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Small Displays Flat, but Premium Tech is Rising

by Tom Allen

The small-and-medium (9″ and smaller) display market was flat in terms of both shipments and revenue in 2015, says IHS. 2.8 billion units were shipped and revenue was up 4%, to $43.9 billion. Although …

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 …

JDI Closes Plants in Bid to Become Less Seasonal

by Tom Allen

Japan Display has announced a series of structural reforms, as it seeks to move to a business structure that is less influenced by seasonality than its current main market (smartphone displays). Since July last …

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 …

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CSOT Starts LTPS Trial

by Isaac Oburu

CSOT, the TCL Group panel subsidiary, has started to produce LTPS panels for handsets and tablet computers at a panel plant in Wuhan, on a trial basis.

Three New Fabs for Foxconn

by Tom Allen

Sources from Asia claim that Foxconn is to establish a G6 LTPS TFT-LCD panel fab in Guiyang City, China. The fab will mainly be used to produce 5.2″, 5.5″ and 6″ panels for smartphones. …

A-Si Leads, but High-Tech Smartphone Panels are Rising

by Tom Allen

Total smartphone panel shipments rose 4% MoM in September, with particular growth noted in the high-end, says IHS. Shipments reached 160 million units and, while a-Si units continued to lead, LTPS TFT-LCD demand is …

Samsung Adopts Corning

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display has chosen to use Corning Lotus NXT Glass as a backplane substrate for its LTPS OLED panels. These panels are used in the Galaxy Note 5.

Printing Money

by David Barnes

MakerBot announced another 20% workforce reduction last week. Despite a cult-like following among the DYI crowd (digital do-it-yourselfers), the 3D printer maker seems to be having trouble realizing the business plan it inked. This …

AUO’s Flexible AMOLED Makes Appearance

by Tom Allen

More information has been shared about AUO’s flexible AMOLED prototype, which was seen at Touch Taiwan (High Resolutions Rule Touch Taiwan). The display is a 5″ unit with an integrated touch sensor. It has …

China Will Overtake Korea’s AMOLED Capacity

by Tom Allen

Sigmaintell Consulting predicts that global small- to medium-size LTPS AMOLED capacity will rise 30% YoY in 2015. Both South Korean and Chinese vendors are investing in production; Sigmaintell believes that China may overtake South …

Apple Leads LTPS Demand Rise

by Tom Allen

Smartphone growth continues to slow worldwide – but demand for LTPS TFT-LCD screens for these products is on the rise. According to IHS, LTPS TFT-LCD smartphone display shipments grew 31% YoY in the first …

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