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OLED company Universal Display saw its share value fall almost 19%, despite a 12% rise in profits, thanks to an 11% increase in sales. The drop was attributed to the company’s lowered turnover forecast for the year, reduced to $195 million from $220 million. However, the factors behind this outlook were all short-term and longer … Read more
The Xbox One has achieved higher sales than the PlayStation 4 in both July and August in the USA. Sony has consistently led the charts since both consoles were launched, so this is a big win for Microsoft. Price promotions on the Xbox One in July, followed by the launch of the Xbox One S … Read more
Acer saw an 10% drop YoY in its August revenue to NT$18.97 billion ($604 million). This brought turnover for the year to date to NT$148.54 billion ($4.7 billion), down 10.5%.
According to sources in Asia, demand for Nvidia’s Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1080, 1070 and 1060 graphics cards have steadily increased and the company has plans to release GTX 1050 graphics card at the end of September to ease the current tight supply.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported record monthly turnover of NT$94.31 billion ($3 billion), up 41% from a year earlier.This gave year to date revenue of NT$596.01 billion ($19 million), a rise of 3.6%. United Microelectronics posted August sales of NT$12.93 billion ($400 million), an increase of 6.1% on the same period last year, although … Read more
Apple has raised its order for chips and components for its Series 2 Watch products with shipping volumes for August and September of over two million units, according to supply chain sources. This suggests that, although worldwide sales are down, Apple is still positive about the next generation smartwatch.
Wistron recorded August turnover of NT$58.48 billion ($1.8 billion), up 24.3% YoY, giving year to date revenue of NT$387.34 billion ($12.2 billion), down 0.3% YoY. The company shipped 1.8 million notebooks (up 20% MoM), 550,000 LCD monitors and 350,000 LCD TVs. Inventec posted August sales of NT$37.78 billion ($1.2 billion), up 15.5% YoY, resulting in … Read more
Global sales of semiconductors went up 2.6% MoM to $27.1 billion in July, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), but were down 2.8% YoY. It was the largest monthly rise since September 2015 with all of the regional markets seeing an upturn – the Americas 3.3%, China 3.2%, Japan 3.1%, the rest of Asia … Read more
Hannstar Display says that it expects to bring its losses to an end later this year, thanks to a healthier supply and demand situation. LG Display, Samsung and CPT are all closing handset LCD panel factory lines, with the Korean pair moving to OLED panels. This has led to investors buying up shares in Hannstar, … Read more
Aaxa Technologies has a new pico projector, the M5 which uses LED sources and DLP technology to produce 900 ‘LED lumens’ at 1280 x 800 resolution in a unit of 6″ x 6″ x 1.8″ (15.2 x 15.2 x 4.6cm). The unit uses a 28 watt lithium ion battery which is claimed to allow operation … Read more
ARRIS International, plc., has announced that it will use ARRIS VIP5662EW UHD STBs for its recently launched MEO 4K service in Portugal. MEO subscribers can access MEO’s 4K content via on-demand content and a 4K TV app.
Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co Ltd, a provider of smart home solutions and STBs, has signed an agreement with Dish Mexico to supply them with STBs. (Watch out for our report in Skyworth in our upcoming IBC report).
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