Plessey micro-LEDs selected for AR glasses

Plessey has tied up with Vuzix to develop augmented reality glasses, combining Plessey’s ‘Quanta-Brite’ micro-LED arrays and Vuzix’ expertise and IP in smart glasses and optics. Plessey is offering a light source for illuminating DMD (digital micro-mirror device) or LCoS (liquid crystal-on-silicon) display engines, based on monolithic arrays of micro-LEDs, claiming that the resulting optical system ...

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China smartphone Q1 surge

Led by Chinese vendors Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and Vivo (OPPO and Vivo are brands of BK Electronics) the smartphone market grew 5.3% in Q1 to 340 million units, says DRAMeXchange. The growth is expected to be continued in the current quarter with 5% growth. Samsung’s smartpgone production volume of smartphone fell by nearly 9% Y-o-y. For ...

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MEMS market to grow 17.5% 2018-23 to $31bn

The MEMS market  will grow 17.5% in value between 2018 and 2023, to reach $31 billion in 2023, says Yole Développement. “The consumer market segment is showing the biggest share, with more than 50%. The good news is that almost all MEMS devices will contribute to this growth,”  asserts Dr. Eric Mounier, Principal Analyst, MEMS & Photonics, at ...

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Imec demoes chip cooling package

Imec has demonstrated  a low-cost impingement-based solution for cooling chips at package level. Conventional solutions realize cooling through combining heat exchangers that are bonded to heat spreaders that are then attached to the chip backside. These are all interconnected with thermal interface materials (TIM) that create a fixed thermal resistance that can’t be overcome by ...

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Micron under investigation by China

Micron has stated that it’s under investigation by the Chinese government. The company confirms that, on May 31st, officials from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation visited Micron’s China sales offices looking for information. Samsung and Hynix have confirmed that they have also had talks with Chinese trade officials. The talks are to do with ...

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