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Mea culpa. Sometimes, you have a fixed idea in your mind and although things around you are changing, like the apocryphal ‘frog in the saucepan’, the little changes don’t register and you don’t notice the long term trends. A couple of weeks ago, in commenting on a story about colour, I said that ‘there’s not … Read more
LG Electronics USA announces the launch of an exclusive cinematic content channel that will bring consumers into the futuristic front row with unique experiences that are brought to life by the superior picture quality of LG OLED TVs. The LG FOMO Channel app, also known as “Fear of Missing OLED,” is now available exclusively to … Read more
Samsung Electronics reported KRW 66.96 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 12.35 trillion in operating profit for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020. Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues around the world, reopening of key economies led to significant increase in consumer demand. Samsung Electronics was able to respond aggressively through flexible global supply … Read more
What They Say Merck KGAA said that it was planning to boost its capacity for OLED material manufacture with new capacity in Korea at Pyeongtaek and Shanghai. The value of the investment is €20 million. The facilities add to the facilities in Darmstadt, Germany. What We Think Merck has been in OLED since 2010. The … Read more
STRATACACHE announced the launch of commercial grade LINQ all-in-one intelligent tablets, designed and built by STRATACACHE’s customer engagement engineers. The tablets are integrated across all digital signage, interactive experience, and mobile commerce/mobile shopping platforms in the STRATACACHE family including Scala, X2O Media and Real Digital Media, and range in size from 11” to 55”, combining … Read more
What They Say Global smartphone shipments fell by slightly over 6% on year in the third quarter of 2020, improving significantly from the previous two quarters as demand for smartphones outside the China market rebounded, according to Digitimes Research. Digitimes Research’s just-published five-year forecast report on global smartphone shipments has revised upward its forecast for … Read more
Parks Associates released the new market snapshot OTT Video Viewership: The Role of Mobile, which finds viewing on a smartphone or tablet now accounts for over 40% of all video consumption hours among Gen Z heads of US broadband households, compared to just 20% among all heads of US broadband households. The market snapshot, developed … Read more
What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Dong A Eltek, a maker of inspection equipment has been profiting from increased investment in OLED production by Visionox of China. Six of its G6 OLED lines will use a de-mura system from the company. What We Think Eliminating mura (visually obvious defects) has always been … Read more
What They Say The third season of Sky Deutschland’s Das Boot will be the first international series to be filmed in 8K and Dolby Atmos. The show’s previous seasons were both shot in 4K UHD, and producers have announced they have agreed a deal with Sky Q and Samsung to make the show available in … Read more
It’s apparent to most of us that education systems across the world are going through particularly difficult times these days. Blame the Pandemic. And I can’t seem to erase the image out of my mind, a reaction spoken by a leader in the VR/AR industry, that selling to educators these days feels like being an … Read more
What They Say The chip industry consolidation dance continued as AMD has entered into an agreement to buy Xilinx for $35 billion, giving the company access to a broad set of specialized workloads. AMD sees this deal as combining two companies that complement each other’s strengths without cannibalizing its own markets, and believes the acquisition … Read more
AMD and Xilinx announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for AMD to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion. The combination will create the industry’s leading high performance computing company, significantly expanding the breadth of AMD’s product portfolio and customer set across diverse growth markets where Xilinx is an established … Read more
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