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Pixee Medical Surgery Solution Has Received Clearance to Enter U.S. Knee Surgery Market with Vuzix AR M400 Smart Glasses

May 6, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced that Pixee Medical, a France-based supplier of high-performance computer-assisted surgery solutions, has received 510K clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Knee+ total knee replacement surgery solution and placed a follow-on Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses … Read more

Samsung sued over wireless charging tech from NPE using LG InnoTek patents

May 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung Electronics has been sued in the US for breaching three patents related to wireless charging that were bought by Ireland-based Scramoge Technology from LG Innotek in February. Scramoge is said to be run by a manager from Magnetar Capital which also operates Solas OLED. Solas has been … Read more

ViewSonic Introduces New Line of Budget-Friendly Monitors; The VX18 Series of Monitors are Ideal for Home Entertainment and Gaming

May 6, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, introduces the latest line of budget-friendly monitors for home entertainment and gaming. The VX18 series of monitors will come in sizes from 24- to 34-inches, features adaptive sync technology, an ultra-fast 1ms (MPRT) response time and refresh rates that range from 144Hz to 165Hz. Created for … Read more

Samsung Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2Q21

May 6, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

IC Insights is currently assembling its 1Q21 top-25 semiconductor supplier ranking, which includes company sales forecasts for 2Q21 that will be presented later this month in the May Update, the third monthly Update to the 500-page, 2021 edition of The McClean Report—A Complete Analysis and Forecast of the Integrated Circuit Industry. As shown in Figure … Read more

Samsung Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2Q21

May 6, 2021 by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say IC Insights forecast that the improving DRAM market will mean that Samsung goes back past Intel as the largest semiconductor supplier again. The firm was ahead of Samsung in 2017 and 2018 but as DRAM prices slipped, the firm dropped back in revenue share. What We Think We’re publishing this as a … Read more

Kolon supplies CPI film for Xiaomi’s foldable phone

May 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that Kolon Industries said that it had supplied its colourless polyimide (CPI) film to Xiaomi to be used in the Mi Mix Fold smartphone and that target sales for the handset are half a million. The firm is the exclusive supplier of CPI and also supplies Huawei and Motorola. … Read more

Links Week Commencing 10th May 2021

May 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. PS5 and Xbox Series X likely to be in short supply until 2022 Practical High Dynamic Range (HDR) Broadcast Workflows – Part 2 Sony’s 2021 OLED TVs are … Read more

The Dream Glass 4K AR Headset has Started to Ship

May 5, 2021 by Arthur Berman

DreamWorld USA Inc. (Millbrae, CA) was founded in Silicon Valley during 2016 by a team of AR enthusiasts that were highly experienced in optics and computer vision. In 2018 the company produced and delivered thousands of units of a Gen 1 product called the Dream Glass Air headset. The latest news is that the company … Read more

GfU Updates UltraHD Guide

May 5, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GfU said that more than 17 million UltraHD sets had been sold into German households between 2015 and 2020 and they now account for 75% of all sets sold. To reflect on the success of the category, the organisation has a new ‘Tech Guide’ (in German, but Google Translate works well) … Read more

It’s Still the Early Days for Foldable Device Software

May 5, 2021 by Bob Raikes

After yesterday’s dig down in the weeds of colour gamut measurement, I’m going in the other direction today with some thoughts about devices and operating systems, prompted by recent changes by Apple in its iPad Pro that have brought its tablet and Mac computers closer together. One of the big changes that has happened recently … Read more

Delta will supply its 19,000 flight attendants with iPhone 12s

May 5, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Applemust reports that Delta Airlines is supplying 19,000 iPhone 12s to flight attendants to help find stored inventory using AR technology. The firm will also use the smartphones for developing training including photos, videos and ARs. Delta will be working with AT&T and Apple to develop new use cases and AT&T said … Read more

Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panel shipments to grow sequentially in 2Q21

May 5, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research said that Taiwan’s shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels are expected to edge up 3.7% sequentially but decline 15% on year in the second quarter of 2021, after reaching 188 million units in the previous quarter. In Q1, volume was down 2.4% sequentially but up 12.1% on year. For … Read more