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IT Product Sales Accelerated in Q1 2022 with 13.1% Growth Through Top-Tier Distribution in North America, According to IDC’s North America Weekly Distribution Tracker, Powered by GTDC

May 4, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Total IT product revenue reported by members of the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) approached $18.9 billion in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22). The increase of 13.1% from a year ago was up significantly from 7.9% growth in all of 2021. The total was also the third highest overall behind only the fourth quarters … Read more

Nanosys xQDEF Diffuser Plate Quantum Dot Technology Wins Display Component of The Year Award at Display Week 2022

May 4, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Nanosys, the industry innovator and leading supplier of quantum dot and microLED technologies for advanced displays, today received the 2022 Display Industry Awards Display Component of the Year award for its xQDEF™ Diffuser Plate quantum dot technology from the Society for Information Display (SID). Nanosys QDEF™ quantum dot technology brings displays to life with perfect … Read more

ETH Zurich Explains VR as Enabler of Asynchronous Work

May 4, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The ETH Zurich in Switzerland made a ten minute video that showed its concept of how intellectual working life could be made more efficient by managing actual and virtual events that can be either real time or asynchronous – in other words they can be dealt with when it is convenient. A … Read more

Reality Labs Chief Scientist Outlines a New Compute Architecture for True AR Glasses

May 4, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported a talk by Meta Reality Labs’ Chief Scientist Michael Abrash where he said that to get to the kind of technology that tech companies envision is going to take a “range of radical improvements—and in some cases paradigm shifts—in both hardware […] and software,”. The firm has an idea that … Read more

AUO shows a new 7.9-inch reflective cholesteric LCD display prototype and a MicroLED Dome!

May 4, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say At Touch Taiwan, AUO showed a ‘simulation dome’ based on microLED at the Touch Taiwan show recently. The unit was made by Brogent Technologies and is shown in the image below. What We Think Well, it’s strange world of synchronicity. Last week I said to a maker of simulators that I could … Read more

LG Announces First-Quarter 2022 Financial Results

May 4, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Electronics reported record sales of $17.53 billion in Q1, with profits positive at $1.56 billion. Sales were up by 18.5% from last year, but profits were only up by 6.4% partly because of a one-time workforce restructuring cost. Home Entertainment saw sales growth of just 1.4% to $3.38 billion with operating … Read more

Samsung’s W-OLED TV launch schedule to be determined within May

December 21, 2022May 4, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung’s TV business will decide this month where to go with its discussions with LG Display over the purchase of WOLED panels for TVs. The firms have been in prolonged discussions but have not agreed on pricing. It is considered that if a decision is not made now, … Read more

SNU Precision to launch a dPd OLED microdisplay deposition tool

May 4, 2022 by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say OLED-Info spotted that SNU Precision of Korea has said that it will release a tool for the direct deposition of RGB emitter materials on silicon wafers for microdisplays. The site highlights that the firm has worked in the past with eMagin, which has been developing this kind of architecture. What We Think … Read more

Dodging Bullets in London at IT²EC 2022

May 3, 2022 by Bob Raikes

I had a chance last week to go to the IT²EC 2022 event at the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands area. It was less busy than the BETT a couple of months ago, but I was hoping that would mean I dodged the bullet of Covid this time! And dodging bullets is one of the … Read more

Porotech Unlocks A World First In Micro-LED Dynamic Pixel Tuning

May 3, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Porotech, a pioneer in micro-LED and GaN-based semiconductor material technology, will be unveiling DynamicPixelTuning™ on its PoroGaN® microdisplay platform at the Display Week event in California next week. The breakthrough makes it possible to create full-colour or tuneable-colour displays using identical pixels from a single wafer – achieving colour uniformity, while eliminating complex fabrication processes. … Read more

Nintendo Switch Sales Set to Drop

May 3, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Nintendo expects to sell around 10% fewer of its Switch consoles this year compared to fiscal 2021, so it expects a total around 20 million. Sales peaked in fiscal 2020 at 28.83 million. This is because of supply chain issues as there is still strong demand and Nikkei reports … Read more

DSCC Shows Large Drop in 2023 Display Equipment Spending

May 3, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC reported that it has seen a number of fab expansion projects delayed and a few cancelled. The firm has revised its forecast for 2023 spending down 57% to $5.3 billion. Most of the drop will be in LCD which will drop 70% to $1.9 billion and OLEDs down to $3.4 billion. … Read more