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iBeam Gets Help to Be Disruptive from a Tech Giant

by Bob Raikes

It’s sometimes hard as an independent analyst to work out whether a claimed technical breakthrough is really what it seems. I don’t have a team of engineers and scientists on the payroll to evaluate …

Tags:Investment| LED| Manufacturing| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)| Roll to Roll (R2R)| Samsung| SID Display Week 2020| TFT

The Means to Extend the Life of LCDs is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

Failures in the operation of liquid crystal displays are often associated with a change in the ionic conductivity of the liquid crystal material. More specifically, an increase in conductivity can degrade the quality of …

Tags:LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Manufacturing

…and then China got Sick

by Steve Sechrist

It was the 19th century Habsburg era diplomat Prince Klemens von Metternich who once said, “When France sneezes, Europe catches a cold”. Well, it’s a different viral strain, but that’s pretty much what seems …

Tags:Apple| China| Covid-19| IDC| Manufacturing| Market Data| Smartphone Market

INFiLED and Exertis Sign Distribution Agreement for Direct View LED

by Artem Alekseenko

INFiLED, global leading manufacturer of LED displays and EXERTIS have signed a distribution partnership embracing major parts of Europe, excluding the UK and DACH. Exertis is a leading distributor of technology products for the …

Tags:Exertis| LED| Manufacturing

A Transfer Printing Process for MicroLEDs is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) are developing a laser-driven, programmable, non-contact transfer printing technique that could be applicable to the transfer of microLEDs. The technique is based on the use …

Tags:Manufacturing| MicroLED| Printable Display

MicroLED: Emerging as a Next Generation Display Technology

by Sweta Dash

MicroLED is emerging as next generation display technology because of its potential to be a thinner, brighter, lighter, and low power display. It combines the best features of LCD and OLED. It is considered …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Manufacturing| MicroLED| Wearables

What Bob Saw on the Net 07/06/2019

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!) A …

Tags:BOE| Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IHS Markit| Manufacturing| MicroLED| Microsoft| OTT Video| Patents| PlayStation| Retail| Samsung| TV Viewing

AlGaInP LEDs in Short Supply After Explosion at Sanan Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes reports that an explosion occurred at Sanan Optoelectronics AlGaInP LED epitaxial wafer and chip plant in Tianjin, China in mid-September. Industry sources revealed to the publication that the facility will take one to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Manufacturing| Vol 25 - Issue 17

X-Celeprint Discusses MicroLED Manufacturing

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On July 17th, the Bay Area Chapter of the Society for Information Display meeting hosted a presentation given by Dr. Chris Bower, the Chief Technology Officer at X-Celeprint Limited. At the meeting, Dr. Bower …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 28

ZTE is on Again, But For How Long?

by Steve Sechrist

It’s Alive… It’s alive Dr. Frankenstein exclaimed of his brainchild monster’s awakening, and so too with jolts of reviving energy from renewed access to US chip technology, ZTE is back in the mobile smart …

Tags:Manufacturing| Mobile Phones| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Barco Lays the Foundation for its “Factory for the Future”

by Andrew Fenn

Barco has revealed its new home base for its manufacturing department. Since 2016, all of the company’s Belgium branches have been gradually moving across to the new campus, located at the Beneluxpark in Kortrijk, …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Vol 25 - Issue 16