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Report: Quanta Sees Revenue Decline Following MacBook Delays

by Andrew Fenn

Quanta Computer reported a revenue decline of 10.2% month-on-month and 28.4% year-on-year in June, down to NT$65.75 billion ($2.15 billion), according to Digitimes. Quanta is struggling at the moment due to delays with the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Quanta| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Taiwan’s Older-Gen LCD Lines to Focus on Automotive Sector

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes reports that, as newer-generation LCD production lines commence mass production and older-generation fabs in Korea begin to shut down, Taiwan’s 4–7.5G facilities will continue to operate, shifting their attention towards automotive applications. Digitimes …

Tags:Automotive| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Exclusive Supplier of LED Chips for 6.1″ iPhone Backlight Revealed

by Andrew Fenn

Industry sources have revealed that Japanese chemical engineering and manufacturing company Nichia will be the sole supplier of 0.3t LED chips for the backlighting of the new 6.1″ LCD iPhone believed to be launching …

Tags:LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 27

CSOT to Make Some TV OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

CSOT will use part of the capacity of its new fab in Shenzen (TCL’s CSOT Commences Production of High Generation Panel Modules) to make OLED TV panels according to the OLED-A, quoting information released …

Tags:CSOT| Large Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Dish Network Announces Google Assistant Integration

by Andrew Fenn

Dish Network has announced the integration of Google Assistant into its Hopper, Hopper Duo, Joey or Wally device range. Users can control their TV using their voice when paired with an Assistant device like …

Tags:Dish Network| Google| Large Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Samsung Opens New Smartphone Manufacturing Plant in India

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has opened a new 129,000m² smartphone manufacturing facility in the Indian city of Noida, just outside Delhi. This new plant will produce up to 120 million Samsung smartphones every year, covering the company’s …

Tags:India| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Vivo Launches Nex Smartphone in International Markets

by Andrew Fenn

Vivo has announced plans to launch its Nex flagship smartphone in Russia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan this month, following its initial release in China. The Nex range features two smartphones, the premium …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 27

IHS: LG Is the World’s Leading AMOLED Producer for Wearables

by Andrew Fenn

LG supplanted Samsung as the number-one supplier of AMOLED panels for smartwatch applications last year, according to IHS Markit. IHS Markit’s data indicates that LG shipped 10.64 million panels and took a 41.4% share …

Tags:IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Researchers Develop near-infrared OLED with >100% IQE

by Bob Raikes

A group from Kyushu University in Japan has developed a way to ‘split energy’ in OLEDs and go beyond the 100% limit for exciton production. OLEDs use layers of carbon-containing organic molecules to convert …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Asus Teams Up With Flipkart to Launch ZenFone 5Z in India

by Andrew Fenn

Asus has collaborated with Flipkart to promote its new flagship smartphone in India. The ZenFone 5Z features a 6.2″ LCD display with a 1080 × 2246 pixels, an 18.7:9 aspect ratio and 402 pixels …

Tags:Asus| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Skardin and ALi Give Update on NOCS-Certified STB Performance

by Andrew Fenn

ALi Corporation, a set-top box chipset provider, and Skardin, an STB manufacturer, have announced “record-high” shipments of Nagra-on-chip Security-certified STBs to South American operators in 2018. ALi has established a long-term partnership with Nagra, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 27

MicroLEDs at the ADS – Part 2 – Individual Talks

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Frank (Qun) Yan, Professor at Fuzhou University (China) & General Manager of SID China gave the first microLED talk titled MicroLED driving the third wave of technology revolution of information display. This talk was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| QLED & Advanced Displays Summit 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 26