What HiFi? Sound and Vision (WHFSV) spoke to HS Kim, Vice President in charge of Flat Panel Development at Samsung. Samsung invests the majority of its CAPEX toward LCD technology to build LCD TVs but also commercially produces PDP (Plasma Display Panel) TVs, DLP (Digital Light Processing) TVs. Of course, Samsung conducts R&D in OLED [...]
Rohm showcased its OLED technology as a light source at CEATEC. The prototype emitted brightness levels around 3000 to 4000 cd/m2 with flahes of 100,000 cd/m2. Clearly, the type of light source Rohm is targeting with its OLED solutions were flashlights and residential (commercial?) lamps. A unique feature of the OLED lamp was that it [...]
LCD technology is the 600 pound gorilla in the world of displays. LCDs range from the tiny to the very large and are incorporated into the latest smartphones as well as the biggest LCD TVs and digital signage displays. Any company with a different technology will need to find ways to not only compete but [...]
iriver Spinn
Display Size: 3.2″ (8.2cm)
Pixel Format: 480 x 272
Display Technology: Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED)
Storage: 4, 8, 16GB
Video: Adobe Flash, MPEG4, WMV
Audio: MP3, OGG, WMA
Other: 3D GPU accelerated, Analog Controls, DAB Radio (UK), Bluetooth
Battery: 25 hours (audio), 5 hours (video), 4 hours (DAB)
Availability: August in the UK
iriver’s Spinn is a very nice looking portable multimedia player [...]
On May 28, 2008, Rohm confirmed that it had acquired Oki Electric Industry’s semiconductor operations and entering into the organic light emitting diode (OLED) market.
Rohm is a semiconductor company that was founded in 1958 and posted an annual revenue of JPY373 billion (US$3.6 billion) in FY2008. Rohm currently manufactures ICs, discrete semiconductors, opto-electronics, passive [...]
This seems to be big news. I don’t know why. Maybe we’re just sick and tired of thick electronics. Maybe we just want to see how thin things can get. Who knows. But the word out is that Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO, will be unveiling a new OLED display that’s just 0.3mm thick at the [...]
On May 9, 2008, Sumitomo Chemical announced its plans to produce and sell 40″ and larger organic electroluminescence display panels. I am assuming in this case that organic electroluminescence (organic EL) means the same thing as organic light emitting diode (OLED). JCNetwork’s article point to EL panels being thinner than LCDs and consuming less power. [...]
On May 7, 2008, DuPont and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing announced their intention to form a strategic alliance to develop integrated manufacturing equipment for printed organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. The companies also have signed an agreement to bring together materials, technology and equipment to mass produce OLED displays that feature enhanced performance, lower cost [...]