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Society for Information Display (SID) Announces Display Week 2019 Keynote Addresses by Top Executives from Samsung, Google and BOE

March 7, 2019 by Damir Lokas

Display Week, the world’s leading international technical event for electronic display innovation, announces dynamic back-to-back keynote addresses by three prestigious visionary executives who lead display technologies and product innovation within their enterprises. Collectively these addresses will provide key insights, perspective and opportunities on the horizon for the assembled industry stakeholders, comprised of display creators, value-add … Read more

Clearink Driving on with Low Power Display

March 7, 2019 by Bob Raikes

Clearink is an intriguing company that I have been writing about since it came out of stealth mode in 2016 at SID and was one of my four highlights of that event. It has since steadily progressed and I recently had a chance to catch up with VP of Marketing, Sri Peruvemba, in a call. … Read more

NanoLumens Debuts Visualization as a Service (VAAS) Business Program That Reduces Total Cost of Ownership and Eliminates Obsolescence for Customers and Systems Integrators

March 7, 2019 by Damir Lokas

Calling it the business idea whose time has come for the entire commercial audiovisual industry, NanoLumens, award-winning creators of uniquely compelling interactive LED visualization solutions, introduced its Visualization as a Service (VAAS) Business Program, which reduces a customer’s total cost of ownership and provides an easy to access long-term upgrade path while eliminating residual equipment … Read more

IDC Reports Strong Growth in the Worldwide Wearables Market, Led by Holiday Shipments of Smartwatches, Wrist Bands, and Ear-Worn Devices

March 7, 2019 by Damir Lokas

The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4% during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18), reaching a new high of 59.3 million units according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Growth in the market was driven by new wearables launching during the months leading up to the holiday … Read more

Smartphone Shipments Expected to Drop for the Third Consecutive Year in 2019, According to IDC

March 7, 2019 by Damir Lokas

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the smartphone market continues to be challenged and 2019 is projected to experience its third consecutive year of declining shipments. Worldwide smartphone volumes are forecast to fall by 0.8% in 2019 with volumes dipping to 1.39 billion. However, the smartphone market will begin … Read more

A Spherical Display for Virtual Reality Cooperation?

March 6, 2019 by Norbert Hildebrand

In my recent articles I discussed the status of AR/VR as well as some non-consumer applications for AR/VR Hardware. So far my enthusiastic view of these new technologies has be dampened by limitations in the performance of existing devices. While new hardware is coming out on a regular basis (like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 or … Read more

Jon Peddie Research’s Market Watch Reports GPU Shipments Down in Q4’18 From Last Quarter

March 6, 2019 by Damir Lokas

Jon Peddie Research, the market research firm for the computer graphics industry, has released its quarterly Market Watch report on world-wide GPU shipments used in PCs for Q4’18. Overall GPU shipments decreased -2.65% from last quarter, AMD shipments decreased -6.8%, Nvidia decreased -7.6%, and Intel’s shipments, decreased -0.7%. AMD’s market share from last quarter decreased … Read more

Roku Devices Can Now Interact with Amazon Alexa

March 6, 2019 by Damir Lokas

Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) announced that Roku devices are now compatible with Amazon Alexa-enabled devices through the new Roku skill for Alexa. Roku streaming player and Roku TV™ owners in the US can now control their Roku devices using Alexa. The new voice control compatibility further expands the flexibility and choice for how consumers control … Read more

LG Kicks Off Global Rollout Of 2019 TV Lineup

March 6, 2019 by Damir Lokas

LG Electronics (LG) announced that its 2019 premium TV lineup featuring advanced OLED and NanoCell TVs will begin rolling out this week. This year, OLED models will make up 20 percent of the company’s high-end TV portfolio and with demand for OLED TVs expected to grow to 3.6 million units this year, 7 million units … Read more

EIZO Expands Its ATC Tower Lineup with 31.5″ 4K Touch Panel Monitor with Multiple Scalable Inputs

March 6, 2019 by Damir Lokas

EIZO announced the new Raptor RP3225 – a 31.5-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) monitor for air traffic control (ATC) towers. The Raptor RP3225 adds to an already extensive lineup of tower monitors, allowing EIZO to continue to provide diverse options that meet individual installation requirements. The Raptor RP3225 is equipped with a projected capacitive … Read more

DSCC Releases Q1’19 Capex and Capacity Forecasts – Fab Delays Impact 2019 Spending

March 5, 2019 by Damir Lokas

DSCC has distributed its latest capex and capacity forecasts to its Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Service customers. Some of the key highlights include: In 2018, display equipment spending fell 8% to $21.6B, the second highest result in the history of the display industry. OLED fab spending fell 7% while LCD fab spending fell 10%, … Read more

USB Promoter Group Announces USB4 Specification

March 4, 2019 by Damir Lokas

The USB Promoter Group announced the pending release of the USB4 specification, a major update to deliver the next generation USB architecture that compliments and builds on the existing USB 3.2 and USB 2.0 architectures. The USB4 architecture is based on the Thunderbolt™ protocol specification recently contributed by Intel Corporation. It doubles the bandwidth of … Read more