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MIPI Alliance Releases Specifications to Streamline Integration of In-Vehicle Displays, Add Functional Safety to Display Data Streams

The MIPI Alliance, an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, announced the completion of its MIPI Automotive SerDes Solutions (MASS) “display stack,” a set of interface specifications designed to streamline display integration and support the growing bandwidth and functional safety demands required by the increasing number of high-performance displays used … Read more

Hitachi & Vestel Launch Hospitality TVs

What They Say Hitachi, via Vestel’s press agency, put out a release explaining the launch of a ‘vast new range’ of hospitality TVs from 32″ to 65″ and with support for Hitachi’s Hospitality Content Management Solution. The sets can also integrate with a property management system (PMS) through which the Hitachi CMS supports a centralised, … Read more

Hitachi Launches Vast Range of Cutting-edge Hospitality Displays 

Hitachi has announced the launch of a dynamic range of cutting-edge hospitality displays. Built in a variety of finishes, including a premium frameless design, the world-class 32”-65” Ultra HD and Full HD displays allow property managers to enhance the guest experience more easily and cost-effectively. Compatible with existing coax and data cable infrastructures, they reduce … Read more

Plastic Logic Display Makes Waves with 878 Smart Sailing Jacket

Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), is enabling 878® to show readable navigational and other data on the sleeve of the world’s first smart sailing jacket, Project One. Designed and manufactured in Hungary, Project One combines technological and material innovation to help increase the performance of … Read more

Global notebook shipments to surpass 62 million units in 2Q21

What They Say Digitimes Research reported that notebook sales (excluding those with detachable keyboards) were down 8.7% sequentially in Q1 2021 to 57.51 million as good demand from education and gaming helped a smaller decline than normal seasonal patterns. Total shipments arte expected to be more than 62 million units in Q2 despite continuing component … Read more

Apple to Launch a Foldable Phone Using AgNW in 2023

What They Say The respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is reported by MacRumors.com as saying that Apple is planning an 8″ QHD+ flexible OLED-based folding smartphone in 2023. Samsung is likely to be the exclusive supplier of displays and Samsung Foundry as the exclusive DDI provider. He also forecast that the smartphone would use silver nanowire … Read more

Links for w/c 3rd May 2021

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. The US Video Game Industry Is Thriving Right Now Chromecast (Google TV) is no longer forcing HDR output A Book You Remember, a Kindle You Forget NYT $$ … Read more

Tablet and Chromebook Shipments Continue to Surge During the First Quarter, According to IDC

While much of the world is still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of tablets and Chromebooks remain on fire. Tablets had an outstanding first quarter of 2021 (1Q21) with 55.2% year-over-year growth and shipments totaling 39.9 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. … Read more

Apple iPad Pro – Can Drive MiniLED Growth  

Apple’s iPad Pro can drive miniLED display growth in 2021 and beyond. It could start a new wave of demand for miniLED-based IT products (tablets, notebooks and monitors). MiniLED TVs introduced by Samsung, LGE, TCL and others at the beginning of 2021 have already started expectations of growth. Apple’s miniLED-based iPAD Pro will strengthen this … Read more