The concept of inkjet-printed OLEDs has been kicked around for well over a decade – now Kateeva is turning concept into market reality

With a myriad applications in aerial surveying, plus the tantalizing prospect of driverless vehicles, China is competing in the race for LiDAR dominance

Grand international cross-border plans are the order of the day as China forges ahead with its Belt and Road Initiative.

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is now seen as a key enabling technology for autonomous vehicles and also for the enhanced driver safety features collectively known as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems).

China’s high-stakes plan for self-transformation into a high-tech superpower is encapsulated in its “Made in China 2025” initiative.

While slow to penetrate the mass TV market, OLEDs are finally seeing major take-up in smartphones.

For at least half a century of spectacular advance in semiconductor technology, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore has provided the chip industry with its fundamental productivity benchmark. Year 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of “Moore’s Law”, precisely at a time when many in the semiconductor industry suspected the law was ‘dead,’ or shortly would be.

Strong growth drivers abound, say industry observers, and ASPs are on the rise