Vol 22 – Issue 24 – Page 12

Dolby Claims to Improve Low Cost Hardware (BC26)

by Bob Raikes

Roland Vlaicu is VP of Consumer Imaging at Dolby and he talked about HDR. Dolby is now seeing others catching up with the interest that Dolby has had in this area for some years. …

GM Likes HUDs and Free Form Displays But Not OLEDs (18)

by Bob Raikes

The first speaker in the final section was Thomas Seder, Chief Technologist for the HMITBD group at General Monitors. He said that GM’s main strategy is to try to increase the performance of products …

Panel Session Looks at Display Improvement Implications (BC20B)

by Bob Raikes

In response to a question, Merck’s Maisch said that it has panels of interested parties to look at developments five to ten years out. The company also tracks social media to see what the …

Applied Materials Highlights Scaling Challenges for LCD & OLED Making (BC20)

by Bob Raikes

Max McDaniel is Chief Marketing Officer at Applied Materials. He said that there is more change happening now in the industry than ever before, and quick adoption of innovations is essential to capture value. …

3M Points to Battery Life and Efficiency for Profit (BC23)

by Bob Raikes

Fedja Kecman is marketing manager for tablet and notebook computers at 3M’s Display Materials and Systems group. Lower growth in mobiles and tablets mean that there will be more competitive pressure on the industry. …

AGC Highlights its Uniqueness (BC19)

by Bob Raikes

Yoshinori Kobayashi is from AGC Electronics, part of Asahi Glass, a glass maker from Japan. He said that the display industry is getting more and more competitive. AGC thinks its technologies can help clients …

Nanosys Calls for Rec 2020 Change and Explains Cadmium Issue

by Bob Raikes

Nanosys CEO Jason Hartlove explains why the firm would like to see the blue primary for Rec 2020 moved and talks about the politically-charged cadmium issue.

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Dow Updates on Quantum Dots (BC17)

by Bob Raikes

Andrew Lee is from Dow Electronic Materials and is Global Business Director for Display Technologies and his topic was quantum dots. The display business is part of the Dow consumer solutions business which handles …

Ostendo Shows Impressive Microdisplays

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Ostendo last year when it was in the iZone. They came back this year and we interviewed them about their emissive LED microdisplays.

LC Materials Are Still Improving, Says Merck (BC16)

by Bob Raikes

The first session in the afternoon was on emerging technologies and applications to increase profit. There were 9 panelists and speakers overall. Roman Maisch is a Senior VP at Merck and he looked at …

Why Do VCs Invest in Displays, Intel Asks? (BC13)

by Bob Raikes

The final speaker of the morning session was Ron D Reich of Intel Capital where he is Managing Director of the Strategic Transactions Group. He said, after hearing Barnes’ talk, that he wondered why …

Can Ignis Enable the OLED TV Market?

by Bob Raikes

As is often the case, one of the most interesting things that I saw at the SID was not on the show floor, but in a dimly-lit suite in a hotel near the event, …