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Kyocera to shutter Chinese automotive LCD plant

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Kyocera is to shut down a plant, originally opened by Optrex in 1997 in Jiangsu province in China that has been making STN displays valued at around $28 …

Tags:Automotive| China| LCD Fabs| Reorganisation & Restructuring

Omdia Publishes LED Display Area

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Since NPD bought Displaysearch, then IHS bought the business from NPD and Omdia now runs it, the amount of press data coming from the organisation has declined, so we end up …

Tags:China| LED

Marvel Tech has a High Brightness Taxi Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We get a lot of emails at Display Daily. Today we got one from Marvel Technology of China which has developed a taxi display based on dual 39.5″ LCDs with 3,500 …

Tags:Automotive| China| Outdoor Displays

Eric Schmidt: Urgent That US Counters China

by Barry Young

The semiconductor industry drew the world’s attention last week as shipments were forecast to be up 20% Y/Y in Q121, while demand grew 30% faster than supply in 2020. The gap is causing shortages …

Tags:China| Semiconductor Market| USA

China handset sales rebound in January

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that the Chinese smartphone market has seen a bounce in sales in January, boosted by new budget 5G handsets by Chinese brands. The volume reached 40 million in January, …

Tags:China| Market Data| Smartphone Market| USA

LeEco Brags about its Debt

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LeEco, a name now associated in China with video streaming, changed its app icon to show that ‘it owes 12.2 billion yuan’ ($1.9 billion) in a move that is said to …

Tags:China| Financial Data

Royole Backs Away from IPO

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reports that Royole Corp and its sponsor, Citic Securities, have withdrawn their plan to go for an IPO on the Shanghai Star Market. The firm cited ‘unresolved shareholder issues’. The …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Investment

BOE to launch MicroOLED panel in 2nd half

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that BOE has bought deposition equipment for microOLEDs from Sunic Systems after signing a deal in May last year, valued at $225 million. The site reports that Sunic …

Tags:BOE| China| Microdisplays| OLEDs| Production Equipment

Links Round-up Week Ending 19th Feb 2021

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. Modder Adds Ray Tracing to Super Mario …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| IMAX| MMD (AOC Philips)| Nintendo Consoles| ray tracing| Samsung| Virtual Reality