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What They Say We’ve reported on weak demand in the US consumer market recently (Amazon Prime Day Discounts in US Signal Slumping Consumer Demand) and now Coresight Research has said that the revenues in UK retail grew 1.7% year on year in June, but volume declines were down 5.9% with online sales down 9.7% year … Read more
In today’s fast-paced world, mobility is a defining feature of everyday life – and greater mobility demands greater flexibility. Whether at home or at the office, with friends or with colleagues, multitasking or relaxing, users need solutions that can keep pace with their dynamic lifestyle. Thus, the Philips 16B1P3302, a brand-new, lightweight 16″ (15.6″ / … Read more
What They Say DSCC published a blog outlining how the current low fab utilisation in the LCD business and weak demand is forcing panel makers to review their capacity plans, or at least their timing. The firm said that ,eaningful delays in PO timing, move-in timing, install timing or MP timing were added this quarter … Read more
What They Say ComputerBase.de reported that Taiwanese Mobo, PC and graphics card maker ASRock is planning to sell two monitors under its own brand with support for AMD Freesync. There is a 34″ WQHD that goes up to 165Hz via DisplayPort and 100Hz via HDMI, while the 27″ FullHD unit goes up to 165Hz via … Read more
Display shipments for applications featuring near-eye displays are expected to reach 25.3 million units in 2022, up 73.8% year-over-year (YoY), before reaching 139 million units in 2028, based on Omdia’s latest Near Eye Display for XR Application Report – 2022. Omdia sees three main influencers behind this growth. Firstly, sales of XR (including AR, VR … Read more
What They Say Darwin Precisions told Digitimes that it is planning a $33.9 million investment in new production capacity in Xiamen, China for backlights. There will be two new production lines with a combined capacity of 300K modules per month and should be active by the end of the year. It will make high end … Read more
What They Say By complete coincidence (honestly!), after I wrote about the investment in Nanosys over recent years last Friday (David Clears the First Hurdle), I got notice today that the firm has raised an additional $50 million that will enable the firm to accelerate its growth in QDs, microLEDs and ELQDs. Investors included Fortress … Read more
Nanosys, the industry innovator and leading supplier of quantum dot and microLED technologies for advanced displays, announced that it has raised more than $50 million in Series B equity and debt financing. The initial close of this round includes as new investors funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, Centerbridge Partners and Kilonova Capital. … Read more
Intel and MediaTek announced a strategic partnership to manufacture chips using Intel Foundry Services’ (IFS) advanced process technologies. The agreement is designed to help MediaTek build a more balanced, resilient supply chain through the addition of a new foundry partner with significant capacity in the United States and Europe. MediaTek plans to use Intel process … Read more
What They Say Intel & Mediatek said that they had formed a partnership for Mediatek’s chips to be made by Intel’s Foundry Services business. The chips will be made for ‘a range of smart edge devices’. Mediatek said that it sells more than two billion chips per year. It also highlighted that the deal gives … Read more
What They Say Aixteen-Nine.net found a LinkedIn video that shows the use of LEDs on architectural glass, that Eclipse Digital Media calls ‘Photoelectric Glass LED’. Eclipse is working with Nexnovo of China. The LEDs are down to 10mm pitch, have output of up to 3,000 cd/m² and are IP65 rated. The video shows how modules … Read more
Pixelworks, Inc., the developer of the award-winning TrueCut Motion™ platform, announced that it is working with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment on multiple motion picture titles. “We’re bringing AVATAR and TITANIC back to the big screen, looking better in every way,” said James Cameron. “We will be presenting both films in 4K with high dynamic range … Read more
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