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Inventec Look to India for New Fab

by Tom Allen

Inventec may open a new factory in India to supply clients outside of China, chairman Richard Lee has said. Company president KC Huang recently visited India to examine the feasibility of such a move. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Notebooks| Production Capacity| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Semiconductors Rise 9% in November

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor sales were up 9.1% YoY in November 2014, to $29.7 billion (from $27.2 billion), although this was a slight (0.1%) decrease MoM. The Semiconductor Industry Association said that year-to-date sales to November …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Philips Ensures Image Colour Consistency

by Tom Allen

MMD’s 272P4APJKHB (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is a new P-line LCD monitor for colour-critical applications. The 27″ display is factory-calibrated to cover 99% of the Adobe RGB and 100% sRGB colour gamuts; it also …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Syndiant and Cremotech Develop Pico Projector Engine

by Tom Allen

Syndiant, a US-based LCoS microdisplay manufacturer, is working with Cremotech of South Korea to create a pico projector engine. The device is small (50.2 x 48.1 x 19.85mm) and uses RGB lasers, optics and …

LDM Product Roundup: Volume 22 No 4

by Tom Allen

Amazon is offering a discount on LG‘s 55″ EC9300 OLED TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 30). As part of a promotion around the NFL Superbowl (2nd February), the TV has been lowered from $3,500 …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 3

by Tom Allen

Consumers in India, who might struggle to afford Samsung’s AMOLED smartphones, are now being offered a lower-cost option in the form of Micromax‘s Canvas Hue. The 5″ device has an AMOLED display (1280 x 720), …

Gartner Lowers 2015 Semiconductor Growth Forecast

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor revenue will reach $358 billion this year: a 5.4% YoY increase, says Gartner, which is lower than the forecast made in Q4’14 of 5.8% growth. Application-specific standard products (ASSPs) in smartphones, as well as …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Efun Expects Rising Shipments on TV Replacements

by Tom Allen

Optical film maker Efun expects its shipments to South Korea and Japanese LCD TV makers to rise ‘significantly’ this year. Demand will be driven by rising sales of UltraHD TVs and replacements of older …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Intel Updates Convertible Reference Design

by Tom Allen

Intel has expanded the scope of its $350 – $400 convertible reference designs to cover a new size segment: 12.5″. Additionally, the reference design has been updated to adopt the new 14nm fifth-generation Broadwell-based …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

LG Takes Part in Mass Fast Food Signage Rollout

by Tom Allen

650 McDonald’s locations in the USA are receiving a digital signage upgrade from LG, in collaboration with Stratacache. The new integrated menu board solution uses Stratacache’s ActiVia for Media 4.0 software, installed on a …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Vuzix Removes Electronics to Slim Glasses – Works with Nokia

by Tom Allen

Vuzix is most well-known for its M100 augmented reality smart glasses, which are firmly aimed at the B2B market. The company has developed its wave guide technology, which bounces the image (from a 0.22″ …

CES 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

If a film-based privacy filter isn’t enough, 3M is offering its facial-recognition-based ePrivacy filter. (Graphic: 3M)In addition to the expected optical enhancement and privacy films being shown by 3M at its booth in South …