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iPhone SE: A Powerful New Smartphone in a Popular Design

by Artem Alekseenko

Apple announced the second-generation iPhone SE, a powerful new iPhone featuring a 4.7-inch Retina HD display, paired with Touch ID for industry-leading security. iPhone SE comes in a compact design, reinvented from the inside …

Tags:Apple| iPhone

TV Panel Shipments Projected to Drop 7.1% YoY in Q2

by Artem Alekseenko

According to the latest report on TV panel shipment by the WitsView research division of TrendForce, the end of the fiscal quarter in March and the near-resolution of TV panel material shortages have induced …

Tags:Forecasts

BOE and Qualcomm Announce Strategic Collaboration

by Artem Alekseenko

BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announce their plans to establish a strategic collaboration to develop innovative display products featuring Qualcomm® 3D Sonic ultrasonic fingerprint sensors. This collaboration is expected to …

Tags:5G| BOE| Qualcomm

Stranger Things, Wisconsin Edition

by Pete Putman

Foxconn’s original plan to build a Gen 10.5 LCD fab in Racine County has taken yet another weird turn. The saga continues. Foxconn, which had announced it would build a state-of-the-art LCD fab and …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| LCD Fabs| USA

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Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Declined 12% in 2019

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $419.1 billion in 2019, down 12% from 2018, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. “Oversupply in the DRAM market helped push the overall memory market down 32.7% 2019. The …

Tags:Forecasts| Gartner

Imagination Deal Under UK Government Scrutiny – Canyon Bridge Violated the Deal

by Jon Peddie

When Canyon Bridge Partners, which is owned by China Reforma Chinese state-owned investment fund, sought to buy Imagination Technologies in 2017, Theresa May’s government approved the acquisition on the basis that Canyon Bridge was …

Tags:China| Financial Data| Imagination Tech| Mergers & Acquisitions| Semiconductor Industry

OLED Flexible Smartphone Panel Shipments Projected to Grow 62% Y/Y in 2020

by Barry Young

Looking through a microscopic lens rather than a telescopic lens, market experts at DisplayWeek 2019’s Business Conference, postulated that flexible OLED capacity should be converted to rigid capacity because rigid displays were outselling flexible …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| OLED Fabs| Small Medium Panel Supply