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Initial feedback on the first quarter across Europe suggests a spike of a third or so in year-on-year demand for notebook computers and tablets, as COVID-19 lockdowns have led companies to equip employees to work at home and students set themselves up to study remotely. “This has led to many retailers and distributors in Western … Read more
Due to the impact of the coronavirus on semiconductor supply and demand, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to decline 0.9% in 2020, according to Gartner, Inc. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 12.5% growth. “The wide spread of COVID-19 across the world and the resulting strong actions by governments to contain the … Read more
The holographic display company, Looking Glass Factory, announced that they have released a plugin for Epic Games’ Unreal® Engine. Now content creators working in Unreal Engine 4 can instantly view and share their 3D content holographically in any one of Looking Glass Factory’s line of holographic displays. The UE4 plugin can be downloaded for free … Read more
No, this is not a question of cosmic proportions. I’m not, for example, asking how we should tackle the current Covid 19 pandemic. Rather, I’m asking a much narrower display-related question. Last week Bob Raikes reported on Samsung Display Company’s (SDC’s) announcement that it would cease all LCD manufacturing by the end of this year … Read more
Samsung Electronics revealed the new Galaxy A71 5G and Galaxy A51 5G smartphones, adding 5G connectivity and enhanced essential innovations to the popular Galaxy A family. Packed with the latest industry-leading features, including a stunning Infinity-O display, quad camera, long-lasting battery and connectivity through 5G, the A71 5G and A51 5G are designed to create … Read more
Despite a projected double-digit decline in smartphone shipments due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global market for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) smartphone displays is expected to rise by 9 percent in 2020, according to Omdia. Shipments of AMOLED panels used in smartphones are set to soar to 513 million units this year, up from … Read more
Allied Market Research published a report, titled, “AR/VR Chip Market by Chip Type (Processor ICs, User Interface ICs, and Power Management ICs), Device Type (Head Mounted Display, Head Up Display, Handheld Device, Gesture Tracking Device, and Projector & Display wall), and End User (Gaming, Entertainment & Media, Aerospace & Defense, Healthcare, and Others): Global Opportunity … Read more
Corning Incorporated will decommission display glass manufacturing assets at its Shizuoka (SK) liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate facility by year end 2020 to ensure its operations are aligned with the display industry’s current business environment. Corning will idle the SK plant’s glass production lines later this year. The company’s LCD glass production will be … Read more
VIZIO, Inc., the #1 American-based TV brand1 and America’s #1 Sound Bar company2, announces the launch of 30 new free linear TV channels on its SmartCast Home™ screen. The 24-hour streaming TV channels bring more news, entertainment, lifestyle, DIY, sports, comedy and music to millions of viewers across America as they seek access to information … Read more
The starting point for research by a team headed by Karan Ahuja of the Future Interfaces Group within the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) is the observation that “low-cost, smartphone-powered VR/AR headsets are typically very basic devices, little more than plastic or cardboard shells.Such devices lack advanced features, such as controllers … Read more
As the display industry widely awaits the launch of QD-OLEDs by Samsung in 2021, an obvious question in everyone’s minds is – what’s next? What does the display roadmap look like in the premium TV segment? Having a blue OLED as the backlight can limit the ultimate brightness, while microLEDs continue to be very expensive … Read more
Pixelworks, Inc., a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, announced TCL Communication has extended its collaboration with the Company to further advance the display capabilities and performance of its smartphone lineup. Building on the successful launch of TCL’s first branded smartphone at IFA 2019, the partnership brings together the display expertise and … Read more
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