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Worldwide Tablet Shipments Return to Growth in 2020, Fueled by Unprecedented Demand, According to IDC

February 2, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The worldwide tablet market had an outstanding fourth quarter (4Q20) with 19.5% year-over-year growth and shipments totaling 52.2 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Impacted by the pandemic, the tablet market reached shipment levels not seen since the fourth quarter of 2017 when … Read more

Notebooks Hit Record High Sales in 2020

February 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research (DR) said that global notebook shipments reached 60 million units in Q4 2020, up 10% sequentially and bringing annual sales to 201 million units, up 25%. The analyst expects shipments to fall by just 10% this quarter, less than the typical seasonal drop for Q1 of 15% to 25%. It … Read more

AGC Glass Tank Accident Impact May Extend Glass Tightness

December 21, 2022February 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC said in its blog that AGC had suffered a small accident in its plant in Korea that may add to lengh of the tightness of supply in glass following problems for Corning & NEG (Power Outage at NEG May Create Glass Shortage for Displays). One of the four tanks ‘exploded’, while … Read more

Hyundai to Use Samsung OLEDs in Rear View Mirrors

February 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Korea reported that Hyundai would use OLEDs from Samsung Display in their rear view camera system (an optional extra) in its Ioniq 5 EV which is due to be released in the first half of 2021. The paper reports that this is the first time that the firms have worked together … Read more

More on LG’s new OLED Stack

February 1, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say I found the time to catch up with the Nanosys-sponsored Display Show interview of Bob O’Brien (DSCC) by Brian Berkeley. Overall, it was, as you would expect from two industry veterans, comprehensive and authoritative but didn’t really release anything new, other than a confirmation by O’Brien that he believes that the LG … Read more

E Ink and Atmosic Announce eBadge Reference Design

February 1, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

E Ink Holdings, “E Ink”, the leading innovator of electronic ink technology, and Atmosic, an innovator in extreme-low-power Bluetooth® Low Energy semiconductor technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced a reference design for eBadge applications. According to Markets and Markets™, the smart badge market is set for significant growth over the next few years; … Read more

Covestro and Ceres Holographics Announce Strategic Partnership

February 1, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Scottish technology provider Ceres Holographics announces a strategic partnership with Covestro to commercialize Bayfol® HX photopolymer films for transparent automotive display applications. Ceres Holographics uses them to create specialty solutions with customized holographic optical elements (HOEs) designed to enable a new generation of transparent display applications for automobiles and commercial vehicles. The new partnership represents … Read more

Defining Times for Immersive Destinations

February 1, 2021 by Kevin Williams

A lot has been made of the new “Immersive Venues” that are being developed and The Stinger Report covered a number of these plans in our end of 2020 coverage. One of those sites that has received much media coverage has been the AREA15 location in Las Vegas. Ambitiously launching to guests in September of … Read more

Measure What the Human Eye Sees: Optical Testing of AR/VR Headsets

February 1, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Perfect user experience for AR/VR headsets calls for extensive, fast and highly accurate optical tests during production. In order to meet this specific challenge, Instrument Systems has developed the LumiTop AR/VR 2D imaging colorimeter. The LumiTop’s AR/VR lens simulates the human eye and measures color and luminance exactly as seen by the user. The unique … Read more

NEC Launches Next Generation MESSAGE Large Format Displays

February 1, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched its all-new MESSAGE range of next generation large format displays. The full range contains three new series; NEC MESSAGE Essential (ME), NEC MESSAGE Mainstream (M) and NEC MESSAGE Advanced (MA) Series. The new display models deliver full flexibility, ease of use and a large feature set covering entry, … Read more

Myopia correcting ‘smart glasses’ from Japan to be sold in Asia

February 1, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kubota Pharmaceutical has developed ‘smart glasses’ that are said to correct myopia (shortsightedness) without surgery. The firm said that wearing the glasses for 60 to 90 minutes per day corrects the error of the longer term. Nikkei said that tests continue to determine how long the effect lasts and whether the change … Read more

Solas Sues BOE & Samsung Over OLED Patents

December 21, 2022February 1, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reported that the US International Trade Commission (USITC) is investigating BOE and Samsung after an OLED patent infringement claim by Solas of Ireland. The USITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation: BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd. of Beijing, China; Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., of Beijing, China; … Read more