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What They Say Nikkei reports that Renesas said that it had now made a “cautious restart to output” at its factory in Naka, Japan, that had been damaged by a fire in March. Renesas Fire Adds to Chip Woes It has started at around 10% capacity. Renesas aims to expand production capacity to 30% this … Read more
What They Say Sony Pro announced two new Native DCI 4K (4096 x 2160) SXRD-based projectors. The new VPL-VW890ES model and VPL-VW290ES model will replace the VPL-VW870ES and VPL-VW270ES respectively. Both have the Sony X1 processor and Super Resolution Reality Creation for upscaling. The lower cost VPL-VW290ES has 1,500 lumens (Ansi not specified) and with … Read more
What They Say DPI Labs of the US said that it has developed 55″ and 65″ lightweight OLEDs and installed them in a Boeing 767 in January of this year. The installation included a complete DPI cabin management system consisting of passenger and cabin crew control panels, audio/video distribution, cabin control modules and DPI’s multi-colored … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung’s Display business as well as LG Display should report record sales and operating profits at $6.6 billion/$358 million and $6.19 billion/$457 million respectively. Both will be well up on last year, although LG is 46% up in sales, against 12% for SDC. Both made losses in Q1 … Read more
What They Say Kopin’s CEO, John Fan, is giving a three part series of webinars about how the vision for AR/VR ‘is becoming real’. In part 1 he will cover how we got here. In part 2 he will cover ‘the state of the art’ and in part 3 he will look at the roadmap … Read more
It has been said that a good lawyer must be able to argue both sides of a case to be effective. While I don’t have a law degree, I will take the stand here (on my soapbox) and apply this principle to the matter of cadmium in QD display technology. You may have read my … Read more
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) will become a multi-billion opportunity for display manufacturers, according to a new report released by DSCC. Annual revenues for AR/VR displays will grow at a CAGR of 52% to reach $4.2B in 2026. The report also shows the market share for each technology and predicts that OLED-on-Silicon (SiOLED) … Read more
ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, is introducing a series of monitors to support the work-from-anywhere trend that has grown significantly in the past year. With secondary work hubs at home and on-the-go work patterns becoming the norm, fully featured displays greatly help optimise workflow. ViewSonic offers a diverse portfolio of related … Read more
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone wholesale revenues will increase +13% YoY in 2021, the highest revenue growth in six years. Despite the economic uncertainty and dented consumer confidence caused by the coronavirus, the market will be able to bounce back in 2021, on the back of the iPhone 12 super … Read more
What They Say Technology researchers IDTechEx published an article about microLED and promoting its report on the topic. What We Think The article might be useful as a general guide for someone new to displays (although the statement that “LG Display has halted its domestic production of LCD panels” is inaccurate). However, I thought that … Read more
What They Say The Protocol blog reported that a plan to enable in-app subscription billing to the Oculus platform is a first move to allow the Oculus platform for the Quest VR headsets to move more towards a ‘metaverse’ and help to promote non-gaming apps. Launch partners include fitness and wellness services FitXR, TRIPP and … Read more
What They Say The organisers have said that they will hold an event over the ‘whole of the Messe’ from the 3rd to the 7th of September. There will also be a virtual component. They said that “Some exhibition segments are seeing unprecedented levels of interest and are already reserved by more than 80%”. Last … Read more
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