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Avnet to Buy Premier Farnell

Distributor Avnet has agreed on a cash offer of €2.24 per share, worth €836 million, to buy Leeds, UK-based Premier Farnell, ...

Samsung Electronics Expands Digital Display Portfolio with YESCO Electronics Acquisition

As we forecast in our CES report (No More Plasma for Samsung, But LED is New Category), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ...

Speckle Contrast Reduction Important for Laser Projectors

Speckle has been a major obstacle for lasers to be used for display systems like laser projectors and other illumination purposes. ...

Hon Hai Ends Year with Record Sales

Hon Hai Precision Industry ended the year with record sales for the second consecutive month and achieved new quarterly and annual ...

Intel’s New Architecture to Arrive in 2015

Intel has shared part of its product roadmap for the coming year, showing that both Skylake and Broadwell architectures will get ...

Competitive Pressure Drives OLED Panel Pricing Down

According to an article published by Digitimes, Samsung’s OLED panel pricing for handsets is approaching LCD pricing levels and will reach parity ...

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Ason Develops 50,000 cd/m² OLED

by Tom Allen

Photo credit: Sangyo TimesJapan’s Ason, which develops OLED lighting panels using a multi-stack structure, has a new unit that can go as high as 50,000 cd/m². In an interview with the Sangyo Times, CEO …

Tags:Brightness| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Samsung’s S6 Teaser Hints at Low Reflections

by Tom Allen

Samsung has shown two new teasers for the Galaxy S6, expected to be revealed at MWC next week. The new videos hint at low reflections and a bezel-less design. Find them at http://tinyurl.com/kbbytfv and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 09

MWC 2015 is Upon Us

by Tom Allen

MWC is about to get underway in Barcelona, running from 2nd to 5th March. Here, we present a round-up of various companies and products that will be at what is being called the world’s …

Tags:Acer| DisplayPort| Holographic Displays| Holography| Kyocera| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Pixelworks| Smartphones| sony| VESA| Vol 22 - Issue 09| ZTE

DirecTV Warns Over OTT Margins

by Tom Allen

DirecTV added 149,000 subscribers in Q4’14, the company has said, ending the year with 20.35 million US subscribers. 903,000 subscribers joined the company in Latin America. CEO Mike White cautioned that OTT margins are …

Tags:DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Nvidia Continues AIB Domination, Says Jon Peddie

by Tom Allen

Graphics add-in boards (aka graphics cards), suffered a seasonally-expected fall in Q4’14, says Jon Peddie Research. Shipments were down 0.68% QoQ and 17.52% YoY; much further than desktop PCs, which were down 0.72%. The …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Nvidia| Vol 22 - Issue 09

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DARPA Working on the Future Display – The One Without Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about wearables, especially about augmented and virtual reality glasses, we always think of discrete imagers that create the best possible result in such applications. Discussions about LCOS, DMD, LCD and OLED …

Tags:DARPA| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 09| Wearables

Contiental HUD

HUD Market Expected to Grow Strongly in Coming Years

by Norbert Hildebrand

The head up display (HUD) is making a big impact in new car models as one of the selling features that is pushed as a safety feature. Over the last few years, models including …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 09

More BYOD, Fewer Displays at Toy Fair 2015

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I went to the Toy Fair 2015 in New York on February 15th. One thing I saw very little of was toys with displays in them. Instead, since everyone has an iPhone, or so …

Tags:Android| BYOD| iOS (Apple)| Toys| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Nvidia gains 3% in Q4 from last quarter, Intel dropped 4%, AMD slipped 7%

by Helen Vince

Graphics processors, stand-alone discrete devices, and embedded processor-based GPUs are ubiquitous and essential components in all systems and device today from handheld mobile devices, PCs, and workstations, to TVs, servers, vehicle systems, signage, game …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Intel| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Nvidia

Gaming is GPU Bright Spot in Q4

by Tom Allen

Total GPU shipments were down 3.4% QoQ in Q4’14, with the most noticeable fall in notebooks (3.9%), according to Jon Peddie Research. Desktop GPU shipments were down 2.7%. Q4 is typically flat or sees …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Intel| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Daktronics LED Displays Chosen for Swiss Rail Service

by Helen Vince

Daktronics was chosen by Switzerland’s largest travel and transport company, SBB to supply and install 50 LED video displays at 17 rail stations across Switzerland.

Tags:Daktronics| Digital Signage