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What They Say DSCC reported that a recovery from the pandemic, combined with strong demand for OLEDs in smartphones, TVs and other devices, and coupled with capacity increases, will lead OLED production to grow 94% Y/Y in the second quarter of 2021. Growth in OLED input area for small & medium displays is expected to … Read more
What They Say In an information dense blog post, DSCC picked out some highlights from its most recent report on ‘Advanced Smartphones’. It highlights the trend to higher refresh rates, which have developed from 0-60% for five brands in early 2020 to 45% to 90%+ forecast for this quarter. Apple will join in with LTPO … Read more
What They Say The ET News in Korea reported that a Korean start-up, Olum Material, has developed a new technique for shadow mask OLED deposition, replacing current fine metal masks (FMM). The company calls its approach a ‘unit cell FMM’ and allocates a mask to be used for each display and these are attached to … Read more
A new industry organization has been formed called the LaSAR Alliance with the aim of bringing together a community around laser scanning technology and applications in the AR market. According the press release describing their formation, LaSAR’s goal is to provide an environment to facilitate a marketplace for ideas where members can exchange and share … Read more
What They Say Apple is planning a new box that would combine the functions of the Apple TV STB and Homepod smart speaker and add a camera to enable videoconferencing with a connected TV, according to Bloomberg. The firm is said to have moved both devices to use the same OS and in 2020 combined … Read more
Cementing its reputation as a leader in innovative All-in-One LED video wall development, Calibre UK introduces the brand new line of LEDFusion Pro direct view LED displays. LEDFusion Pro will be available to market in the second half of 2021 in the APAC region, and in two sizes and differing pixel pitches catering for most … Read more
President Han Jong-hee at Samsung Electronics (Visual Display) recently agreed to use QD-OLED panels in their TVs, after almost a year of claiming the technology was inconsistent with their current strategy of using LCDs with LED backlights for the low end, LCDs with QD enhanced LED backlights for the mid-range, QD enhanced Mini LED LCDs … Read more
What They Say We reported on Friday the rumours that Samsung might have agreed to buy OLEDs from LG for its TV business (Samsung to Buy OLED TV Panels from LG?). After we published, the IT Chosun in Korea claimed an exclusive for an interview with the President of Samsung’s VD division Jong-hee Han in … Read more
What They Say In line with the positive results in the LCD business, AUO and Innolux announced strong results for March with the first reporting revenue of $1.08 billion, up 20% on February and up 49.8% on a year ago. Innolux was up 7.4% on a month ago at $1.09 billion, fractionally above its rival … Read more
What They Say Tesla invited local reporters to have a look at the new tunnel under the LVCC that will use Tesla’s electric cars as taxis to move passengers between three stations. The tunnel was built in around a year by Elon Musk’s Boring Company. At the moment there just 11 or so taxis, but … Read more
Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, grew 55.2% year over year during the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21), according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. While PCs remain in extremely high demand, the growth rate benefitted from the shortages faced in the … Read more
What They Say Various Korean news reports say that Samsung’s Visual Display division has met with LG Display with a view to buying, it is reported, one million TV panels this year and four million next year. What We Think Well this would be a big, big surprise and I did check that the reports … Read more
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