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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
What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple expert, Mark Gurman described ‘at least’ three Apple XR headset developments. N301 – probably to be called the Apple Reality PRo and a high-end rival to Meta Platforms Inc.’s upcoming Quest Pro probably for at least $2,000 N602 – the successor to the N301 and may be lower cost N421 … Read more
Seoul Viosys, a manufacturer of optical semiconductor devices, will present micro-LED based on the laminated structure – which enables high-resolution display – as well as its micro-LED display products at the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin) 2022. The stacked micro-LED developed by Seoul Viosys has a unique and innovative structure in which three chips representing red, … Read more
What They Say Samsung has launched the A235G handset for $300 in the US with a 1080 x 2408 LCD display (Gorilla Glass 5) supporting 120Hz refresh. The APU is a Snapdragon 695 and there are four cameras on the back. The Galaxy A23 5G features a quad-camera setup with a primary 50-megapixel camera and … Read more
What They Say The FT reported data from Counterpoint Research who said that the active installed base of iPhones topped the 50% mark in the quarter that ended in June. It’s iPhone’s highest market share since the phone debuted in 2007. Counterpoint also thinks that Apple’s service revenues could exceed its iPhone income. Other highlights … Read more
You may have noticed that I enjoy taking apart TVs and understanding the optical materials on the inside. While this isn’t exactly possible during a trade show, I can point my spectrometer at them and get some clues about the inner workings. Today I’m revisiting some data I captured during SID Display Week 2022 along … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week – only a few as I have been busy at IFA. Why the folding phone revolution has a way to go HP: All-in-One PC with 5K2K, Thunderbolt 4 … Read more
What They Say DTVEurope reported data from the Deutsche TV Plattform that 2.7 million televisions were sold in Germany by the end of July 2022. Smart TVs sales made up 96% of the total (2.5 million), up two percentage points on the previous year. 75% of sets were UltraHD (2 million) and 99% of those … Read more
What They Say Digitimes Research issued a forecast for automotive display shipments and said that it expects steady growth of the market to 288 million units by 2027, a CAGR of 7.9% over 2022’s shipments of 197 million. The firm expects more displays to be used in EVs and autonomous vehicles. Central control centres and … Read more
Xperi Holding Corporation announced the launch of its independent media platform, TiVo OS. Consumer electronics leader Vestel will ship the first smart TVs Powered by TiVo™ in Europe beginning in 2023. Unlike existing platforms, which are largely built around “walled gardens,” TiVo OS is a first-of-its-kind neutral platform, aimed at giving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) … Read more
Toshiba is set to build on the home entertainment experience with the introduction of a head-turning TV line-up, which includes the UF3D4K Smart TVs with Fire TV built-in, and the XA9DOLEDAndroid TVTM devices.Delivering a superb picture performance and multi-dimensional audio, each modelraises the bar for TV, offering a go-to ultra-convenient, and personalised entertainment hub. 43/50/55/65-inch … Read more
What They Say Macroblock, the Taiwanese leader in LED driver technology, sent us a press release highlighting that its drivers have been used by the Chinese car brand “Li Auto”‘s flagship SUV-L9 model. The design is quite a change from tradition, with a small display on the steering wheel (using an LCD with miniLED backlight … Read more
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