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I first came to IFA, the International Funkaustellung (literally international Radio Show) 25 years ago. Most shows follow an arc of lifetime (like football managers) – building up, succeeding, then fading and dying or moving on. So what about IFA? The show was established nearly 100 years ago, so it’s a bit tricky to comment … Read more
What They Say At a conference in Seoul held by The Elec on the topic of the Metaverse, LG Display said that it expected a shift to OLEDoS from LCOS. The firm expects a demand for at least 60 pixels per degree of viewing angle and will need more than 1000-2000ppi and possibly 3,000ppi. LGD … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung plans to first make single stack rather than tandem OLEDs on the G8 line that it has just decided to build for IT applications. Samsung Display’s co-project to develop a full-cut, vertical deposition machine optimized for a Gen 8 line with Japan’s Ulvac had been aimed at … Read more
What They Say UBI Rersearch of Korea reported that its estimate for the value of the medium and large OLED display market was $1.67 billion with shipments rising by 11.2% on an annual basis. On a quarterly basis, volume for OLEDs for notebooks rose from 1.14 million to 2.18 million, more or less double. TV … Read more
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, is expected to decline 16.1% year on year in unit terms for the third quarter of 2022 (Q3 2022), according to industry analysis conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) is expanding the gaming experience on its latest TVs, adding new cloud-gaming services to give users more choice, and a UI update that makes it easier to get in the game. These latest upgrades are representative of LG’s continuing commitment to bringing gamer-centric content and capabilities to its industry-leading TVs. Requiring no … Read more
TCL Electronics Holdings Limitedhas showcased a collection of home theater and all-category smart home appliances at this exhibition and has held a product launch event themed “Inspire Greatness.” The Company continues to implement its all-category strategy. TCL Electronics has set up a vast interactive booth spanning over 2,000 square meters at the exhibition to showcase … Read more
What They Say Reuters reports that Meta has signed a deal with Qualcomm who will provide custom chips for Meta’s Quest VR headsets. The companies’ engineering teams will collaborate on the platform. The chipsets produced through the collaboration will not be exclusive to Meta, but will be optimized specifically for Quest’s system specifications, Meta spokesperson … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung Display (SDC) has sold and transferred its LCD patents to TCL’s CSOT panel making subsidiary which bought the Samsung Suzhou fab in China in 2020. Samsung has an investment in CSOT and the company supplies panels to Samsung’s TV business. The report said that up to 2,000 … Read more
The USB Promoter Group announced the pending release of the USB4® Version 2.0 specification, a major update to enable up to 80 Gbps of data performance over the USB Type-C® cable and connector. The USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) specifications will also be updated to enable this higher level of data performance. … Read more
What They Say The USB Promoter Group announced USB4 Version 2.0 which adds a capacity for up to 80Gbps over active cables and ‘up to 80Gbps’ using existing 40Gbps-rated copper cables and connectors. Protocol updates are also being made to enable higher performance USB 3.2, DisplayPort and PCI Express (PCIe) data tunneling to best use … Read more
What They Say Semiconductor Engineering published quite a long article on the state of play of microLED developments and has some useful information, especially if you are new to the field. In it, Eric Virey of Yole summarises some recent fab investment decisions in microLED amsOsram is spending $850M to expand microLED production in Austria … Read more
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