August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-A panel moderated by Paul Semenza from NPD DisplaySearch looked at the developing technologies for touch sensors. The panel included Ola Wassvik from FlatFrog, Kelly Ingham from Cima Nanotech, Jim Tassone from Unipixel Displays, and Bob Senior form Canatu. Wassvik started with large area touch using…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Charles Annis from NPD DisplaySearch moderated a panel on novel display technologies. Panelists were Bil Cowell from Amorphyx, Andrew Loxley from ClearInk Displays, Yao-Dong Ma from MacroDisplay, and Roger Hajjar from Prysm. Cowell noted that despite the drive to reduce costs through improved glass, the complexity…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Richard Shim from NPD DisplaySearch talked about changes in mobile devices and the trends that they are generating. The mobile spaces are constantly evolving, requiring new definitions, i.e. phones are any mobile device that can make an ordinary phone call. The changes in mobile devices are…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Richard Shim from NPD DisplaySearch moderated a panel on mobility issues. Panel members were David Moon from AMS and Brian Gally from Qualcomm. Moon talked about the abilities of analog and opto-electrical components in mobile devices. Now, interfaces with i2c are offering easy integration into systems…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Charles Annis from NPD DisplaySearch moderated a panel on materials and manufacturing. Panelists were Jeff Yurek from Nanosys, Margaret Hines from Nanoco Technologies, and Conor Madigan from Kateeva. Yurek noted that the NTSC broadcast color gamut is only 35 percent of possible colors in the human…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Charles Annis from NPD DisplaySearch presented the trends and markets for flat panel displays and their manufacture. Then evaluated some technologies and their potentials for growth and market share. Evaluation requires some metrics and identification of assumptions. The evaluation criteria included performance enhancements like higher light…
August 6, 2013, Emerging Display Technologies Conference, San Jose, CA-Paul Semenza from NPD DisplaySearch presented data about emerging touch and display technologies. The push and pull from mobile devices is changing the nature of user interfaces, allowing new technologies to enter the market. Mobile devices are driving portable computing and communicating, but need more spectrum…