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SID/DSCC Business Conference Agenda Now Online – Critical Issues and Opportunities Facing the Display Industry to Be Presented

The Society for Information Display (SID) and Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) have announced the agenda, topics and speakers for the SID/DSCC Business Conference taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on June 8th and 9th as part of Display Week 2020. The SID/DSCC Business Conference is typically the largest event in the … Read more

Could There Be a Benefit to the PC Display Market from Covid-19?

As businesses and individuals all around the world respond to the Covid-19 phenomenon, one of the phrases I’ve heard a lot over recent weeks is ‘So just work from home, then’. I have heard from some in the display supply chain that are trying to look on the bright side of things by suggesting that … Read more

Konka Enters Micro LED Pilot Production with Aixtron Tools

AIXTRON SE, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced that KONKA Group Co., Ltd. has ordered multiple AIX G5+ C and AIX 2800G4-TM MOCVD systems to build its own volume production of GaN-based (gallium nitride) and AsP-based (Arsenide-Phosphide) Mini- and Micro LEDs. KONKA, which recently announced its plans to enter … Read more

144Hz? Time to revisit FPS, PPI, and HDR – Acuity is What’s Desired

There’s been a lot of excitement about super-fast refresh rate monitors and their benefit to gaming. It may be true that competitive gamers, the eSports players, can benefit from such monitors. Those players only care about response time and latency. Other gamers have less demanding needs, and skills. You can find 24-inch 144 Hz HD … Read more

Worldwide Wearables Market Braces for Short-Term Impact Before Recovery in 2020, According to IDC

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The global wearables market is expected to grow 9.4% in 2020, reaching 368.2 million shipments according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. This marks a significant slowing of the market compared to the 89% growth in 2019 as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts supply in the first half … Read more

East Africa Smartphone Markets Records Strong Growth but Global COVID-19 Outbreak Looks Set to Hit Shipments

Kenya’s smartphone market saw shipments increase 20.3% year on year (YoY) in Q4 2019, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Elsewhere in East Africa, Tanzania and Uganda experienced YoY growth of 8.7% and 8.6%, respectively. Looking at 2019 as a whole, these three markets combined … Read more

Record OLED Panel Revenues of $28 Billion in 2019, Will Grow to $50 Billion by 2024

OLED panel revenues increased by 4% in 2019 to $27.9 billion, according to the latest update of the DSCC Quarterly OLED Shipment Report for Q1 2020, with double-digit growth in area, as OLED continues to take a larger share of smartphone and TV shipments. The Q1 update of this report gives DSCC’s revised forecast for … Read more

Vuzix Enters into Agreement with a Major US Defense Contractor to Develop a Customized Waveguide-based Optics Engine

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Company has signed an agreement with a new major US defense contractor to build a customized waveguide-based optics engine. Under the terms of the first phase of the agreement, … Read more

LG Announces Amazon Alexa Is Now Built In To LG CineBeam AI ThinQ Projector Lineup In U.S.

LG Electronics USA announced integration of Amazon Alexa built-in to its critically-acclaimed LG CineBeam AI ThinQ 4K UHD projectors: LED model HU70LA and laser model HU85LA. The upgrade is available now via a firmware update that can be accessed directly from the projectors when connected to the internet. The addition of Alexa to LG’s CineBeam … Read more

Foldable Smartphones – Can They Drive Demand?

The mature smartphone market has been experiencing declining growth rates for the last three years. The year 2020 was previously expected to be a recovery year with positive growth rate. However, supply chain disruptions, lock-downs, and spread of coronavirus at the global level is now expected to have major impact throughout the world in the … Read more