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The Tragedy of the LCD Commons

by Bob Raikes

Well, it was the second day of SID Display Week and I took myself along to the SID/DSCC Business Conference in line with my plan. The big topic of the day was the over-supply …

SNU Precision to launch a dPd OLED microdisplay deposition tool

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say OLED-Info spotted that SNU Precision of Korea has said that it will release a tool for the direct deposition of RGB emitter materials on silicon wafers for microdisplays. The site highlights …

Tags:Microdisplays| OLEDs| Production Equipment

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. …

Display Equipment Suppliers Have Record Quarter Thanks to Semiconductors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite the weakening market conditions for finished sets, the equipment makers are doing well, reported DSCC in a blog post (registration needed). Q4 2021 was a record quarter for the segment, …

Tags:Financial Data| Production Equipment

HC Semitek Uses Aixtron Machines for microLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Aixtron reported that a Chinese company, HC Semitek, has ordered AIX 2800G4-TM (IC2) and AIX G5+ C MOCVD systems to make microLEDs on 8″ x 6″ (203 x 152mm) substrates. The …

Tags:MicroLED| Production Equipment| Vapour Deposition

DSCC’s Latest Capex Report Shows 11 G8.5 IT OLED Lines Under Development as Smartphone Spending Stalls

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In its latest Capex report, DSCC highlighted that there are now 11 different 15K G8.5/G8.6 IT OLED lines under development and spending for fabs for IT applications will lead OLED spending …

Tags:Notebooks| OLED Fabs| OLED Monitors| Production Equipment| tablets

DSCC Releases Final Equipment Market Share Results for 2021 and Latest 2022-2025 Outlook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published its overview of the equipment market for 2021 and its top five vendors. Applied Materials was top dog, taking top position from Canon/Tokki which dropped in share. It had …

Tags:Forecasts| LCD Fabs| Market Data| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment

New Approaches to High Mobility IGZO (> 70 cm²/Vs) Using Spatial ALD

by Ian Hendy

In my earlier article about six months ago, I summarised the six main categories of technical driver of higher performance IGZO and the rationales for higher performing (oxide) semiconductor materials in displays. Higher performance …

K&S Starts Shipping New MiniLED & MicroLED Equipment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kulicke & Soffa said that it has started to ship its Luminex ‘next generation mini and microLED solution’. The firm said that the step is the culmination of several years’ development …

Tags:MicroLED| MiniLED| Production Equipment

Samsung Display to use vertical deposition for Gen 8.5 IT OLED panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung is working with Ulvac of Japan to develop vertical deposition technology for the manufacture of IT application OLEDs on G8.5 substrate sizes. It reports that Ulvac …

Tags:OLEDs| Production Equipment| Samsung Display| Vapour Deposition

DSCC Looks at Large LCD Capacity & Equipment Results

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published articles that set out how large panel (G7+) capacity for displays to rise in 2022, after a 13% increase in 2021 and said that this would continue pressure on …

Tags:Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Production Equipment

Olum to develop Gen 8.5 OLED FMM

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that Olum Material is developing a new fine metal mask (FMM) for Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) OLED substrates. Up to now FMM has been limited to G6 fabs and …

Tags:OLED Fabs| Production Equipment