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Samsung and San’an Opto Sign Agreement to Co-develop Micro LED Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has pre-paid for a supply of LED chips from San’an Optoelectronics worth $18.63 million to establish a long-term partnership to co-develop Micro LED displays. The two companies will continue to discuss their future …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 05

WitsView: TV Vendors Aim to Regain Profits by Specs Upgrade

by Andrew Fenn

According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, global shipments of branded LCD TV sets for 2017 totalled 211 million units, a decrease of 4.1% compared with the previous year. This is the lowest result …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TV Set Market| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Samsung Continues to Fight Legal Battle with Huawei

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has asked a California federal judge to block Chinese smartphone maker, Huawei, from enforcing an injunction it won in China last month, ordering Samsung to stop making or selling devices that infringe two …

Tags:3G & 4G| Huawei| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Chinese OLED Makers Close to 10 Million in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China has reported that Chinese OLED makers produced 78,000 m² of OLEDs in 2017, with Visionox from Kunshan producing more than 30,000 m², a market share in China of 38.9% and with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 05

IDC: Detachable Tablets Return to Growth During the Holiday Season

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide detachable tablet market grew to 6.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 10.3% from the previous holiday season, according to preliminary data from IDC. Growth for the …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Broadcom Makes “Best and Final” Offer in Qualcomm Takeover Bid

by Andrew Fenn

Broadcom has made what it has called its “final” offer in its bid to acquire Qualcomm, who rejected the company’s previous bid in November 2017, claiming that it “significantly undervalued” the company. (Qualcomm Rejects …

Tags:Broadcom| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Vodafone in Talks to Purchase European Cable Assets from Liberty Global

by Andrew Fenn

Vodafone has confirmed it is in talks to purchase a number of Liberty Global’s cable assets in countries where the two companies have overlapping assets, which includes the Czech Republic and Hungary. Vodafone previously …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 25 - Issue 05