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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

Boxlight Launches New MimioPro 4 Interactive Display

Boxlight Corporation, a leading provider of interactive technology, digital signage, classroom audio, and services, announces the launch of their newest model of interactive display – MimioPro 4. The MimioPro 4 interactive display is designed to help educators optimize their educational technology ecosystem with features and tools to enhance learning, maximize collaboration and communication, and support … Read more

Samsung Battens Down the Hatches

Yesterday, DSCC’s Bob O’Brien published a blog article that revealed that Samsung has told all its business groups to suspend purchases and control their inventory status. Samsung has informed flat panel display makers in smartphone and TV markets that panel purchases will be halted. As Samsung makes more TVs and smartphones than anybody else, that’s … Read more

Meta shows its AR/VR work

What They Say Meta has been talking about what its Reality Labs division is working on. The projects are: “Butterscotch” is a ‘near retina’ display with 1832 x 1920 pixels per eye, but just about 55 pixels per degree and a 55° FOV (compared with around 110° on Quest 2) ‘Starburst’ can support 20K nits … Read more

Tencent Holdings has Formed an XR Unit

What They Say Reuters reports that Tencent Holdings (China’s most valuable tech company) has formed a business unit to address the opportunity for XR and the metaverse in software and hardware. It was formed earlier this year, but was kept secret. It is expected to eventually have over 300 staff. Separately, Reuters said, the firm … Read more

Samsung acquitted over LG OLED tech theft

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What They Say Maeil Business News of Korea reports that the Korean Supreme court has upheld an appeal by five employees of Samsung Display and an LG partner against a conviction over stealing secrets related to OLED encapsulation. The external supplier was alleged to have passed information to SDC on LG Display’s technology. The paper … Read more

Apple to evaluate BOE’s iPhone 14 OLED panel this week

What They Say The Elec reported that BOE has passed samples to Apple for evaluation as a supplier for the expected iPhone 14 and hopes to get approval ‘within the month’. If the go ahead is given, production would start in July and August. That is likely to be a couple of weeks behind existing … Read more

Corning Explains How a Glass Diffuser Can Reduce MiniLED Use

At the SID/DSCC Business Conference, Corning’s Han Yim explained how the company continues to look for ways to exploit the properties of its glass in LCDs and OLEDs. In particular, he highlighted the use of a glass diffuser in an LCD to reduce the number of LEDs needed in a miniLED BLU. The use of … Read more

Samsung Electronics Extends 2022 ViewFinity Lineup To Empower Creative Professionals To Achieve More

Samsung Electronics announced the global launch of ViewFinity S8 (Model Name: S80PB), a high resolution monitor specialized for creative professionals including content creators, graphic designers and more. ViewFinity, a portmanteau of “View” and “Infinity” is the new name for Samsung’s high resolution monitor lineup, meaning ‘The Value of Infinite Viewing Experience’, and showcases Samsung’s ambition … Read more