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IGZO & Touch are Sharp Focus

by Bob Raikes

Sharp was highlighting its technology in IGZO backplanes and its touch integration at the SID. IGZO will be important, Sharp believes, because it meets the needs that are developing in IT and PCs. The …

Tags:Automotive| IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| SID Display Week 2016| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Kyocera Highlights Touch and Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Kyocera explained its expanded Procap line of products for industrial and automotive applications, which are now available optically bonded up to 12.1″. The company has also upgraded its wide viewing angle technology from AWV …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| Transflective Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 21| Wearables

BC24 Asahi Promotes its Brand

by Bob Raikes

Naoki Sugimoto is from Asahi Glass and he started by showing how images are likely to be seen on windscreens in the future. There can be no compromise on safety. Asahi also has chemical …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Automotive| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 21

BC23 3M Looks at Practical Auto Issues

by Bob Raikes

Bill Simser is from 3M where he looks after automotive displays. He started by saying that the challenge is to use displays to drive the user experience. A real target is to get the …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 21

BC22 GM Says that HUDs and Displays Have Challenges

by Bob Raikes

Thomas Seder of GM (joined by James Carpenter also of GM for questions) talked about design in cars. He said that a group called EyesOn Design selected a GM Buick Avista for a design …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mirror Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 21

BC21 Auto Displays Growing Well

by Bob Raikes

The final session of the day was on Automotive displays Mark Boyadjis of IHS, a specialist in ‘automotive user experience’, started by showing a boost in the annual production of automotives themselves to around …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 21

LG Could Supply OLEDs to Tesla

by Tom Allen

The Korea Times, quoting a Tesla official, has said that LG Display will “possibly” supply OLED panels for the Model 3 car. OLED-Info believes that it is more likely that this refers to displays …

Tags:Automotive| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Automotive Displays are Fragmented, Says IHS

by Tom Allen

Based on global revenue forecasts, IHS reports that Continental, Visteon and Panasonic will top the list of tier one automotive display suppliers this year. The market is worth almost $10 billion for tier one …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

BMW Provides View of Automobile Future at CES Asia

by Chris Chinnock

Two BMW speakers used a keynote address at CES Asia to lay out their vision of the future of automobile. Naturally, it will be autonomous, but it will also be a hub of personalized …

Tags:Automotive| CES Asia 2016| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Futaba Aims at Automotive with PM-OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Futaba’s Burkhard Jaeger discussed the expansion of the firm’s flexible PM-OLED range, which are produced for wearables. Futaba entered the OLED market after acquiring TMC in 2011. Futaba PM OLED roadmap – Click for …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| Vol 23 - Issue 18| WOLED (White OLED)

Osram Looks to Automotive for OLED

by Tom Allen

Arne Fleissner is a development engineer at Osram, and spoke about OLED lighting. Controversially, he began his discussion with the question, “Do we even need OLED any more?” OLED’s traditional advantages of large area …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Osram| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Hyundai Debuts Eyevis’ Transparent OLED

by Tom Allen

The EYE-TOLED-5500 – Eyevis’ transparent OLED display (Eyevis Prepares Transparent OLED) – has seen its first use in a commercial application. Several displays were used at the Geneva Motor Show in March to present …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Back Panel| Events| Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 17