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What They Say Japanese PC maker, Dynabook – owned by Sharp and including the Toshiba PC business bought by Sharp in 2018 – had hoped to have an IPO this year, but has deferred it to 2021. What We Think I would have thought that the revival in the PC business because of Covid would … Read more
What They Say Samsung’s Visual Display business announced a couple of new 4K laser projectors, the LSP9T and LSP7T which are intended to create images of 130″ and 120″, respectively. The projectors fit into the ‘Lifestyle’ products such as the Serif, the Frame and the Terrace. Price and delivery dates are yet to be announced. … Read more
What They Say Apple held its ‘traditional’ September event to release new products, but didn’t announce any new iPhones, apparently because of Covid-related development and supply chain delays. It announced a new Apple Watch, Series 6 at $399, a lower cost Watch SE at $279 and a Fitness subscription plan. iPad’s got a refresh with … Read more
What They Say Aledia, a start-up out of the high tech R&D LETI organisation in Grenoble, France, has raised €140 million to build production facilities in the region. What We Think We have been reporting on Aledia for some years. The company developed a microLED technology based on nanowire concepts which the company sees as … Read more
What They Say Omdia released free of charge a detailed look (26 Powerpoint slides) at the takeover of Samsung’s Suzhou fab by CSOT/TCL. The document looks at what is happening, how TCL might develop the fab and the implications for consolidation in the industry. It also looks at how it will change the TCL group … Read more
After a period of consultation with the industry and the impact of the ongoing pandemic, Integrated Systems Events announce that ISE, scheduled for 2-5 February, has been postponed and will now take place in June, dates tbc, alongside a virtual offering. Additionally, ISE will launch RISE Digital, a regular programme of content and networking events … Read more
JOLED Inc. (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Representative Director and President: Tadashi Ishibashi), an OLED expert and manufacturer of 4K OLED by printing technology, and Rosen Aviation LLC (headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.), a specialists in aviation display technology, announced a partnership to advance the passenger viewing experience. JOLED and Rosen will collaborate on the … Read more
Last week DSCC released the capacity section of its Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Market Share Report which looks into industry capacity by application, frontplane, backplane, country, supplier, substrate, etc. One of the interesting takeaways was the outlook for G7+ capacity for LCDs and OLEDs. As indicated below, G7+ capacity is expected to fall 1% … Read more
Samsung Display announced that it is the first in the industry to successfully commercialize a foldable display panel having a 1.4R rating* for its curvature, representing the smallest degree of curving among commercialized foldable smartphones to date ? an advancement first applied to the recently-released Galaxy Z Fold2 5G. Furthermore, the UTG (Ultra-Thin Glass) on … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reports that panel prices are rising for TVs, notebooks and PC monitors partly because of restricted supply of driver and power management chips. What We Think Panel makers have to make the most of some respite in panel prices. As Ross Young of DSCC pointed out at the DSCC/SID Business Conference … Read more
What They Say A US integrator, Keywest Technologies Inc, based in Kansas City, has a new antimicrobial film, infused with copper, that is claimed to be able to self-disinfect a touch screen in less than 15 minutes. The technology, called NanoShield, is from a Singapore company, Nanoveu Ktd. What We Think This kind of coating … Read more
What They Say Panasonic is releasing its first Android TVs in Europe which are targeted to the mid-range of the market. What We Think FlatPanelsHD suggests that this may be an experiment by Panasonic. The company has had an interesting history in trying to develop its own platform, using Mozilla and Firefox in the past … Read more
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