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What They Say TechRadar reported that a VP of Facebook Reality Labs, Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, has suggested, by giving a ‘thumbs up’ to a question, that Facebook will upgrade its Quest 2 headset to support 120Hz. The blog reports that the hardware is already capable of supporting 120Hz, but mobile processors struggle to support that … Read more
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of vehicles with intelligent cockpits will reach 287 million by 2025; rising from 122 million in 2021. This represents a growth of 130% over the next five years, with one in five vehicles in use including an intelligent cockpit by 2025. An intelligent … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reports that an earthquake in Fukushima, Japan, over the weekend has caused some disruption to a factory in Naka, Ibaraki, belonging to Renesas after power supplies were interrupted. The site is the main production facility for automotive chips. Shin-Etsu Chemical, which makes silicon wafers said that it was quickly back in … Read more
What They Say The Korea Herald said that ‘according to industry sources’, Samsung, Apple and Huawei are planning new foldable devices. The Mate X2 from Huawei is due to be launched at MWC Shanghai, which is said to be an infolding design ‘similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold series’. The report said that the display … Read more
Pervasive Displays has introduced the EXT3 extension kit and evaluation board, with support for its entire range of iTC ultra-low power e-paper displays for industrial, commercial and retail applications, along with extensive software libraries to help reduce its customers’ engineering effort. Many manufacturers are looking to move away from TN/STN displays to an ultra-low power … Read more
A week ago, BOE held a webinar to talk about its work in using miniLED in direct view LED displays. I wasn’t able to attend, but I did catch up with the company afterwards. The company presented some interesting data on the size of the direct view LED display market and said that the overall … Read more
What They Say DSCC said that the high LCD pricing and strong performance by LCD makers has meant that capex planning has been strongly boosted and the firm has upgraded its forecast for equipment spending by 55% to $20.7 billion from 2020-24. It means that overall equipment capex spending over the period will go up … Read more
In DSCC’s Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Market Share Report, we provided quarterly and annual display equipment market share results for 2020 for 70 different market segments. In addition, we also provided an early look into winners and losers for each segment in 2021 and beyond. This report allows users to see: Equipment supplier bookings … Read more
According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the India smartphone market exited 2020 at 150 million units, a 1.7% YoY decline, after several years of growth. Stay-at-home mandates, remote work, remote education, travel restrictions, and manufacturing shutdowns led to a sluggish H1’20 (-26% YoY decline), particularly impacting 2Q20. However, H2’20 recovered, … Read more
What They Say DSCC published an article about LCD pricing and believes that price rises will continue to increase in Q2 driven by limited capacity growth and shortages of glass. What We Think I’m planning an article on this topic later this week, but we thought you might appreciate the data and forecast immediately. (BR)
What They Say As promised (ISE Sticks with June), the DailyDOOH held an online discussion on the topic of the planned holding of the next ISE show in June. The website reports that the show has shrunk (no surprise there) and callers highlighted the concerns of workers that might be asked to attend. Travel and … Read more
It’s no secret that the quantum dot industry has a love/hate relationship with the element cadmium (Cd). It is a common element used in QD technology, and QD types that utilize Cd (CdSe in particular) are by far the most studied materials. That study has led to impressive performance metrics and Cd-containing materials were the … Read more
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