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What They Say DSCC said that its latest capacity forecast for the LCD industry as better performance from miniLED backlights improves revenues for makers and allows more money for further investment. The CAGR of growth from 2020-25 is 4.3% and capacity increase has risen from 1% CAGR to 3% CAGR despite 13% of 2020 capacity … Read more
What They Say The Information reported that nearly a fifth of Amazon’s global workforce are working on AR and VR projects and that 17% of employees are in the AR/VR division, up 5% from 2017. The blog found 800 vacancies in AR, VR, AI, and brain-computer interfaces. What We Think We reported a talk by … Read more
What They Say Reuters reports that Qualcomm is ‘struggling to keep up with demand’. Samsung is said to be short of enough APUs for its mid-range and low end smartphones. Qualcomm is said to be short of meeting demand because of an increase following the reduction in business by Huawei. The strong demand is driving … Read more
What They Say Corning took part in a conference reported by Seeking Alpha and said that it thought there were potential revenues of up to $25 per car from glass used in instrument panels and consoles as it sees its 3D ColdForm technology as making life easier for car makers to use different displays. An … Read more
Global sales of connected TV devices soared to a new record in Q4 2020, reaching 109.1 million units, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. According to the report, Amazon became market leader for the first time with sales of 13.2 million devices and a market share of 12.1%. Samsung … Read more
What They Say Strategy Analytics put out a press release lauding the rise of Amazon to the top of the list of connected device brands and said that 2020 sales of both smart TVs (186M) and media streamers (81M) reached new records. SA said that Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is the key reason for … Read more
In recent years, I have been more and more convinced of the need for a mid-performance semiconductor in the display industry. While amorphous silicon (a-Si) is the industry workhorse and covers almost 60% of the display industry by value, its capabilities are limited in some cases: it is not uniform enough, and not stable enough … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell Research released its data on LCD price trends for open cell TV panels. Prices are continuing to rise with 55″, 65″ and 75″ panels all expected to be up by $10 in March, from $9 in February as TV brands have low inventory and firms still see strong user demand for … Read more
What They Say The Elec in Korea reports a talk given in Korea by UBI Research has said that he thinks that Samsung Electronics is unlikely to use QD-OLED for its TVs. Instead, it plans to use the panels for a monitor. Choong Hoon Yi said that Sony might buy QD-OLED panels for TV to … Read more
What They Say A hat-tip to OLED-info which spotted that image compensation developer, Ignis, has a new optical system that can be used to apply its MaxLife compensation technology to repair or recalibrate OLEDs or microLEDs. It can also be used during production. At the moment the system supports panel sizes up to 6″ but … Read more
What They Say TVU Networks said that it is working with China Unicom to develop the collection, transmission, distribution, and management of 4K and 8K ultra-high-definition video using mmWave 5G networks. China Unicom’s 5G mmWave technology will be deployed over 5G networks during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where the Chinese telecommunications operator will … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reported that Kyocera is to shut down a plant, originally opened by Optrex in 1997 in Jiangsu province in China that has been making STN displays valued at around $28 million. The displays were going into automotive applications, but also into machinery. The firm doesn’t plan to directly replace the capacity … Read more
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