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TCL and JOLED Connect to Make IJP OLED TV Panels

by Barry Young

TCL’s CSoT and JOLED formed an alliance to “start joint-development of large-sized OLEDs for TV”, printed with RGB pixels. CSoT has a Gen 6 OLED fab in Wuhan for small/medium displays and has prototyped …

Tags:China| CSOT| InkJet Deposition| Investment| JOLED

The Art of the Deal

by Ken Werner

On December 1, 2017 the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County, Wisconsin issued the execution version of its development agreement for the “Foxconn Project,” under which Foxconn was to build a $10 billlion …

Tags:Investment| LCD Fabs| USA

Apple Moves Closer to Display Supplier JDI

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, Apple is doubling down on an investment with Tokyo, Japan-based LCD supplier, JDI, with a now public commitment to invest $200 million in the company, as a $788 million …

Tags:Apple| Investment| iPhone| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD displays| LCD Fabs| OLEDs| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphones

North Focals AR Glasses Look Like…..Glasses

by Arthur Berman

North Focals are AR glasses that have been designed to look like a common pair of eye glasses. The Focal glasses are primarily intended to present notifications and/or app imagery in the user’s line …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Human Visual System (HVS)| Investment| SmartGlasses

Cambrios, Risen from the Ashes, Now Spreads its Wings

by Ken Werner

Mike Spaid, President and CEO of what is now Cambrios Advanced Materials, joined its predecessor company (Cambrios Technologies Corp.) in 2005, shortly after that company was founded. That was also the year Cambrios first …

Tags:Cambrios| Investment| Silver Nanowire| Touch Market

Foxconn Looking to Sell New Gen 10.5 Plant?

by Bob O'Brien

Reuters reported this week that Foxconn is in discussions to appoint banks to find a buyer for its LCD factory that is being built in Guangzhou. While Foxconn replied in a written statement that …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| LCD Fabs| Market Data| sharp

Selling Wisconsin By the Panel

by Pete Putman

Politics and technology intersect more often than you might think. And no better example of this can be found than the announcement in 2018 by Terry Gou of Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn) that he …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| TV Set Market| USA

What Bob Saw on the Net 21/05/2019

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!) PS5: …

Tags:Arm| Augmented Reality| BOE| Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Investment| MicroLED| PlayStation| sony| TV Viewing| Video Processors| Virtual Reality

What Bob Saw on the Net 14/11/2019

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!) How …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Investment| Mixed Reality| Smart TV| STBs| Streaming Dongles| Training| Virtual Reality| Voice Input

What Bob Saw on the Net 21/06/2019

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!) Video …

Tags:Apple| BOE| Desktop Monitors| EPEAT| Flexible Displays| Hisense| Investment| iPhone| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| MicroLED| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphones

What Bob Saw on the Net 27/11/2019

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!) Visionox …

Tags:5G| AMD| Flexible Displays| Game Playing| Google| Investment| LCD Fabs| OLEDs| Smart TV| USA| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)