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Market Bifurcation

by Ian Hendy

What a difference 12 months can make. In the middle of 2021, the display industry was at peak, with annual revenues of almost $160bn. Corona bounce working and studying from home had pulled in …

Tags:Investment| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs

DSCC Shows Large Drop in 2023 Display Equipment Spending

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC reported that it has seen a number of fab expansion projects delayed and a few cancelled. The firm has revised its forecast for 2023 spending down 57% to $5.3 billion. …

What They Say A report in the Chinese media suggests that flexible OLED developer Royole remains close to failing. (Flexible-screen Maker Royole Delays Employee Salaries) One of the directors has posted a blog that …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Investment| OLEDs

Been Underground? Netflix Had a Bad Week

by Bob Raikes

You’d have to have been underground helping to recover pot-holers or trapped miners not to have seen the flood of news this week following a plummet in the stock price of Netflix after it …

Tags:Investment| Netflix| OTT Video| Streaming Video| SVOD

Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with …

Links Week Starting 18th April 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. Meet the 8K Association at NAB Show …

AUO to set up 8.5G panel line with low carbon emissions

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that AUO has decided to set up a new 8.5G fab at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Taichung city that will be built to feature green buildings …

Alibaba Invests in Nreal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Alibaba has invested $60 million in Nreal in a “series C+” round of funding – which follows on from a $100 million round last September that valued the firm at $700 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment

Links Week Starting 28th March 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. AOC: 23.8″ WQHD 165Hz 1ms G2G monitor …

Helio Display Materials: First Oxbridge Spin-Out Raises $4.75m to Improve Screens

by Artem Alekseenko

Helio Display Materials, the first joint spin-out from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, has raised $4.75m of Series A finance in a round led by Longwall Venture Partners and BGF. The investment is driving a …

Tags:Investment| Materials

Elliptic & Lenovo Implement Sensing on Notebook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sensor maker, Elliptic Labs of Norway, said that its technology is being used in the Lenovo T14 notebook and is the ‘first software-only human presence detection solution’. Elliptic Labs’ AI Virtual …

Porotech secures $20m Series A investment

by Artem Alekseenko

Microdisplay technology pioneer Porotech has secured $20 million Series A investment to accelerate global expansion and mass production of its unique micro-LED products. The funding is designed to ensure the company keeps pace with …

Tags:Investment| Microdisplays| MicroLED