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What They Say OLEDInfo reports that a Chinese OLED microdisplay developer, BCDTEK, is building a new fab in Huainan, China with a monthly capacity of 20K 300mm substrates per month. The company is expected to invest close to $1 billion with money raised from China Micro Semiconductor and Shanghai Wusheng Electronics. The firm is also … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that APS Holdings in Korea is developing a facility for ultra high resolution fine metal mask (FMM) OLED manufacturing in Chonan. Resolution could get as high as 3,000ppi. The firm is said to be planning to use laser processes, rather than wet etching. The firm is part of a … Read more
eMagin Corporation, a leader in the development, design and manufacture of high-resolution OLED microdisplays for AR/VR and other near-eye imaging products, announced it has been awarded a $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Army for a high-brightness, full-color OLED microdisplay prototype project, including manufacturing process technologies. The prototype will be used in AR systems that … Read more
What They Say Hat-tip to Jon Peddie for pointing us to a “Guide to HDR’ available from Bitmovin (registration required). If you are new to HDR, it’s a useful reference to the different formats, gamuts and EOTFs as well as detailing the support for different formats in some TVs, consoles and dongles. The company, of … Read more
The European smartphone market declined by 12% year-on-year in Q1 2022, according to the latest research from Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor service, registering the lowest first quarter shipments for nearly a decade. The decline was caused by a number of factors, including ongoing component shortages, COVID-19 related lockdowns in China, deteriorating economic conditions and the … Read more
According to TrendForce, LCD TV panel quotations bore the brunt of continuous downgrades in the purchase volume of TV brands and pricing for most panel sizes have fallen to record lows. Recently, it was announced that the 32-inch and 43-inch panels fell by approximately US$5~US$6 in early June, 55-inch panels fell approximately US$7, and 65-inch … Read more
What They Say The Aju Business Daily reports that LG Display is raising $1.0 billion to expand its OLED module assembly facilities at its plant in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Despite difficult geopolitical and macroeconomic issues, the firm said that banks such as ANZ Bank, HSBC, Citi Bank, and Spain’s Caixa Bank will extend loans at … Read more
What They Say The Korean ET News reports that after initially getting supplies of ‘deuterium blue’ from DuPont of the US, LG Display is now also getting supplies from LG Chem for its OLED.EX panels which have higher brightness and longer lifetime. The report said that LG Chem recorded sales of ?45.5 billion ($35 million) … Read more
What They Say Nreal is adding support for the Steam game platform to its Nreal Light and Nreal Air AR glasses in a beta programme that allows the streaming of games from a PC to a virtual screen. The firm said that it “requires a bit of setup effort and is not optimized for all … Read more
Count me surprised as it looks as though the idea of building a G6 AMOLED fab in India seems to have moved on a step since it was rumoured last month (India-based Rajesh Exports aims to build a $3 billion AMOLED fab in India). A subsidiary of Rajesh (a trading company that is reported to … Read more
What They Say A smartphone start-up, Nothing, led by an executive Carl Pei, who was a founder of OnePlus, has raised more than $200 million to launch its first smartphone which will be officially launched next month. The back of the smartphone is transparent, showing a wireless recharging coil. Backers include Alphabet’s venture capital arm, … Read more
As part of its ongoing research on the workstation market, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released its JPR Workstation Report Market Quarterly for Q1’22. Q1’22 workstation market results appear to finally show the beginning of the end for the market’s period of pandemic-fueled, overly exuberant sales. With a first-quarter year-over-year (YoY) growth rate of 24%, … Read more
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