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LG Electronics Result 26/07/2018

by Yvette Raikes

LG Electronics reported Q2 net profits KRW326.5 billion ($292 million), a decrease from KRW514.9 billion ($461 million) a year ago, on turnover which rose to KRW15.02 trillion ($13.4 billion) from KRW14.55 trillion ($13.0 billion). …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Qualcomm

Qualcomm Scraps NXP Acquisition

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has abandoned its planned acquisition of NXP as Chinese authorities were negative on the deal. (Qualcomm Increases Offer for NXP) Analyst Comment That stops Qualcomm from reducing its dependency on the smartphone business. …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 25 - Issue 28

Corning Boosts Gorilla Glass

by Bob Raikes

Corning has released new versions of its Gorilla Glass. The main smartphone glass has been upgraded from version 5 to Gorilla Glass 6 which increases the durability of the glass and Corning said that …

Tags:Corning| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 28| Wearables

VirtualLink Consortium Announces Standard for VR Headset Connection

by Norbert Hildebrand

The VirtualLink Consortium announced a new standard development that allows connecting a VR headset to any source via an USB Type-C cable. The consortium includes nVidia, Valve, Microsoft, Oculus and AMD. There is a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 28

DSCC: OLED Materials Revenues Will Grow to $2.3 Billion by 2022​

by Andrew Fenn

Sales for OLED stack materials are expected to grow at a 22% annual CAGR from $864 million in 2017 to $2.29 billion in 2022, according to DSCC. The company’s latest report includes a revised …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 29

High Cost of WOLED TV Panels Detailed in DSCC TV Cost Report

by Andrew Fenn

The battle between OLED and LCD rages on in the premium TV space and ultimately, the winners will be companies that can manage to get the highest prices and the lowest costs possible, according …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| OLED TVs| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 28| WOLED (White OLED)

DSCC Smartphone Display Cost Report Highlights Profitable Rigid OLED Business

by Andrew Fenn

DSCC has released its OLED Smartphone Cost Report for the second quarter of 2018, highlighting a number of issues in the market. The report illuminates the huge impact of fab utilisation on fixed costs …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 28

AUO Benefits from Value Added Strategy

by Bob Raikes

AUO presented its quarterly result and highlighted that its better result than ‘a Korean competitor’ (i.e. LG Display) was the result of its long term development of a more niche strategy, rather than chasing …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 28