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A New and Improved OLED Outcoupling Layer is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

One challenge in achieving highly efficient OLEDs is developing means of highly efficient outcoupling. Part of the reason that this has proved difficult is that the desired means needs to be independent of wavelength, …

LG Electronics Result 26/07/2018

by Yvette Raikes

LG Electronics reported Q2 net profits KRW326.5 billion ($292 million), a decrease from KRW514.9 billion ($461 million) a year ago, on turnover which rose to KRW15.02 trillion ($13.4 billion) from KRW14.55 trillion ($13.0 billion). …

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Qualcomm Scraps NXP Acquisition

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has abandoned its planned acquisition of NXP as Chinese authorities were negative on the deal. (Qualcomm Increases Offer for NXP) Analyst Comment That stops Qualcomm from reducing its dependency on the smartphone business. …

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Corning Boosts Gorilla Glass

by Bob Raikes

Corning has released new versions of its Gorilla Glass. The main smartphone glass has been upgraded from version 5 to Gorilla Glass 6 which increases the durability of the glass and Corning said that …

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VirtualLink Consortium Announces Standard for VR Headset Connection

by Norbert Hildebrand

The VirtualLink Consortium announced a new standard development that allows connecting a VR headset to any source via an USB Type-C cable. The consortium includes nVidia, Valve, Microsoft, Oculus and AMD. There is a …

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YouTube VR App Coming to Gear VR with Co-Viewing Feature

by Andrew Fenn

Google has announced that the YouTube VR app will come to Samsung Gear VR soon, alongside “Watch Together”, a new co-viewing feature, where up to four app users can chat and watch content together …

DSCC: OLED Materials Revenues Will Grow to $2.3 Billion by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Sales for OLED stack materials are expected to grow at a 22% annual CAGR from $864 million in 2017 to $2.29 billion in 2022, according to DSCC. The company’s latest report includes a revised …

DSCC Smartphone Display Cost Report Highlights Profitable Rigid OLED Business

by Andrew Fenn

DSCC has released its OLED Smartphone Cost Report for the second quarter of 2018, highlighting a number of issues in the market. The report illuminates the huge impact of fab utilisation on fixed costs …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 28

AUO Benefits from Value Added Strategy

by Bob Raikes

AUO presented its quarterly result and highlighted that its better result than ‘a Korean competitor’ (i.e. LG Display) was the result of its long term development of a more niche strategy, rather than chasing …

AUO Sees Slower Q2

by Yvette Raikes

AUO recorded Q2 net profit of NT$40 million ($1.3 million), down from NT$8.9 billion ($292 million) a year ago, on revenue which fell to NT$75.1 billion ($2.5 billion) from NT$84.4 billion ($2.8 billion).

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Samsung Display’s “Unbreakable Panel” Certified by Underwriters Laboratories

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Display has announced that its recently developed “unbreakable” smartphone panel has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), an official testing company for OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the US Department …

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IDC: EMEA Records Its Strongest Traditional PC Market Growth Since 2014

by Andrew Fenn

The EMEA traditional PC market posted solid growth in the second quarter of 2018, with the market going positive (4.1% growth year-on-year) and totalling 16.6 million units. According to IDC, the commercial space grew …

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