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Video Games Market Value To Grow To Over $200 Billion By 2023, Despite Declining Purchase Revenue

A new report from Juniper Research found that the video games industry will exceed $200 billion in value in 2023; growing from an expected $155 billion in 2020. Mobile and cloud gaming will lead this growth, as the market shifts further towards recurring revenue, and purchase revenue declines by 5% over that period. For more … Read more

Judge Richard G. Andrews Administratively Closes Patent Case Against Nanosys

On August 28, Judge Richard G. Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware brought the civil case brought by NNCrystal U.S., Inc. against Nanosys Corp. to an administrative close following the case being stayed by the trial court pending an intra partes review (IPR) under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Patent … Read more

SID Display Week 2020: QD Review Part 2 (perovskites)

As a follow up to last week’s article SID Display Week 2020: QD Review Part 1 where I covered the business conference, this article will dive deeper into the technical progress I saw at the conference, specifically around QD technology. The following summarizes the important progress I saw at the technical symposium and by perusing … Read more

New Organic Light-Emitting-Diode Material

New Organic Light-Emitting-Diode Material for realizing low-energy, long-life flexible displays. NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories (NHK STRL) is conducting R&D on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)1 for realizing flexible displays that can be folded or rolled up. To extend the lifetime of flexible displays formed using plastic film, NHK STRL has already developed a stable … Read more

We’ll Be Watching You, Redux

Back in June, a press release crossed my desk from a company called Xcinex (pronounced “scene-ex”). The release touted Venue, a new movie and streaming service with a twist: It counts the number of viewers and charges accordingly, just like a movie theater would sell tickets. I didn’t pay much attention at the time, but … Read more

China’s Summer Sprout Could Challenge UDC for Phosphorescent OLED Supremacy

Universal Display has made a great contribution to the OLED industry by developing highly efficient red and green emitters. In 2019 their monopoly produced revenues of $405m and a net income of $138m with a net margin of 34.1%. The stock market has rewarded shareholders with 4X to 8X performance over standard indexes as shown … Read more

MSI Unveils First Ever Business Laptops, Summit Series, And New Logo At Company’s Virtual Summit

MSI, world leader in innovative high-performance laptops, has entered the business market with new high-performance laptops. The Business and Productivity Series is for business and enterprise customers, and the business-oriented Summit Series are among the first laptops powered by new 11th Gen Intel® processors – boosting productivity and answering the call for remote working during … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Samsung Leads As Global TV Streaming Device Population Reaches 1.1 Billion

The global population of TV and video streaming devices has now exceeded 1.1 billion, according to the latest analysis from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. The research, which tracks quarterly deployments of TV and video streaming devices across 27 major countries, finds that Samsung is the leading brand, with 14% of devices in use, … Read more

Global Public Display Market Shrinks By 18.5% in Q2

The global public display market declined by 18.5 percent on a quarter-over-quarter basis, with Latin America, Western Europe, and the Middle East and Africa suffering the largest declines compared to other regions amid the effects felt across all regions from the pandemic. The China region is the exception for this quarter’s results, with unit shipments … Read more

TCL Debuts the Company’s NxtPaper Display Technology Along With TCL 10 Tabmax and TCL 10 Tabmid Tablets at IFA 2020

TCL, one of the world’s best-selling consumer electronics brands and leading technology companies, is introducing the company’s newest display technology – NXTPAPER – along with two all-new TCL tablets. The company’s innovative NXTPAPER display technology is paired with a reflective screen to repurpose natural light, making it the world’s first “zero eye strain” display that … Read more

E Ink and Avalue Announce a Digital Paper Tablet Customizable for Use in Industrial and Educational Market Segments

E Ink Holdings, the leading innovator of electronic ink technology, and Avalue, a global industrial PC solution provider, announced a Digital Paper tablet that can be optimized for use within a wide array of industrial and educational applications. The Digital Paper tablet featuring E Ink’s proprietary electronic paper display, offers a paper-like experience for reading, … Read more