Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8.9% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
Displays
Seoul Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Philips TV and Filament LED Bulbs in Europe and U.S.
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. announced that, in April 2022, it has launched patent infringement lawsuits against Ace Hardware, a global retail company, in the U.S., and, in Europe, against a distributor of Conrad Electronic’s sales platform.
Supplyframe Commodity IQ: Most Electronics Supply Chain Challenges Are Getting Worse
New data from Supplyframe paints a grim picture of current and expected conditions in the electronics supply chain, where commodity supply tightness and cost inflation are impacting most inputs across categories.
Porotech Showcases The Brightest Native Full Color InGaN-Based MicroLED Display Projections at Touch Taiwan
The breakthrough of making native InGaN-based R/G/B on a single material and tool chain accelerates microLED’s commercialization.
Ayar Labs Raises $130 Million in Series C Funding, Accelerating Commercialization of Industry’s First In-Package Optical I/O Products
Boardman Bay Capital Management leads round joined by strategic investments from industry bellwethers Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA, fast-tracking Ayar Labs’ transformational technology for AI, HPC, cloud, and telecom applications.
FLEX Conference 2022 to Highlight Latest Flexible Hybrid Electronics Innovations
FLEX Conference will gather industry experts July 11-14, 2022, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for keynotes, panel discussions, technical sessions and product-based demonstrations highlighting the latest innovations in flexible and printed electronics.
Denton Vacuum Announces New Order from Leading OLED Display Manufacturer
Denton Vacuum LLC today announced it has won a new system order for encapsulation from a leading North American OLED display manufacturer.
Navitas GaN IC Drives vivo’s First 8”-Screen Foldable Phone
Navitas Semiconductor today officially announced that its next-generation GaNFast power ICs with GaNSense technology have been selected to power vivo’s newly-released, first folding-screen flagship ‘X Fold’ in-box 80W flash charger.
Supplyframe Commodity IQ: Most Electronics Supply Chain Challenges Are Getting Worse
New data from Supplyframe paints a grim picture of current and expected conditions in the electronics supply chain, where commodity supply tightness and cost inflation are impacting most inputs across categories.
Pixelworks Nominates Seasoned Semiconductor Executive, Dean Butler, to Board of Directors
Pixelworks, Inc., a provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced that it has nominated Dean Butler as a candidate for election to the Company’s board of directors at the annual meeting on May 12, 2022.
