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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) forecast earlier this year that its annual revenue would grow between 5% and 10% from NT$843.5 billion ($27 billion) last year. The company now thinks that the increase will be almost 10%, at the top end of its forecast. TSMC makes processors for iPhones. There was a drop in smartphone … Read more
MediaTek saw record monthly turnover of NT$25.87 billion ($826.7 million) in August, up 36% YoY. This contributed to Q2 revenue of NT$72.53 billion ($2.3 billion), also a record. The company is expecting September to show equally impressive figures, with the increase attributed to high demand from China-based smartphone firms.
Sony has announced the Sony PlayStation Pro (formerly known by the ‘Neo’ code name) and has said that it will support UltraHD gaming and also with support for HDR. However, it will not support UltraHD Blu-ray disk playback. It will sell in the US for $399 (£349 in the UK) from November 10th. There will … Read more
Apple did little to surprise the world with its big announcement of the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, with the features of the new device being widely forecast. The company also updated and re-positioned its smartwatch to reflect the reality of the market that the smartwatch category is really a fitness market at the … Read more
Haier is not well known in the European market and has sold mainly small-sized and value TVs to date, but it wants to change that by moving upmarket. Judging by the quality of the images on the TVs in their stand, they have some way to go. Haier is a big player in appliances having … Read more
At IFA, we caught up with Rakuten Kobo, a Toronto company which sells e-books, e-readers and tablet computers. It is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram of book. The company was showing two new eBook readers using eink displays that offer a nice 350 ppi. They include … Read more
In Europe, the Sharp brand name was purchased by Slovakia-based UMC about one and a half years ago. At IFA it was showing TVs but not really talking much about them. The recent acquisition of Sharp by Foxconn is undoubtedly leading to changes and perhaps UMC is unsure of these changes so did not do … Read more
Grundig used IFA to unveil its first OLED TV – and it looked great. The VLO 0790 SP is a 65” product with UHD resolution using a panel from LG Display. Grundig TVs are produced by Turkey-based Arçelik, but they are also sold to other brand names as well. The panel is equally impressive with … Read more
Just prior to IFA, Bang & Olufsen (B&O), the Danish high-end audio-visual designer and manufacturer, released details on its new BeoVision 14 LCD TV range. At IFA, they then revealed the new Horizon line of LCD TVs. B&O products always feature an emphasis on design, followed by high level visual, audio and interface capabilities, but … Read more
BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced the first major overhaul of the company’s players in nearly two years. BrightSign’s lineup of digital signage media players has been completely redesigned and will ship with a portfolio of technology updates including an M.2 interface for Wi-Fi antennae or a solid-state … Read more
Brightsign has completely refreshed its line of media players. New features include better Wi-fi, a revision of BrightAuthor software, and B-Deploy for set up and BrightSign Network for large networks. There are seven new models in four lines, all with a new industrial design and a profile that is less than 1″ (2.5cm) in height. … Read more
On the first day of press events, Samsung held a launch event for the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch, attended by its staff, partners and press at the Templedrom venue in Berlin. The S3 is the seventh design of smartwatch from the company. Samsung started by bringing on specialists in the premium watch market, including Yvan … Read more
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