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Microchip Not Planning CSR Offer

Microchip Technology has said it will not be making an offer for UK-based chipmaker CSR. In September the US company was ...

Piccolino Extends Arduino Capabilities

World Class Technologies (WCT) has begun a Kickstarter campaign (now well past its funding goal) to develop an OLED display, plus ...

Exterion Media Grows in NI & Eire

Exterion Media in Northern Ireland has added 70″ displays in five shopping malls in Kennedy Centre, Belfast; Bloomfield Shopping Centre, Bangor; ...

Dash In Replaces Static Signage With Adflow

Adflow Networks’ signage will be launched in 30 of Dash In Food Stores’ locations, in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, through to ...

Apple Issues iPhone Recall

Some models of Apple’s iPhone 6+ are being recalled, because of a camera problem. Certain models, ‘primarily’ sold between September 2014 ...

TV Ownership Falls in UK

The UK has the highest proportion of connected TVs, according to Ofcom. 22% of UK consumers say that they own a ...

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Semiconductors Approach Two Years of Growth

by Tom Allen

Semiconductor sales continue to grow, with the global industry posting a YoY increase for the 23rd consecutive month in March 2015. Data from the Semiconductor Industry Association shows that revenues reached $83.1 billion for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Worldwide

HTC’s April Sales Fell 32%

by Helen Vince

HTC reported a 32.3% month on month drop in sales in April and a 38.6% fall year on year to NT$13.5 billion ($439.1 million). Analysts attributed the poor revenue figure to disappointing sales of …

Tags:Financial Data| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

DirecTV Churn Falls to Six-Year Low

by Tom Allen

DirecTV’s fiscal Q1 results show that 279,000 net subscribers were added in the quarter. The company enjoyed its lowest Q1 churn rate in six years.

Tags:DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Computex Taipei Highlights ICT

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Computex Taipei 2015 is scheduled to take place June 2nd to 6th, at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC). Computex is the largest information and communications technology …

Tags:Computex 2015| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Tru Vue Launches Vista AR™ For High-Visibility Display Applications

by Helen Vince

Tru Vue, a global leader in high-performance glazing, announces the production of Vista AR™ anti-reflective coating for display applications from its Engineered Optics Division. Vista AR is a rugged, high-density coating that is applied …

Tags:coatings| SID Display Week 2015

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A “New” Electronic Paper Technology is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers led by Yusuke Komazaki in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo (Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan) is working to improve an e-paper technology that was invented in …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

TV Panel Prices to Fall on Supply Softening

by Tom Allen

Worldwide LCD TV panel supply, which was tight throughout 2014, began to ease in Q1’15, according to IHS’ data. The resulting rising inventory is expected to cause prices to fall in Q2 and Q3. …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LCD TVs| Market Data| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Mobile Panel Prices Continue Downwards

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel pricing data for late April and early May. Weak IT demand in Q1 led to notebook vendors successfully driving down panel costs. IT demand is flat in Q2, …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Selevision Claims UltraHD at 4Mbps

by Tom Allen

A Saudi Arabian company, Selevision, has launched ‘Nukodec’, designed to replace the H.264 and HEVC codecs. The technology will be launched worldwide and is designed to lower the bandwidth of Full HD content to …

Tags:Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Tianma Takes Two Touches to SID

by Tom Allen

Tianma Microelectronics’ two new small LCD modules are high-brightness units, for use in marine, aviation and other outdoor applications. The smallest module is 4.3″, with 4-wire resistive touch and 480 x 272 resolution. It …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Tianma| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 19

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Mobile Touch Shifts to Embedded With Apple and Samsung

by Tom Allen

Almost 40% of touch module shipments for mobile phones will use in- and on-cell touch this year, says IHS. The prediction comes following 47% YoY growth for the technologies last year, when they had …

Tags:Apple| IHS Markit| In-cell| Mobile Display Monitor| On-cell| Samsung| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Karen Robinson Nanolumens

NanoLumens Expands Management Team

by Helen Vince

Karen RobinsonCathy SteinerNanolumens has strengthened its management team with the appointment of two new executives and a new role for Karen Robinson. Robinson is moving from her job as executive VP (EVP) of sales …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 19