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What Bob Saw on the Net 15/08/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Lextar …

What Bob Saw on the Net 22/10/2019

by Bob Raikes

IHS: Tight Supplies Impede LCD Panel Cost Reduction in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Tight supplies of display panel materials and components, such as driver integrated circuits (ICs), glass substrates and polarisers, are expected to slow the decline rate of LCD panel costs, according to IHS Markit. Supplies …

Macroblock Wins Samsung Business, Optimistic on microLED

by Bob Raikes

Macroblock is reckoned to be the biggest supplier of LED driver chips for video displays (and the second largest maker of all LED drivers) and is based in Taiwan. The LEDInside blog reports that …

MagnaChip Moves to Third Generation of DDIC Chips

by Bob Raikes

MagnaChip has a new ‘third generation’ 40 nm OLED display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) that is already said to have won a design from a ‘leading smartphone player’. The chip supports 21:9 displays and …

Cinno Research Says Full-Screen Smartphones will Boost IC Market

by Andrew Fenn

Increasing shipments of full-screen smartphones will boost the panel-driven IC industry, according to Cinno Research, which is based in China. Deputy general manager Yang Wende believes that the launch of the iPhone X will …

Tags:Display Drivers| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

TDDI Chips To Reach 5 Million in 2018

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research has forecast that shipments of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips will hit five million in 2018 with Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies expected start shipping in volume. Synaptics and FocalTech …

Tags:Display Drivers| Mobile Display Monitor| Synaptics| Touch Controllers| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Jasper Display Optimistic About MicroLED Potential

by Bob Raikes

One of the most intriguing meetings that we had at CES was in the Westgate Hotel suite with Jasper Display of Taiwan. It was the first time that this reporter has met with the …

New J/V in Taiwan for OLED Drivers

by Bob Raikes

INT Tech and UltraChip (which claims it will have market share of more than 90% in EPD drivers in the second half of 2017) have set up a J/V to develop drivers for OLEDs …

PMOLED Display Driver Sales See Strong Growth

by Yvette Raikes

During its review of the past financial year, Hong Kong IC maker Solomon Systech said that sales of its PMOLED display drivers had seen strong growth. The drivers have also attracted new design wins …

Tags:Display Drivers| Mobile Display Monitor| PMOLED| Vol 24 - Issue 10| Wearables

Synaptics Has New Driver and Fingerprint Chips

by Bob Raikes

Synaptics has a couple of new chips, including the R66452 which is a display driver for OLED smartphones and supports resolutions up to 1080 x 2160, HDR and 90Hz. The higher rate of refresh …

Synaptics Developing Integrated Touch & Drivers

by Bob Raikes

It’s a while since we met with Synaptics and as a result we had a lot to catch up on. Historically, the company was known for its touch technology which is widely used in …