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SID’s Display Information Awards, which recognize the best displays, display components, and display applications introduced to the market during the previous calendar year, are now open for nominations. The DIAs are the display industry’s most prestigious honors. They are announced and presented each spring at Display Week, the Society for Information Display’s annual Symposium, Seminar, … Read more
What They Say Sony put out a substantial video explaining how stereo 3D medical displays can be used in robotic surgery. The video highlights the challenges of different 3D methods. What We Think I confess, at the time of publishing, I haven’t had time to watch this 45 minute video through! This is a real … Read more
A power outage at one of NEG’s main glass production sites in Japan may exacerbate an already tight glass supply situation and lead to a full-blown glass shortage. An unrelated tank problem at one of Corning’s Gen 10.5 plants in China adds to the supply woes. A constraint on glass supply may lead to a … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced that Samsung TV Plus,1 Samsung’s free Smart TV video service, which delivers instant access to news, sports, entertainment and more, has now expanded to 12 countries and 742 channels worldwide, bringing access to over 60 million Samsung Smart TVs. Since launching in 2015, Samsung TV Plus has become one of the most … Read more
What They S Samsung announced that it is extending its TV Plus service to now reach 12 countries and has 742 channels available. The firm said that over 60 million of its SmartTVs will be able to access the content. Recent platform expansions have brought the total market presence to 12, with new additions that … Read more
What They Say Business Korea reports that Samsung has temporarily stopped its project to make its own foldable glass. The decision was made that it was likely to be more competitive if it focussed instead on helping optimise the supply chain that Samsung Display is already using (Schott glass, processed by Dowoo Insys, which is … Read more
What They Say The Verge has got hold of the new ZTE Axon 20 5G and is the first phone to have its front-facing camera underneath the OLED. The smartphone has a 6.92″ 1080P OLED that the Verge found gave some colour-shifting when viewed off-axis. The area where the camera is has lower pixel density … Read more
What They Say Sony has issued a teaser about its direct-view display technology, with a development to be announced on January 6th 2021. What We Think The teaser strongly suggests to us that the announcement in the New Year will be the next development in the CLED LED display technology that Sony has been selling … Read more
A start-up company out of Cambridge University, Poro Technologies Ltd. (Sawston, United Kingdom) or Porotech has announced the upcoming availability of a native red LED epiwafer product. The development of an efficient native red technology is represented as a key enabler for microLED applications and the associated industry. This article is based on and partially … Read more
KONKA, a leading technology company in China, has released the world’s first Micro LED watch, the APHAEA Watch, at KONKA’s Semiconductor Display Technology and New Product Launch Conference and 2020 Chongqing Micro LED Industry Innovation Forum. KONKA’s future APHAEA series of Micro LED display products were also featured, highlighting the company’s R&D strengths in micro-pitch … Read more
What They Say Konka has announced a new smartwatch, the AphaeaWatch that uses a 2″ microdisplay with a pitch of 0.12mm (P0.12), which we calculate as giving 300 x 300 resolution (212ppi), although some seem to have calculated the resolution as 400 x 400. We suspect that they may have used the 2″ dimension as … Read more
What They Say Bodle Technologies has received funding through an extension to its £6m ($8m) Series A funding round. (Bodle Moves Onto the Next Stage) What We Think Bodle is still in the early stages, but there is a big opportunity for low power displays in the longer term. (BR)
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