The Display Show

The DisplayWeek episode features special guest Jason Hartlove, President and CEO of Nanosys. Jason and Brian go way back, long before Jason took over the reins at Nanosys. The two talk about developing the world’s first optical mouse, discussed life in Korea, and focus on the significant role that quantum dots play in the display industry today.

You’ll also hear about how Nanosys became the industry’s QD leader, there’s news of a major and recent acquisition by Nanosys, and Jason describes his vision of what to expect for quantum dot applications in the future.

Links

Apple Pro Mouse commercial: https://youtu.be/KkVpKmm9Y8A

SID DisplayWeek 2011 “Best In Show” Interview: https://youtu.be/fXUuNzuXNuE

Margaret Mead Quote about small teams: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/11

Nanosys at DisplayWeek 2021: https://sid.6connex.com/event/Display...

Episode 9 – Ajit Ninan & Burning Displays: https://youtu.be/jRtRP32YR1U

Episode 6 – Regis McKenna & Small Teams: https://youtu.be/wXRbQH1P8es

Listen to The Display Show as an audio podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/thedisplayshow

Credits

Host: Brian Berkeley
Camera: Chanel Nguyen
Producer: Jeff Yurek
Photo Credit: “Third Tunnel, North-South Korea” photo by Johnny Silvercloud via Flicker CC license: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnys...

Episode 10 features Helge Seetzen, a serial entrepreneur, a recent past-president of SID, and CEO of Tandem Launch which is based in Montreal, Canada. In this episode, Brian and Helge talked about what it takes to run a technology incubator, we heard the rest of the story about burning display demos that we first learned about from Ajit in Episode #9, and we spoke about SID’s current and future path. Links Tandem Launch: https://www.tandemlaunch.com/en/ Helge's Information Display articles on start-ups: • Start-up Fundamentals: http://archive.informationdisplay.org/id-archive/2013/july-august/venture-capital-series-i • Raising Capital for Startups: http://archive.informationdisplay.org/id-archive/2013/september-october/venture-capital-series-ii • The Ins and Outs of Venture Capital: http://archive.informationdisplay.org/id-archive/2013/november-december/venture-capital-series-iii • Exiting with Grace – and Profit: http://archive.informationdisplay.org/id-archive/2014/january-february/venture-capital-exiting-with-grace • From Idea to Enterprise – Technology Transfer Tips for Academics: http://archive.informationdisplay.org/id-archive/2014/may-june/venture-capital-from-idea-to-enterprise Sponsor: Nanosys https://www.nanosysinc.com​​

Episode 9 features Ajit Ninan, Vice President of Engineering at Dolby Labs and an early pioneer of everything from Full Array local dimming HDR, to Quantum Dot displays, to Augmented and Virtual Reality.

In this episode, Brian and Ajit talked about the origins of Dolby Vision (did you know that it started as a 2,000 nit taillight simulator for automobiles?), melted LCD films, burning display demos in early HDR displays, introduced the critical "potted palm" display quality metric, Ray Dolby’s involvement in HDR, solving for director’s intent across a range of technologies and products, AR/VR, and more.

Links

Dolby Labs: https://www.dolby.com​
Paintings of the Moulin Rouge: https://fineartamerica.com/art/painti...​
Nanosys: https://www.nanosysinc.com​​

Today’s guest is Bob O’Brien, who is co-founder and president of Display Supply Chain Consultants, or DSCC for short. Bob has decades of experience in the display and electronics industries. At DSCC, he has the lead role in analysis of display materials, and in coverage of TV and other large-screen display applications. Prior to DSCC, Bob worked for Corning for over a decade, working as Corning’s Director of Market Intelligence and Strategy. In fact, that’s when we first met. Bob also worked at Philips and LG-Philips Displays. He has a BS in Physics from Cornell and an MBA from the University of Michigan. For those of us who have been around SID, Bob’s face is quite familiar as he has been active in the industry for many years.

Links

DSCC: https://www.displaysupplychain.com
SID: https://www.sid.org

The Display Show is back and we're kicking off our new season with a very special guest: Silicon Valley legend Regis McKenna! This episode covers early Silicon Valley, Apple, Intel and the state of tech marketing today. Brian and Regis both spent time at Apple in the 1980's and 90's– Regis was the first marketing person at Apple while Brian worked on the original Mac and brought color to the Mac with the Macintosh II. The two share some great stories from early Apple from the first time Regis met Steve Jobs to the inspiration behind the original six-color Apple logo and Steve's return to Apple. Regis also shares some marketing wisdom on the biggest issues facing technology marketers today and the potential for small companies to disrupt markets.

Contents

00:00 – Intro & Credits 01:48 – General Micro & Early Days of Silicon Valley 08:06 – Intel & marketing the world's first microprocessor 19:30 – Is Intel Inside an example of great marketing? 21:33 – Early Apple: meeting Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 25:57 – Story behind the original 6-color Apple logo & pitching it to Steve Jobs 28:57 – Bringing color displays to the Mac and disagreeing with Steve Jobs 30:50 – Influencing Steve Jobs 33:57 – Tech Progress from 1 transistor to 5 billion in an Apple Watch 36:47 – Apple's near-collapse, founding of NEXT and Steve's plan to return to Apple 43:33 – The difference between marketing and advertising 45:00 – The ad won all the awards but the company went bankrupt 46:48 – What is the biggest issue in high tech marketing today? 49:18 – Displays as critical enablers of products 51:01 – Nanosys, nanotechnology & color 57:13 – Regis tips for display technology marketers 1:00:13 – Potential for small companies to disrupt markets 1:02:24 – Credits

For many or most of us, Regis needs no introduction. He is well known for his vast marketing and public relations expertise, as well as his high-profile contributions to major corporations here in Silicon Valley. Just to name a few, he helped Intel market the world’s first microprocessor, he guided Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and other Apple executives through Apple’s formation and growth phases, and he helped Genentech roll out their first recombinant DNA genetically-engineered product. Other companies who turned to Regis for his Marketing and PR expertise include Electronic Arts, Compaq, Microsoft, National Semiconductor, SpectraPhysics, Silicon Graphics, 3Com, and a host of others. Among various companies he advises today, he is a board member of Nanosys, who is sponsoring these talks. Regis has received many awards and it is safe to say that he is a major part of Silicon Valley folklore.

Today’s guest is Reza Chaji, who is Founder and CEO of VueReal, whose goal is to make nanotechnology scalable and among other things, holds potential for commercialization of micro-LED technology. Dr. Chaji is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo. He has past experience at IGNIS Innovation where he was President and CTO, and he is well-known around SID where he’s given many technical talks and where he’s been an active participant for many years.

Today, we’re speaking with Dr. Euan Smith, who comes to us from the UK. Dr. Smith is a technologist specializing in photonics, displays, imaging, algorithms, and web technologies. He has over 20 years’ experience in these industries and is an author on over 160 patents covering everything from OLED driving, optics, image processing, and touch technologies. Euan and Brian are fellow experts on the IEC displays standardization committee, TC110. Dr. Smith is the lead author of a Distinguished Paper being presented this week at SID 2020, paper 50.2. It is a landmark publication related to the evaluation of electronic display color capability.

Today’s guest is Max McDaniel, who is Chief Marketing Officer of Applied Materials Display and Flexible Technology Group. He has held engineering, marketing and financial management roles in high-tech equipment companies for over 25 years. Mr. McDaniel has been at Applied Materials since 2003. Prior to joining Applied Materials he served over twelve years at Watkins-Johnson, a Semiconductor and LCD equipment manufacturer, where he worked in R&D, engineering, and marketing roles.

Today, Aaron Dew of TCL joins Brian Berkeley for a discussion about technology, consumers and TV market trends. Aaron is the Director of Product Development at TCL, where he spends his days obsessing over how to deliver a better home theater experience. When he isn’t planted in front of a TV at work, he enjoys watching TV at home! His TCL Roku TV is always streaming Game of Thrones, telenovelas, and kids’ channels on YouTube. It is also interesting to note that prior to joining TCL he has worked at Vizio, LG Electronics and Sony so he brings experience from a majority of the major TV brands.