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Visionox Begins AMOLED Mass-Production

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeChina’s Visionox has begun mass-production of a 5.5″ AMOLED display panel, for the mid-range/high-end smartphone market. The company is using its G5.5 plant for the process (Visionox Follows Samsung in OLED Capacity).

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Large Battery Options for Handheld Group’s Rugged Tablet

by Tom Allen

The Handheld Group’s Algiz A10X-7P01-V2 is a rugged tablet PC, running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 on a quad-core Intel Celeron CPU, with 4GB of RAM. It is compliant with IP65 and MIL-STD-810G protection, …

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Taiwan Chip Makers Post Increased Sales

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) achieved a 15.4% year on year increase in sales in May to NT$70.1 billion ($2.2 billion), though this was 6.9% lower than the previous month. TSMC’s sales for the first …

Canal+ Expands Hybrid Offer

by Tom Allen

Canal+ has launched a new DTT/OTT receiver in France. Viewers can use the unit – Le Cube S – to access all of the company’s content via DTT signals or the internet.

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Kopin Positive on New Applications (IC10)

by Bob Raikes

Dr John Fan is CEO of Kopin, which makes microdisplays. Fan said that the company is looking strongly at going into wearables. He said that the headset is the most important wearable device, but …

Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Large TVs (IC7)

by Bob Raikes

In a talk over lunch, Paul Gagnon of IHS gave a good talk on TV trends. He was very interesting on the conservative nature of buyers of very big screens. The sales of very …

Tactus Adds Feeling to Touch (IC6)

by Bob Raikes

Tactus is a developer of IP for creating raised areas on touch screens, which it calls “Phorm”. This can be used to create better keyboards and input systems. The company has its first product …

Prysm Continues its Pivots (IC5)

by Bob Raikes

Stuart Monks is from Prysm which has developed LPD laser phosphor displays. Monks came from Polycom to join the company and is looking at how collaboration occurs in an enterprise. Prysm, as we have …

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Haptics Have Lots of Growth Opportunities (IC4)

by Bob Raikes

The next section was entitled “Evolution of the Immersive Experience” and covered a range of technologies. Immersion is a company that is “about haptics” which it sees as the feedback for touch experiences. The …

Nanoco Sees QD Applications beyond Displays (IC3)

by Bob Raikes

Keith Wiggins is from Nanoco, the UK-based firm which has specialised in non-cadmium quantum dots. The company has 112 staff with more than 80 chemists. Wiggins believes that businesses that have a “sensory” impact …

Nanosys Wants 25% of the QD Market (IC2)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys, a competitor to QDVision. Nanosys was founded in 2001 and Hartlove said that it has produced 4 tonnes (enough for more than 1 million TVs) …

4DD’s Refocus on SLM Business

by Steve Sechrist

4thDD’s Spatial Light Modulator components including the 2048 x 1536 pixel QXGA-3DM SLM shown at SID Display Week 2015At this year’s SID Display Week we took time to talk with ForthDD’s CEO Greg Truman …