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We Found the Source for the Meta Info

What They Say Apologies – yesterday I reported on Meta’s developments in XR displays but I missed the source of that content which is a one hour video from ‘Adam Savage’s Tested’ that includes an interview with Mark Zuckerberg. The YouTuber got a chance to try the different R&D developments. (Meta shows its AR/VR work) … Read more

Will Streaming Take Over?

What They Say Kagan said after a survey of US adult internet uses that it estimates that US households used 6.8 streaming video services on average in March 2022. The result showed that paid services had 55% of share, with ad-supported services (including YouTube) at around 30% and social video at around 15%. Separately, Roku’s … Read more

Samsung Unveils ISOCELL Image Sensor With Industry’s Smallest 0.56μm Pixel

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, introduced the 200MP ISOCELL HP3, the image sensor with the industry’s smallest 0.56-micrometer (?m)-pixels. “Samsung has continuously led the image sensor market trend through its technology leadership in high resolution sensors with the smallest pixels,” said JoonSeo Yim, Executive Vice President of Sensor Business Team at … Read more

STMicroelectronics’ New Chip Boosts Energy Efficiency in Consumer Electronics

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is enhancing the sustainability of personal computing with its latest innovation. The new chip, called ST-ONE, sets to increase energy efficiency in a wide variety of ac-dc adapters, fully compliant with USB-PD 3.1, including laptop and smartphone chargers. New adapters built with … Read more

Kopin Subsidiary Secures $1 Million Order from Nexstar Technology (South Korea)

Kopin Corporation, a leading developer of innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Forth Dimension Displays Limited (ForthDD), has secured a $1 million production order from Nexstar Technology Co., Ltd. (Nexstar), headquartered in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The order is to provide Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) for Nexstar’s new Nexman … Read more

Sony To Reveal New Hardware Next Week, But Not A Console – Report

What They Say Sony is reported to be developing two monitors for gaming on the PS5 – with one said to be supporting UltraHD at 144Hz/DisplayHDR 600 and the other described as supporting FullHD at 240Hz/DisplayHDR 400. The monitors are reported to support VRR and with 1ms response time. There should be ‘gaming assist features’. … Read more

JBD Tops out Hefei Fab

What They Say We missed it a couple of weeks ago, but have now seen a press release from Jade Bird Display (JBD) about the topping out of a fab facility in Hefei, China to make microLEDs. The factory has got to the stage of ‘roof sealing’. The plant covers 79 acres (32 Hectares) and … Read more

SDC Swapping OCA for OCR

What They Say The Elec reported that Samsung Display (SDC) is switching to using optically clear resin (OCR), which is a liquid, instead of optically clear adhesive (OCA), which it uses in a film form in its foldable OLEDs with the aim of reducing cost. The OCA is said to take longer to place than … Read more

GCC Smartphone Market Suffers Declines as Demand Continues to Weaken

Newly released data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that shipments of mobile phones to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region declined 0.8% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q1 2022 to total 6.10 million units. Smartphone shipments were up 0.4% QoQ to 5.47 million units, while feature phone shipments decline 9.8% over the … Read more