3 hours and is replaceable. As a Toughbook, the CF-LX3 is designed to withstand falls from a desk (around 0.75m). … Read more

Flexible Substrate Production Cost Cut by Two-Thirds

A technique that bonds a polymeric film to glass, in a way that means it can be ‘easily’ removed by applying heat, has been developed by the Suga Laboratory of the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. The research may be used to lower the cost of flexible substrate production. When a polyimide … Read more

Gel Film Transistor Speeds Flexible Electronics

Yang Yang, a researcher at UCLA, and colleagues claim to have developed an ‘inexpensive and simple way’ to produce transparent, flexible transistors. Transistors are generally produced using a multi-step photolithography process (printing a pattern onto glass or a wafer, using light). The process is expensive and uses toxic substances. Yang’s approach instead uses inks (referred … Read more