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Stanford Materials Scientists Borrow Solar Panel Tech to Create New Ultrahigh-Res OLED Display

By expanding on existing designs for electrodes of ultra-thin solar panels, Stanford researchers and collaborators in Korea have developed a new architecture for OLED—organic light-emitting diode—displays that could enable televisions, smartphones and virtual or augmented reality devices with resolutions of up to 10,000 pixels per inch (PPI). (For comparison, the resolutions of new smartphones are … Read more

AKHAN Unveils Next Generation of Miraj Diamond Glass Materials, Including New Diamond Ceramic Glass, Showing Drop Test Glass Toughness Comparison and Ceramic Glass Hardness Testing Outperforming Corning’s New Ceramic Glass

AKHAN Semiconductor, manufacturer of the world’s first diamond smartphone screen, announced the debut of its newly formulated nanocrystalline diamond display glass technology. The next generation of Miraj Diamond® Glass technology is optimal for smartphones, watches, tablets, and any technology utilizing a screen or glass display. Miraj Diamond® Glass and Miraj Diamond® Glass Ceramic materials have … Read more

Mirada partners with izzi for ‘first ever’ DVB/OTT Android TV set-top box launch

What They Say Mirada has said that it is working with a Mexican TV service operator, Izzi, to roll out a version of its Iris front end for Android TV that will work on Android TV hybrid STBs. The existing Iris solution has worked on Linux set-top boxes, smartphones, tablets and laptops, so the move … Read more

Huawei’s next foldable phone could have a clamshell design like the Galaxy Z Flip

What They Say Huawei has filed for patents for a phone concept that folds from top to bottom, rather than from left to right. A secondary display allows checking of messages etc. What We Think Patent filings are not the same as product launches. It would be surprising if Huawai wasn’t checking all form factors … Read more

LCD TV makers are planning for an aggressive TV display purchase plan in 2021 despite the limited display supply

What They Say New research from Omdia has found that LCD TV panel shipments are set to decline by 6% in 2021. LCD TV display makers are expected to ship 256M units of LCD TV panel in 2021. Chinese TV display panel makers are expected to increase their dominance of global shipments with their share … Read more

LCD TV Makers are Planning for an Aggressive TV Display Purchase Plan in 2021 Despite the Limited Display Supply

LCD TV panel shipments are set to decline by 6% in 2021 according to the latest research from Omdia. LCD TV display makers are expected to ship 256M units of LCD TV panel in 2021. Chinese TV display panel makers are expected to increase their dominance of global shipments with their share of market set … Read more

Samsung Electronics’ foldable smartphone to be released in 2021, with touch pen and UTG thickness different?

What They Say UBI Research, the Korean specialist OLED analyst, said that it expects Samsung’s 2021 foldable smartphones to include pen functions. The implementation was deferred from an initial plan to include it in the Galaxy Z Fold 2 as the glass was considered to be too thin. The Note series uses EMR technology (like … Read more

Samsung Group titan Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78

What They Say There are widespread reports that Samsung chairman, Lee Kun-hee has died, aged 78. He stepped down in 2008 as chairman, but rejoined in 2010, but was made bed-ridden by a heart attack in 2014. He was twice convicted of criminal offences, but was given a pardon in 2009. What We Think Lee … Read more