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What They Say Earlier this week, DSCC published a blog article characterising the inventory issues in the supply chain as acting like a “Gale-Force Headwind for Display Industry” and the Nikkey reinforced this idea by reporting that Samsung has told its suppliers that it is closely reviewing its component and final product inventories. The categories … Read more
ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, expands its line of laser-based projectors with the addition of two installation-focused projectors, the LS920WU and the short-throw LS921WU. Both projectors are engineered with next-generation laser phosphor technology and a lifespan of up to 30,000* hours. With 6,000 ANSI lumens of brightness and a built-in HDBT … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) Metalenz and STMicroelectronics deliver world’s first optical metasurface technology for consumer electronics devices (direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) sensor – not a display, … Read more
What They Say Chinese chipmaker SMIC has said that it has seen demand for mobile phones, personal computers and home appliances drop “like a rock” and with no signs of recovery on the horizon, the Nikkei reported. Factors include the lockdowns in China and the impact of the Russian aggression on Ukraine. “There are at … Read more
What They Say Auganix reports that MAN commercial vehicles in Romania is seeing a reduced time-to-diagnosis by 75% and cut specialists’ travel time in half following the introduction of the use of RealWear Assisted-reality glasses. The service provider has 14 facilities in the country and has a limited number of MAN vehicle specialists. When workers … Read more
What They Say After last week’s talk of problems with the Microsoft Hololens and its challenges in the big defence contract that it has in the US, VR Times reports Microsoft chief AI and Cloud executive Scott Guthrie as sayin in an internal email that the MR headset for the U.S. military has reached a … Read more
What They Say Last month, Sensel which is developing haptic touchpads, said that it has raised $18.8 million in a series B funding round that brings its total funding to date up to $57 million. (Sensel says your laptop might come with a haptic touchpad.) The investors included Lenovo and was led by Global Lighting … Read more
What They Say Protocol Entertainment reports that the ByteDance (TikTok) owned company, Pico is setting up a team on the West Coast of the USA to develop content licensing and to start marketing its products in the US. There are reports that the firm has been offering ‘tons of money’ for VR games and content. … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell of China published its early June TV panel price data which confirmed that all sizes of TV panels continue to decline sharply. Smaller sizes fell by between 2.5% and 7% while the mainstream 55″ fell by 4.2% and 64″ by 7% between May and June. Prices are expected to decline even … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that LG Display is expected to order deposition equipment from Sunic Systems in Korea to make microOLED-on-silicon panels, with the aim of competing with Sony for the supply of displays for Apple’s much rumoured XR headset. LG Display is reported to be the suppler of the third OLED that … Read more
What They Say Bloomberg reported that Apple may have a new 15″ MacBook Air next year and a new 12″ MacBook Pro for later this year. A 15″ MacBook Air would be the largest that the firm has made to date in the Air line. This is part of a strategy to win more share … Read more
Once again I’m going to quote the old London stockbroker saying of ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ – the phrase they would use to indicate that not much would happen in the dog days of summer – better to spend the days schmoozing with clients at Royal Ascot, Goodwood, Wimbledon, the Henley Regatta and … Read more
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