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The Display Solutions Industry Showcase

Visitors to the NEC Solutions Showcase on 18-19 May can once again expect a visual experience as NEC and its Partners ...

HbbTV Releases Test Suite for HbbTV 2

The HbbTV Association has announced the release of test suite version 9.0 which will support the HbbTV 2 specification. The new ...

Intel Creates New Technology Group

Intel is reported to have reorganised its mobile related operations to create a new technology group, which will incorporate the former ...

Datacolor Expands Direct Sales Activity in Italy

From April 2015, Datacolor is to expand its direct sales and service organisation in Italy. The company said it will directly ...

ViXS Bullish on UltraHD and HEVC

Vixs was in a positive mood at IBC, as it had been at CES, as it has currently the “only fully ...

TV Panel Prices to Fall on Supply Softening

Worldwide LCD TV panel supply, which was tight throughout 2014, began to ease in Q1’15, according to IHS’ data. The resulting ...

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IHS Markit Publishes Virtual Reality in Retail Blog

by Andrew Fenn

IHS has published a new blog detailing the discussion of a panel held at June’s Electronic Home Shopping Conference in Venice, Italy. The panel, featuring the blog’s author Maria Rua Aguete alongside three industry …

Tags:IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 30

CEC Panda Places $40 Million Order with Orbotech

by Andrew Fenn

Orbotech will be providing LCD panel manufacturer CEC Panda with $40 million worth of inspection, testing and repair solutions for the company’s next-generation fabrication facility in Chengdu, China. As part of the deal, Orbotech …

Tags:CEC Panda| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 30

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Apple Drops to Third Place in Q2 Wearables Results

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi and Fitbit have overtaken Apple in the wearables market, which grew by 8% in Q2, according to new figures reported by Canalys. Xiaomi shipped 3.5 million units over the last three months. Meanwhile, …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30| Wearable Market

Foxconn’s Sales Are Up in July

by Yvette Raikes

Foxconn Electronics posted July turnover of NT$315.1 billion ($10.4 billion), down slightly MoM but up 7.5% YoY. This resulted in revenue to date of NT$2.2 trillion ($72.5 billion), up 1.6%. The company said that …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30

WiseChip Sees Strong Growth

by Yvette Raikes

WiseChip Semiconductor, which makes PMOLED panels, saw profit for the first half of the year of NT$127 million ($4.2 million) on turnover of NT$905 million ($29.8 million). In July revenue was NT$182 million ($6.0 …

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 30

TSMC Gears Up FinFET Production

by Bob Raikes

The Commercial Times in China has reported that TSMC is expected to start making 12nm FinFET chips in the fourth quarter of 2017. They will be used in Xavier CPUs and Volta GPUs for …

Tags:Chip Technology| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Quanta Has Good Q2

by Yvette Raikes

Quanta Computer reported Q2 net profits of NT$3.98 billion ($131.2 million), up 13.6%, on turnover which rose 13.3% YoY to NT$235.37 billion ($7.8 billion). The company commented that it would have seen a decline …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quanta| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Better Be Flexible

by Norbert Hildebrand

One hot topic that we have been following over the years is flexible displays. The topic is of course related to the advent of OLED displays challenging LCD screens as the display of choice …

Tags:Flexible Batteries| Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Is New Leadership Needed for Next Generation Cinema?

by Chris Chinnock

In a previous Display Daily, I claimed that the LED Cinema Era has Started. But what are the ramifications of this new technology entering a space that has so far been the exclusive domain …

Tags:Cinema| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Standards| Vol 24 - Issue 30

CR & Microsoft Dispute Reliability of Surface Products

by Bob Raikes

Consumer Reports (CR) in the US said that it was removing its recommendation of four of Microsoft’s notebook products and “cannot recommend any other Microsoft laptops or tablets because of poor predicted reliability”. The …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Articles Feature Information about DisplayPort

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw a number of interesting articles about DisplayPort, and published by hub-maker StarTech. The first article gives a brief overview of the DisplayPort Alt-Mode. A second article covers the MST mode that …

Tags:DisplayPort| Thunderbolt| Vol 24 - Issue 30