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What They Say Netflix published a blog post to say that it is to use its latest codec schemes including per-title encode optimisations and per-shot dynamic optimisation on its back catalogue to reduce the bitrate needed without losing quality. The services started with fixed bitrate encoding. The firm has been improving its codec optimisation and … Read more
What They Say Here are three links with useful news on the smartphone market Strategy Analytics said that Samsung Captured 88 Percent Market-Share of 5G Smartphone Shipments in Western Europe in H1 2020 Report: Huawei is in talks to sell part of its Honor smartphone unit Nikkei reports that China’s Oppo makes play for European … Read more
What They Say A post on Seeking Alpha (an investors’ site) said that MicroVision has released a very small and light display module for AR glasses. The article has quite a lot of information on the development of AR glasses. What We Think There is some useful information in the article, but it smells like … Read more
What They Say The Taiwanese panel makers have put out their monthly data – see below graphics. What We Think Given the recovery in large panel prices, the boost in large panel volumes will be very welcome. The total for large panels has not been above 21.X million before, at least not in the last … Read more
We received this information about the MPAI (Chiariglione Launches Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence (MPAI) Organisation). “A few weeks ago, I wrote about my idea of establishing a non-profit organisation dedicated to leverage artificial intelligence to cope with the demand of data compression in a new setting that remunerates innovation while … Read more
In 2017, we published a couple of articles about French start-up Aledia, after a talk at the SID Investor Conference and following a trip to the LETI Research Centre in Grenoble. Recently, the company was able to raise cash to accelerate the development of its nanowire-based microLED technology and I had the chance to catch … Read more
JBD a leading microLED display manufacturer, will release its JBD4UM480P microLED display series extending the AmµLED™ family in November this year. This series has a display area of 0.13” (3.3 mm) in diagonal and a resolution of 640X480, possibly making it the world’s smallest and brightest VGA display panel ever made. Approaching the size of … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung is supplying the displays for three of the new iPhone 12 models (Mini, Pro, Pro Max), with LG Display supplying OLED panels for the 6.1-inch iPhone 12. The report suggests that 70 million finished units are expected to be produced by the end of the year and … Read more
What They Say OLED Info published an article that highlights the high level of energy loss in the driving circuitry of microLEDs. The report suggests that the energy loss could be enough that it makes it difficult for microLED to be more efficient than OLED and may be limited to just 10% efficiency overall. What … Read more
What They Say The Korea Herald reports that LG Innotek has developed a new “highly efficient” ferrite material that can be used in power supplies to improve efficiency and could also allow much smaller and thinner power supplies to be developed. There are applications in electric vehicles as well as displays. What We Think This … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reports that Everlight Electronics has shipped POB (package on board) miniLED backlight units (BLU) for TCL’s LCD TVs starting in the second-quarter 2020. The revenues from miniLED will be around 5%-6% in 2020 according to the report. What We Think Without access to large area OLEDs, miniLED remains the key technology … Read more
What They Say Display Daily today has an article about a new development that was reported recently by Nature. It highlights how UDC has researched plasmonic enhancement of OLEDs to extend OLED lifetime and improve light extraction. What We Think When I saw this article (I previously posted a link on WBS), I asked Arthur … Read more
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