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CES Asia Innovation Awards for VR/AR Products

by Matthew Brennesholtz

CES Asia, to be held June 13-15, 2018 in Shanghai, China, has announced its Innovation Awards. I’ve been focusing recently on AR and VR and two of the awards caught may eye. The first …

Intel Reveals Low-Power Display Technology for Laptops

by Andrew Fenn

Intel has revealed its new laptop power management technology at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, which targets the component that saps the most energy — the display. The company claims the new 1-watt LCD panel …

Sharp Announces Acquisition of Toshiba’s PC Business

by Andrew Fenn

Sharp has confirmed plans to acquire an 80% stake in Toshiba’s currently unprofitable PC business for an estimated ¥4 billion ($36.5 million). Under the terms of the contract, which is expected to be signed …

IDC: Worldwide Smartphone Volumes will Return to Growth in 2019 and Beyond

by Andrew Fenn

After declining 0.3% in 2017, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019 and beyond, according to IDC. Smartphone shipments are forecast to drop 0.2% …

Gartner: Worldwide Sales of Smartphones Returned to Growth in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Global sales of smartphones to end users returned to growth in the first quarter of 2018, with a 1.3% increase over the same period in 2017, according to Gartner. Compared to the first quarter …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 21

IHS: Global LCD TV Shipments Grow More Than 7% in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Global TV shipments increased by 7.9% to 50.6 million units in the first quarter of 2018 compared to a year ago, according to IHS Markit. LCD TV shipments rose 7.5% to 50.1 million units …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 21

NEC Showcase Highlights Partners

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions held its annual Showcase event in London in May. The event is run with partners and is very strongly directed towards solutions and the added value that NEC can bring with …

Does ZTE Get a Reprieve?

by Bob Raikes

Just as we went to press, US President Trump put out a tweet claiming that he had “let it reopen with high level security guarantees, change of management and board, must purchase U.S. parts …

Tags:Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 20| ZTE

ISTE 2018 Preview

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening this year in Chicago. The ISTE conference is the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S, and will offer more than 1,091 educational sessions to nearly thirty …

Acer Announces New Gaming and School Line-Up

by Norbert Hildebrand

During its press conference in New York, Acer announced its new product lineup for the school and gaming segments. The conference included a presentation by Acer’s CEO Jason Chen and some guests from Microsoft, …

Foxconn Commits to Original Plans for 10.5G Fab in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this week, Nikkei reported that Foxconn was considering making changes to the initial production capacities of its new $10 billion 10.5G fab, currently being constructed in Wisconsin, US. (Foxconn Reveals Location for New …

European Monitor Market Was Strong in Q1

by Bob Raikes

The European Desktop Monitor market saw a very good result in Q1 2018 with both volumes and values up by 6.1%. At the top of the market, Dell had another good quarter, increasing its …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 25 - Issue 21