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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
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
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 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
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