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Smartphone Shipments Experience Deeper Decline in Q1 2019 with a Clear Shakeup Among the Market Leaders, According to IDC

May 1, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

Challenges within the smartphone market carried right into the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19) with shipment volumes down 6.6% year over year, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 310.8 million units in 1Q19, which marked the sixth consecutive quarter of … Read more

What Does Virtual Reality Do To Us?

May 1, 2019 by Norbert Hildebrand

Following my articles covering VR over the last few months, I have addressed many areas within the virtual reality field from technological status, marketing success or lack thereof, sociological affects, potential applications (consumer, military, industrial, business, etc.), to development goals. One thing that has often been addressed in a more generic way is the question … Read more

Displays, Data Traffic and 5G Networks

December 21, 2022April 30, 2019 by Matthew Brennesholtz

When he heard I was working on a 5G Display Daily, Ken Werner asked me “If you can think of any potential applications that would actually sell more displays, that would be a good addition for the DD.” Ken actually has reversed cause and effect. 5G won’t drive the sales of displays, the sales of … Read more

High-performance OLED Microdisplay for Industrial AR Data Glasses

April 30, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP develops microdisplays in OLED-on-silicon technology will present a new OLED microdisplay that is especially dedicated to industrial Augmented Reality (AR) data glasses. It will at the SID Display Week 2019, from May 12 – 16, 2019, in San Jose/USA, booth 1417, Fraunhofer FEP. … Read more

Chinese Panel Makers Starting to Dominate Large LCD TV Panel Market, IHS Markit Says

April 30, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

With Chinese panel makers accelerating the mass production of large thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panels faster than expected, they accounted for 33.9 percent of the 60-inch and larger LCD TV panel shipments in the first quarter of 2019. Their market share has expanded nearly 10 times from 3.6 percent in just … Read more

Global Semiconductor Sales Down 15.5 Percent in First Quarter of 2019

April 30, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $96.8 billion during the first quarter of 2019, a decrease of 15.5 percent over the previous quarter and 13 percent less than the first quarter of 2018. Global sales for the month of March 2019 were $32.3 billion, a dip of 1.8 percent compared … Read more

Samsung Electronics Announces First Quarter 2019 Results

April 30, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

Samsung Electronics posted KRW 52.4 trillion in consolidated quarterly revenue and KRW 6.2 trillion in quarterly operating profit. First quarter earnings were weighed down by the weakness in memory chips and displays, although the newly launched Galaxy S10 smartphone logged solid sales. The Semiconductor Business saw a drop in memory chip prices as inventory adjustments … Read more

Slides Available from 8K Seminar at 2019 NAB Show

April 30, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

The 8K Association hosted a free-to-attend seminar at the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 10 from 9am to 5pm. The presentations can now be accessed on a password-protected web page by registering at the link https://tinyurl.com/y37gxzbq. The seminar included presentations from experts throughout the 8K ecosystem, plus panel discussions and audience Q&A. … Read more

Stories Worth Telling: VR @ TCEA 2019

April 29, 2019 by Len Scrogan

TCEA 2019, one of the largest educational technology conferences in the U.S., convened in San Antonio earlier this year and offered ah interesting perspective about the status and growth of virtual reality in the K12 education sector these days. The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) conference is a bellwether of change in the U.S. education … Read more

Lenovo’s Push for Educational VR

April 29, 2019 by Len Scrogan

“Based on our research, 68% of teachers believed that VR will help overcome financial or physical barriers to learning.” According to Rick Henderson, Director of Global Education Solutions, who is leading worldwide efforts in the virtual reality space for Lenovo, this is one of the reasons Lenovo was “all in” with virtual reality this year … Read more

Quantum Materials Corp Unveils Industry’s First 100% Cadmium-Free 55 Inch Quantum Dot LCD Display with 95% Rec. 2020 Performance

April 29, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

Leading American cadmium-free quantum dot and nanomaterials manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp, (OTCQB: QTMM) announced that it has produced and is demonstrating to select customers a 100% cadmium-free 55 inch QDX™ quantum dot display technology that achieves an industry-leading 95% Rec. 2020 color gamut coverage. This superior level of performance is achieved by utilizing the Company’s … Read more

UK Leads Europe’s TV Market Into Cord-Cutting Era, Says Strategy Analytics

April 29, 2019 by Artem Alekseenko

Declining pay TV subscriptions in the UK suggest that cord-cutting, which is well established in the US, is now beginning to affect the European market. The report, European Pay TV Index , found that the UK saw a net decline in pay TV households of 424,000 in 2018, the largest decline of any European country. … Read more