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To Fold or Not to Fold

Following Samsung’s disastrous media introduction of the Galaxy Fold in early April, the company delayed the device’s late-April commercial introduction. Subsequently, AT&T cancelled its announced June 13 release date of the Fold, and on May 24 Best Buy cancelled all pre-orders. The problems include bulges at the fold, the intrusion of dust into the main … Read more

A New Approach for Reflective Displays

Plasmonic metasurfaces are a promising technology for use in reflective display applications. Reasons for this include the ability of this approach to produce pixels that can have a wide color gamut and a high spatial resolution. Unfortunately, up to now, the use of plasmonic technology has not been successfully commercialized because it does not readily … Read more

NEC Display Solutions Lifts the Curtain on the Future of Cinema at CineEurope 2019

NEC Display Solutions will be attending CineEuropewin Barcelona from 17 – 20th June to showcase the latest digital display technologies for cinema and highlight the latest case studies of venues that are bringing the magic back to the movies. The EU cinema industry has experienced a sharp decline in box office revenues, with takings falling … Read more

Display Week 2019, World’s Leading Event for Electronic Display Innovation, Draws More Than 8,000 to Silicon Valley

The Society for Information Display (SID) hosted its 56th International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, known internationally as Display Week 2019, May 12-17 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. This year’s global event drew more than 8,000 attendees from 40+ countries, representing a 24 percent increase from 2018. Display Week perennially … Read more

SiliconCore Announces the Licensing of Common Cathode LED Technology

Innovators in LED display technologies and eco-systems, SiliconCore Technology, has announced it will be entering licensing agreements with a select number of LED display manufacturers, granting the rights to use its patented Common Cathode technology. Patenting the technology in 2011, SiliconCore developed its Common Cathode process after the company realized the benefits it had on … Read more

AMD and Samsung Announce Strategic Partnership in Ultra Low Power, High Performance Graphics Technologies

AMD and Samsung Electronics announced a multi-year strategic partnership in ultra low power, high performance mobile graphics IP based on AMD Radeon graphics technologies. As part of the partnership, Samsung will license AMD graphics IP and will focus on advanced graphics technologies and solutions that are critical for enhancing innovation across mobile applications, including smartphones. … Read more

Canon Announces the Launch of a New Compact 4K Laser Projector Delivering Enhanced User Experience and Connectivity

Following the development announcement at ISE 2019, Canon Europe announces the launch of the XEED 4K6021Z – a high brightness, native 4K laser projector, building on the success of the XEED 4K5020Z (which launched in December 2018). Further expanding Canon’s extensive range of 4K solutions, this powerful projector with dual Display Port connectivity supports creative … Read more

Ssimwave Brings Human Visual System To Content Evaluation, Encoding

SSIMWAVE®, an innovator in the science of perceptual video quality measurement, announced the availability of SSIMPLUS® VOD MONITOR Inspector, the first tool that enables the media industry to optimize video processing and delivery using the human visual system. The new cloud-based tool uniquely combines frame-by-frame and pixel-by-pixel analysis of video content with SSIMPLUS. SSIMPLUS is … Read more

While Desktops, Traditional Notebooks, and Slate Tablets Continue to Decline, Newer Form Factors Show Signs of Growth, According to IDC

IDC

The worldwide market for personal computing devices (PCDs), inclusive of traditional PCs and tablets, is expected to decline 3% in 2019 with shipments reaching 392.5 million units, according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. IDC anticipates the decline to continue through 2023 with unit shipments … Read more

Leyard and Planar Announce Next-Generation Planar LookThru Transparent OLED Display

Leyard and Planar, global leaders in visualization products, announced the next-generation Planar® LookThru™ Transparent OLED Display, which leverages the latest in transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology to provide a self-emitting transparent display for true see-through installations without the need for backlighting or enclosures. The new Planar LookThru display builds on the frameless glass design … Read more