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Cellphone IC Sales Overtake Those For PC

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Although both cellphone and PC ICs are experiencing revenue growth, thanks to higher memory prices (up 53% for DRAM and 28% for NAND flash), it is cellphones which will be the largest application in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Worldwide Industrial Semiconductor Turnover Improves

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There was a rise in global revenue for industrial semiconductors to $43.5 billion in 2016, up 3.8% YoY, according to IHS Markit. Demand came from most sectors, including digital signage and LED lighting. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Pay-TV Still Dominates US video/TV

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OTT providers, such as Netflix and Amazon, will account for under 20% of US consumer spending in 2022, according to Strategy Analytics. The firm says that, although the video and TV market is changing, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Small and Medium Panel Makers Have Poor May

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Suppliers of panels of under 10″ saw a disappointing May, with shipments down 2% MoM and 7% YoY. Compared with April, CPT was down almost 7%, while the other three saw little change. However, …

Tags:Market Shares - Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Younger Buyers Lead Growth in Chinese Notebook Sales

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Growth in Chinese notebook sales is being driven by younger people, according to research from IDC China, based on figures from the annual sales on 18th June to celebrate eTailer Jing Dong (JD)’s anniversary. …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 24

National Air and Space Museum Uses Zytronic Touch

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Zytronic of the UK has supplied an 84″ Zybrid touch sensor to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. It allows multitouch for up to six visitors to design, customise and launch …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Global LED Demand to Show Mild Growth

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Worldwide LED demand is expected to show mild growth in the second half of 2017, according to Everlight Electronics chairman Robert Yeh, as reported by Digitimes. He went on to say that 2018 would …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

UDC and JDI Sign OLED Agreement

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Universal Display Corporation and Japan Display Inc. have signed an extended and updated evaluation agreement. UDC will supply its PHOLED materials and technology to JDI for use in their OLED displays. The companies did …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| UDC| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Consumers Buy Larger TVs

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Global TV shipments were down 4.7% to 46.7 million in Q1, according to IHS Markit, but the average screen size is still on the rise and has reached just over 42″. This was attributed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Large Panel Shipments Up on Month

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Shipments from Taiwan of large LCD panels of more than 10″, which are designed for TVs, monitors, digital signage and notebooks, grew by over 4% MoM. Hannstar had the biggest improvement with an 193% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Latin American Pay-TV Sees Growth

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There has been strong growth in pay-TV in Latin America, according to research shown at the April seminar of the Pay-TV Innovation Forum held in Las Vegas. The research was done by MTM, an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Market Data| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Construction of CSOT’s 6G AMOLED Fab Starts

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Construction of the 6G flexible LTPS AMOLED factory for China Star Optoelectronics Technology in Wuhan, China, has begun. The TCL-subsidiary reported that it intended to build the new production line in April. Production is …

Tags:China| CSOT| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 23