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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
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
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
What They Say DSCC published its latest results and forecasts for tablets using OLED, miniLED and regular LCD tablets. The firm differentiates OLED and miniLED as ‘advanced tablets’. Advanced tablets were up 362% from last year in Q1 at 2.43 million, although down on Q4 2020 as strong demand for the Apple iPad Pro 12.9″ … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung has as many as 50 million smartphones in distributor stocks with much of the inventory in the mid-tier Galaxy A series. That would represent 18% of the company’s expected 2022 sales of around 270 million (or 9.36 weeks equivalent). The report said that manufacturing dropped from around … Read more
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