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You’re Going to Hear About Smartkem Again

I mentioned Smartkem in my comments last week about the SID Exhibition, but Beverley Brown, Chief Scientist at the firm, spoke at the DSCC/SID Business Conference in the Start-up session, and I spent some time talking to CEO Ian Jenks, who was a participant in the CEO Forum that I moderated. (I enjoyed my individual … Read more

AUO Partners with Acer to Introduce Pioneering AmLED Technology in Predator Helios 500 Gaming Notebooks

AUO has long dedicated itself to the development of advanced display technologies, and pioneered to develop the mini LED technology years ago. AUO proudly presents the introduction of its all-new AmLED (Adaptive mini LED) display technology for Acer’s newly launched Predator Helios 500 Gaming Notebook, featuring the world’s highest performance gaming notebook PC display(*) with … Read more

AUO Supplies miniLED Panel for Acer DisplayHDR 1000 Notebook

What They Say AUO said that it has worked with Acer to develop a new Predator Helios 500 Gaming Notebook with a 17.3 UltraHD resolution display using miniLED (with its AmLED adaptive miniLED technology) and that can meet the DisplayHDR1000 certification. It can also support 120Hz operation and uses a miniLED backlight. There is also … Read more

DisplayWeek 8K Symposium Short Takes

The Society of Information Displays (SID) recently had a virtual version of its main annual symposium and trade expo called DisplayWeek. This conference covers a wide range of display topics with some going deep into the display technology weeds. Below we summarize some of the highlights related to 8K displays from the symposium part of … Read more

EMEA Smartphone Market Continues to Shine Despite New Lockdowns, Says IDC

The EMEA smartphone market grew to a first-quarter record of 93.060 million units, according to the latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). This was a 20.9% increase over 1Q20, while the value increase, at $31.676 billion, was 29.0% above that in the previous year. In Europe, the value increase over … Read more

Not Much News Today….

Not much news

What They Say It’s the Memorial Day holiday in the US today, and I had the very unusual experience of getting no English Language press releases today from my main press release source! What We Think Long time readers will know that I am fond of quoting a day in 1930 when the BBC reported … Read more

CineWorld To Add 100 ScreenX Theatres

What They Say Associated Press (AP) said that the CineWorld cinema chain in the UK plans to add 100 new ScreenX multi-screen installations to its locations. That will boost the number of ScreenX installations from 151 to 251 globally. Cineworld says the idea is that “it makes you feel like you’re sitting in the action.” … Read more

Next Gen Display Technologies Showcased @DisplayWeek 2021

An exuberant display industry showcased their next generation display technologies at Virtual DisplayWeek 2021 during May 17 to 21. The display industry is continuing along the path of innovations by bringing in new technologies, materials, and processes. The outlook for display industry revenue has never been better. Unprecedented demand due to work from home and … Read more

Jade Bird Displays Interviewed by Yole

What They Say Analysts Yole Développement discussed the developoment of microdisplay microLEDs with Jade Bird Displays (JBD) and the companies covered a number of interesting points about the competition between microLED, LCOS and DLP solutions for headsets. There is some interesting discussion on some of the issues of using 8″ or 12″ CMOS wafers and … Read more

India Eyes LCD Investment

What They Say A number of sources, including Digitimes, have reported that the Indian government is looking to invest to build LCD production in the country. The Secretary of MeitY (the Ministry of Electronics & IT) in India is reported to have said that the government has received ‘expressions of interest’ in starting panel making … Read more