BOE gave an interesting talk at SID on the use of water drop hinges. The talk expanded beyond the idea that water drop shaped hinges produce a less visible seam. BOE showed that it also produced better brightness and color uniformity, a thinner form factor as well as reliability advantages.
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The Automotive Display Market and Technology Outlook session featured five presentations from analysts and executives in the automotive display space. The presenters included:
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Flat panel display maker revenues declined Q/Q from their all-time high in Q4’21, and total industry profits declined Q/Q at all levels of the income statement – gross profits, operating profits, pre-tax profits, net profits and EBITDA profits, according to the summary of their financial performance in DSCC’s Quarterly Display Supply Chain Financial Health Report.
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One of the virtual sessions at the SID/DSCC Business Conference was dedicated to advances in MicroLED and MiniLED. This article presents the highlights from this session. You can still register to watch all recordings of the conference. DSCC Leo Liu opened his talk with an observation that the Haitz Law held from the 1960s through the 2020s and appears to be on track for the 2030s. Haitz Law is considered to be the equivalent of Moore’s Law for the LED industry. It states that after each decade, the amount of Lumen per package increases by 20× and the cost per Lumen decreased by 10×.
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Porotech was at Display Week to demonstrate its DynamicPixelTuning technology. This innovative technology for MicroLED displays enables color tuning in a monolithic InGaN layer. Porotech won the Best Prototype award in the I-Zone (Innovation Zone).
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DSCC sources in China have learned that BOE plans to commercialize the 95” 8K White OLED TV panel shown at Display Week. I must admit, I heard this at the exhibit during Display Week but did not believe it, but our sources in China confirm BOE’s intent. The product shown at Display Week claimed brightness of 800 nits peak and 150 nits typical and a color gamut of 99% of DCI-P3, with a contrast ratio of 100,000:1 and a 120Hz refresh rate.
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The TV Display Market and Technology Outlook session featured presentations from three analysts of the industry plus the CEO of a critical material supplier and an executive from a leading display maker. The presenters included:
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The development of phosphorescent blue OLED emitters (PhOLED) promises to greatly enhance the prospects for OLED displays by allowing for improved brightness efficiency and/or lower cost. Early this year, Universal Display Corporation (UDC) announced that they expect to achieve target performance for commercialization of blue PhOLED by the end of the year and expect commercial sales of the material by 2024.
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The TV Display Market and Technology Outlook session featured six presentations from analysts and executives throughout the display industry. The presenters included:
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I started by covering the latest smartphone set shipment results and a 2022 forecast by region. Smartphone unit shipments were up 4% in 2021 to 1.4B units, with China the largest region and Middle East and Africa growing the fastest. For 2022, we forecast the market to fall 1% with Asia Pacific expected to overtake China. Eastern Europe and China are expected to decline the most. But there are growing concerns that the market could be down a lot more, 10% - 15%, if China shutdowns are extended, war persists, inflation, etc. LCD volumes appear to be most affected due to weakness in China and Eastern Europe where LCDs are stronger. Some brands are rumored to be cutting up to 30% of their LCD volumes.
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