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TCL CSoT Promotes Advanced OLED Technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese website Weixin.qq.com reporter that TCL Huaxing has said that it has developed LTPO technology that can cover a range of 1 to 144Hz refresh. It has also developed MLP (Micro …

Tags:China| CSOT| OLED Fabs| TCL

JBD Tops out Hefei Fab

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We missed it a couple of weeks ago, but have now seen a press release from Jade Bird Display (JBD) about the topping out of a fab facility in Hefei, China …

Tags:China| Investment| MicroLED

Tencent Holdings has Formed an XR Unit

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reports that Tencent Holdings (China’s most valuable tech company) has formed a business unit to address the opportunity for XR and the metaverse in software and hardware. It was formed …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Sigmaintell Says the TV market is Down, but Where is the Value Growth Space?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell published its forecasxts for the global TV set sell-in market for Q2 and Q3 and expects Q2 to be down 8.8% from last year at 48 million units. Q3 will …

Tags:China| Forecasts| TV Set Market

China chipmaker SMIC says phone, PC demand has dropped ‘like a rock’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese chipmaker SMIC has said that it has seen demand for mobile phones, personal computers and home appliances drop “like a rock” and with no signs of recovery on the horizon, …

Tags:China| Forecasts| Market Data| Semiconductor Market

China-based StepVR has launched an “omnidirectional motion system” for VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say StepVR of China has a new headset and a complete ‘omnidirectional motion system’ for VR. It includes an omnidirectional treadmill, haptics, VR displays, and motion capture gloves in a 3 m² …

Tags:China| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

Apple to shift iPad capacity to Vietnam amid China supply chain woes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Apple is moving some iPad production out of China to Vietnam, a move that has been considered for a while, but was delayed by a surge of Covid …

Tags:Apple| China| Covid-19| iPad

Foxconn shrugs off China lockdown concerns after record Q1

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Foxconn has said that it will maintain its revenue this year, despite lockdowns in China which are disrupting supply chains. Foxconn Chairman Young Liu said: “It is indeed …

Oppo is presenting its Air Glass in the US for the first time.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo has been showing its ‘Air Glass’ at the AWE 2022 event in North America. The device is a monocular device based around a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4100 chip and with a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Smartphones| USA

Links Week Starting 30th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Improving Perovskite-Based LEDs Using Quantum Confinement

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers having affiliations with a number of institutions and led by Yu Fu of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, (Clear Water …

Tags:China| LED| PeLED (Perovskite LED)| Perovskite| R&D (Research & Development)

TCL gets ready to produce polarizer-free LTPO AMOLED panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reports from China spotted by OLED-Info point to TCL CSOT succeeding in making polariser-free LTPO OLEDs on its T4 production line in Wuhan. TCL CSOT joins other brands with the technology …

Tags:China| CSOT| Flexible Displays| OLEDs