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JDI Enters Agreement with SEL

by Tom Allen

Japan Display has announced plans to co-develop a backplane technology called CAAC-IGZO with Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL). ‘Next-generation displays’ are the target market, including OLED displays. According to OLED-Info, SEL’s technology is called C-Axis …

Sharp Uses IGZO in AMOLED

by Tom Allen

Sharp has developed a 3.4″ flexible OLED panel, Japan’s Nikkei reports. The device can be freely bent, both during manufacturing and afterwards, by consumers. The prototype was developed at Sharp’s facility in Tenri, Nara …

Analyst: Sharp OLEDs by 2020

by Tom Allen

Yasuo Nakane, an analyst at Japan’s Mizuho Securities, has said that 2020 would be “a realistic timeline” for the newly-merged Foxconn-Sharp to begin producing OLED displays. Sharp has previously researched OLEDs but has concentrated …

Process Flow and Display Backplane Evolution

by Steve Sechrist

Chances are you missed the Recent SID Webinar on display backplane evolution given by SID Fellow Dr. John Wager, professor at the school of EECS, Oregon State University. Wager said important to the evolution …

Tags:Backplanes| Electron Mobility & Transport| IGZO| LTPS TFT| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Innolux Predicts Area Declines

by Tom Allen

Innolux’s president, Wang Jyh-chau, has said that the company expects its LCD panel shipments and ASPs to fall QoQ in Q1’16. Because of this, continued operating losses are forecast for the corresponding business operations. …

‘Super IGZO’ Lowers Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Android Headlines claims that Sharp is to introduce a new type of panel called ‘Super IGZO’, to compete with high-end LCD and AMOLED smartphone displays. The new panels use an improved version of Sharp’s …

Tags:IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Toshiba Unleashes Windows 10

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has introduced two new notebooks in its premium Kirabook line, running Windows 10. While they are mostly identical, the Kira-10J (Windows 10 Pro) and Kira-10H (Windows 10 Home) differ in screen resolution (2560 …

IGZO Technology Faces Challenges

by Tom Allen

Future Market Insights has published a (paid) report on the IGZO display market. Although the forecast is good for IGZO compared to silicon-based displays, it faces challenges from LTPS and other technologies. Double-digit growth …

Tags:IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Korea Aims at 11k Mobile Display

by Tom Allen

The Korean government has initiated a project called EnDK, which aims to develop a mobile display with 11k resolution and 2,550 ppi. That would be, roughly, a 5.9″ screen with 11520 x 6480 resolution. …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 29

by Tom Allen

Arçelik, Turkish owner of the Grundig German TV brand, has announced that all future Grundig smart TVs will use the Android TV operating system. The new TVs will be unveiled at IFA 2015, in …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 29

by Tom Allen

HP‘s Elitebook Folio 1020 (Core-M Drives HP’s Macbook Challenger) has been revamped by Bang & Olufsen. The ‘Elitebook Folio 1020 limited edition laptop’ features a B&O audio system. Although HP hasn’t revealed specifications, they …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 22

by Tom Allen

China’s Gionee has said that it will launch a new smartphone, the Elife E8, in June. The phone will be launched worldwide on the 10th. Most specs are simply rumours at this point, including …