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Samsung to Cease Traditional LCD Production, Move To Quantum Dot OLEDs
According to a report from Reuters, Samsung Display will cease production of traditional LCD displays by the end of the year. The move comes as the company is apparently turning its full efforts away from traditional liquid crystal displays and towards the company's portfolio of quantum dot technology. Building off of the Reuters report, ZDNet is reporting that Samsung is dropping LCD production entirely – including its quantum dot-enhanced "QLED" LCDs – and that their retooled efforts will focus on QD-enhanced OLED displays. A decision with big ramifications for the traditional LCD market, this means that by the end of the year, the LCD market will be losing one of its bigger (and best-known) manufacturers.
As recently as last year, Samsung Display had two LCD production facilities in South Korea and another two LCD plants in China. Back in October, 2019, the company halted production [in] one of the South Korean factories, and now plans to suspend production of LCDs at the remaining three facilities due to the low profitability and oversupply of traditional LCDs.
(Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday April 02 2020, @08:24PM (6 children)
Now if only Microsoft would cease production of Windows.
Now if only Pottering would cease production of systemd.
Now if only the Mars company would cease production of the blue M&M.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 02 2020, @10:44PM
Just don't get rid of the green ones!!!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 03 2020, @01:00AM (2 children)
Now if only CBC would cease Star Trek shows set in the horrible J.J. Abrams alternate universe.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 03 2020, @01:18AM (1 child)
The woke infection has already killed Star Trek. Just let it go.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PiMuNu on Friday April 03 2020, @05:11PM
> The woke infection
I had a look at this.
https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/01/15/star-trek-gets-woke/ [redstate.com]
It sounds like Star Trek business as usual to me. E.g. the black-white kiss, the hand wringing about colonialism/prime directive (and then doing it anyway), etc etc. Star Trek was always "progressive" (or "Leftist" if you like).
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Friday April 03 2020, @11:28AM (1 child)
No, no, the red ones are the evil ones when they've allegedly contained crushed up cochineal insects!
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 03 2020, @03:05PM
The red pill, or the blue pill? You only get one chance to get it right, which is why I went with the red pill - insects and all.