Displays

Imec presents 4K2K CMOS image sensor together with Panasonic

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:44:00 GMT

The co-developed imager sensor chip targets high speed, high resolution imaging applications such as next generation HDTV.

Displaybank releases new industry analysis of glass slimming market

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:00 GMT

The glass slimming market topped $600 million in value in 2012 and is forecast to continuously grow to surpass $1 billion in 2014, according to a new report released by Displaybank.

Tablet IC sales to rise 37% in 2013

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:00 GMT

New market update shows integrated circuit revenues for tablets hitting $27 billion in 2016.

Imec and Holst Centre unveil fully-organic imager

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:07:00 GMT

At this week’s International Image Sensor Workshop, imec and Holst Centre presented a large-area fully-organic photodetector array fabricated on a flexible substrate.

UMC opens office in Korea

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:42:00 GMT

The global semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation announced the opening of its UMC Korea office.

ISORG and Plastic Logic co-develop the world’s first image sensor on plastic

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:18:00 GMT

ISORG and Plastic Logic have co-developed the first conformable organic image sensor on plastic, with the potential to revolutionize weight/power trade-offs and optical design parameters for any systems with a digital imaging element.

Defense semiconductor and similar applications represent 25% of sapphire industry revenue

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:09:00 GMT

Crystal growth equipment manufacturer GTAT is leading the charge and recently created a lot of buzz around this application and on the OEM front.

Flexible display market to reach nearly 800 million unit shipments by 2020

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:12:00 GMT

Demand for flexible displays is set to undergo massive growth during the next seven years, with a broad variety of applications—ranging from smartphones to giant screens mounted on buildings—driving a nearly 250 times expansion in shipments from 2013 through 2020.

US TV shipments decline in Q1 – but prices rise as consumers gravitate to larger screens

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:17:00 GMT

Shipments of television sets in the United States declined by 11 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to one year earlier.

Smartphones forecast to represent over 50% of total cellphone sales for the first time in 2013

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:38:00 GMT

A new report from IC Insights shows that we could be on the verge of entering into “the post-PC era.”

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Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Shipments of large-sized LCD display panels outpace production in March

Wed, 29 May 2013 19:21:00 GMT

Shipments in March of large-sized liquid crystal displays (LCD) exceeded total production when measured in terms of area, the result of a deliberate move by panel manufacturers to digest accumulated inventory.

Transparent electrode market to grow to $5.1 billion by 2020

Wed, 29 May 2013 15:22:00 GMT

Transparent electrodes refer to oxide degenerate semiconductor electrodes that possess a high level of light transmittance (more than 85 percent) in the visible light spectrum, and low resistivity (less than 1Ã10-3 Ω-㎝) at the same time.

Patent analysis: Flexible OLED structures

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:10:00 GMT

A new report from IHS Displaybank analyzes the scope of the flexible OLED patents issued.

Global touch-screen panel shipments to double by 2016

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:20:00 GMT

Worldwide shipments of touch-screen panels are set to double from 2012 to 2016, reaching nearly 3 billion units as a wide variety of products beyond smartphones and tablets adopt the technology, particularly notebook PCs.

Flexible devices manufactured by roll-to-roll technologies to reach nearly $22.7 billion by 2017

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:00 GMT

The diffusion of roll-to-roll technologies is expected to have a marked effect in lowering the unit prices of flexible devices. Consequently, while consumption in terms of volume is forecast to rise very rapidly, revenues will increase somewhat more moderately.

Photonics societies launch the National Photonics Initiative to increase R&D and economy

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:00 GMT

Photonics societies across the United States today announced the launch of the National Photonics Initiative.

Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:37:00 GMT

Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future "optoelectronic" circuits for sensors and information processing.

One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:00 GMT

Driven by falling prices and a major initiative from Intel Corp., shipments of touch-enabled mobile PCs are expected to enjoy rapid growth in 2013 and the coming years, rising to about 25 percent of all notebooks by 2016.

AMOLED displays to have major influence on innovation in the cloud computer era

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:55:00 GMT

During the keynote speech, Kim said that the future of displays will change considerably, with special attention to be given for the virtually infinite number of imaging possibilities in AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) display technology.

IDC predicts semiconductor market to experience 3-4% revenue growth in 2013

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:00 GMT

IDC expects the semiconductor market to return to growth in 2013 with revenues forecast to increase by 3.5 percent this year.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts April 2013 book-to-bill ratio of 1.08

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:00 GMT

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.17 billion in orders worldwide in April 2013 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.08.

Shrinking flat-panel TV market wrings out marginal growth in first quarter

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:00 GMT

Bringing an end to a full year of declines, global flat-panel television shipments rose slightly in the first quarter, paving the way for marginal growth in 2013.

3M announces QDEF; to bring 50% more color to LCD devices

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:44:00 GMT

3M announced today it is in the final stages of scale-up for its new 3M Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF). The new film allows up to 50 percent more color than current levels in liquid crystal display (LCD) devices.

First quarter results for graphics chip shipments: Nvidia a clear winner but bad news for Intel

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:39:00 GMT

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers’ market share for 2013 Q1. The news was disappointing for Intel, but encouraging for Nvidia and for AMD on the desktop.

Printed, flexible and organic electronics sees 15.2% CAGR over the next decade

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:17:00 GMT

The new report from IDTechEx titled "Printed, Organic & Flexible Electronics: Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2013-2023" finds that the total market for these technologies will grow from $16.04 billion in 2013 to $76.79 billion in 2023.

First quarter shipments of touch-screen notebook post 4.57M units, up 51.8% QoQ

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:59:00 GMT

With Microsoft introducing Windows 8 operating system that provides the touch interface in the fourth quarter of 2012, notebook PCs with touch-screen panels were released. And this led to the opening of a new market, for projected capacitive touch panels of 10 inches or larger.

TowerJazz and TLi Korea to collaborate on sensor ICs for mobile market

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:23:00 GMT

TowerJazz today announced collaboration with TLi (Technology Leaders and Innovators), a fabless company that designs non-memory integrated circuits (ICs) focused on timing controllers and driver ICs on TFT-LCD panel modules.

Perfectly doped quantum dots yield colors to dye for

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:12:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to introduce precisely four copper ions into each and every quantum dot.

Intel VP to discuss low-cost computing initiative in IHS/SID 2013

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:15:00 GMT

Will the enabling and investment strategy of Intel Corp. lead to low-cost touch-screen-enabled notebooks that drive new demand for PCs and yield innovation in the global display market?

Spectra-Physics introduces industrial picosecond laser

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:05:00 GMT

Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces Spirit ps 1040-10, an industrial-grade picosecond laser for precision micromachining applications.

IHS discusses how PCs can survive the tablet invasion

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:06:00 GMT

In order to stave off the onslaught of popular media tablets and smartphones, notebook PCs need to evolve, adopting touch technology that has proved so popular among consumers.

IEDM announces 2013 call for papers

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:38:00 GMT

The 59^th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has issued a Call for Papers seeking original work in microelectronics research and development. The paper submission deadline is Monday, June 24, 2013.

Atmel launches first single chip touch screen controller for 15 inch touchscreens

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:05:00 GMT

Atmel Corporation, a developer of microcontroller and touch technology solutions, this week announced the maXTouch T Series, its next-generation family supporting touchscreens up to 23 inches for applications such as handsets, tablets, Ultrabooks, notebooks and all-in-one computers.

Manufacturing flexible displays: The challenges of handling plastic

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

The first flexible high-resolution displays will be produced using materials handling techniques that have been developed to allow the use of existing thin transistor fabrication facilities. NICK COLANERI, Flexible Display Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

How war on the Korean peninsula could affect worldwide electronics production

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:23:00 GMT

What would happen if half of all global production for dynamic random access memory (DRAM), two-thirds of NAND flash manufacturing and 70 percent of the world’s tablet display supply suddenly disappeared from the market?

China becomes world’s leading PC market in 2012

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:33:00 GMT

China rose to the top of the PC market for the first time ever on an annual basis last year, relegating the United States to second place with a lead of more than 3 million units, according to an IHS iSuppli PC Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics provider IHS.

AMOLED panel shipments get boost from premium smartphones

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:19:00 GMT

Demand for 4-inch or larger AMOLED panels has continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2012 thanks to strong growth in the market for high-end smartphones with large screens, such as the Galaxy S and Note series by Samsung Electronics.

Smart glass shipments to rise to 10 million by 2016, thanks to Google Glass

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:45:00 GMT

Initiated by the arrival of Google Glass and magnified by Google’s efforts to promote application development for the product, the global market for smart glasses could amount to almost 10 million units from 2012 through 2016.

AMOLED panel makers: To chase or to lead, that is the question

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:45:00 GMT

In recent years, TFT-LCD technology has dominated the display panel market, everything from small, medium and large screens, to the point where all other rival display technologies such as e-paper, PDP, and CRT have steadily been losing their positioning.

Thin-layer germanium may replace silicon in semiconductors

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:36:00 GMT

Chemists at Ohio State University have developed the technology for making a one-atom-thick sheet of germanium, and found that it conducts electrons more than ten times faster than silicon and five times faster than conventional germanium.

SPIE leaders encouraged by increased science funding in Obama budget proposal

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:46:00 GMT

Proposed increases in funds for scientific R&D and a greater emphasis on STEM education in the 2014 budget proposal announced by the White House this week reflect the President’s commitment to science and engineering, SPIE leaders said.

Net loss for netbooks: Product set for extinction by 2015

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:29:00 GMT

Once a white-hot PC product that sold in the tens of millions of units annually, netbook computers are now marking their final days, with the rise of tablets causing their shipments to wind down to virtually zero after next year, according to an IHS iSuppli Compute Electronics Market Tracker Report from information and analytics provider IHS.

Cambrios opens Japan office

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:49:00 GMT

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, a developer of nanowire-based solutions for the transparent and flexible conductor markets, today announced the establishment of its branch office in Tokyo, Japan, and the appointment of Takashi Murayama as Country Manager for Japan.

Cracking the potential of the glass wafer market

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:45:00 GMT

Over the last few years, glass has gained considerable interest from the semiconductor industry due to its very attractive electrical, physical and chemical properties, as well as its prospects for a relevant and cost-efficient solution. The application scope of glass substrates in the semiconductor field is broad and highly diversified.

As Chinese demand declines, flat-panel TV shipments plunge in February and March

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:43:00 GMT

Global flat-panel television shipments fell by 10 percent in February and by an estimated 4 percent in March compared to the same months in 2012 as Chinese demand plunged following the Lunar New Year buying season.

Fourth-quarter reprieve spurs 2013 rebound for semiconductor makers

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:39:00 GMT

Despite stronger-than-expected growth during the fourth quarter, 2012 was still a miserable year for the semiconductor market and suppliers, with only eight out of the Top 25 chipmakers managing to eke out revenue growth—but nine suffering double-digit declines.

US TV market set for second consecutive year of decline in 2013

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:55:00 GMT

U.S. television shipments are forecast to decline for a second year in a row in 2013, but growth will resume next year as the liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) segment regains some of the strength it had lost in the past year.

Polarizer market to grow to $14 billion by 2016

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:06:00 GMT

The polarizer market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6 percent until 2016 to $12 billion in 2013 and to $14 billion in 2016. In 2012, the market amounted to $11.2 billion, up 9 percent year on year, according to “Polarizer Market and Industry Trend Analysis” published by Displaybank, recently acquired by IHS Inc.

How Samsung is climbing the charts

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:10:00 GMT

It’s no secret that Samsung is up against Apple in many ways, in products, sales and innovation. However, even in the face of Apple’s patent infringement lawsuits, Samsung is still climbing the charts.