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Samsung Display, one of the leading amorphous silicon (a-Si) TFT LCD manufacturers for the past 20 years, is shutting down its first G7 line, Line 7-1, from as early as the end of July and there are rumors of a few more fab closures to come. Its a-Si TFT LCD footprint is expected to shrink … Read more
Michael MacMillan is from Vizualize which is a company that is looking at analytics. Founded in 2003, the company now operates in 40 countries – and has large customers including Marks & Spencer and Boots in the UK, for example. The company supports thousands of locations and analyses many, many individuals. He is hearing that … Read more
If you’ve watched sports on TV, you’ll have seen examples of augmented reality – the practice of placing virtual elements into the real world – when commentators highlight plays with graphics on the field. To date, AR has seen relatively fast adoption in corporate use: skilled trades like construction, or the oil and gas industry, … Read more
We attended one day of the Digital Signage Summit, this year. That day was the second day which was less concerned with the advertising side of the business, but was the Friday that the Brexit vote from the UK was announced and that influenced several talks. Florian Rotberg, CEO of Invidis, started the day off. … Read more
Analogix Semiconductor has shipped more than 10 million DisplayPort over USB-C controllers and transmitters for mobile devices, it has announced.
If there is any company whose absence has been noted in the AR/VR space, it is Apple. While rivals like Samsung and Microsoft sit on top of a steadily growing ecosystem, there has been no movement towards developing a product by the Cupertino company. Or has there? Patents are a murky field in any industry, … Read more
Leader Electronics Corporation, a globally active producer of high-grade test and measurement solutions, has further demonstrated its support for promoting the advancement of IP-based production. The company participated in the recent launch of a dedicated IP Live Studio in Sony’s Digital Motion Picture Centre Europe (DMPCE) at Pinewood Film Studios near London. Leader supplied its … Read more
Samsung Electronics’ earning guidance for Q2’16 is higher than expected. According to the company, revenues are up about 3% YoY to KRW49.8 trillion ($43.1 billion), and profits are up 17% to 6.7 trillion ($5.8 billion). It is thought the sales of the S7 and S7 Edge, which have higher profit margins than Samsung’s older phones, … Read more
LG Display has begun to install equipment at its sixth-generation E5 flexible OLED line in Korea, releasing the photo you see here. The plant will be used to create plastic OLED displays, with operation beginning in the first half of 2017. Monthly capacity will be 7,500 substrates (around 1.5 million 5.5″ displays).
LG and Volkswagen have agreed a memorandum of understanding to develop a connected car service platform. They will work together to develop VR’s cross-over platform “to enhance vehicle connectivity and convenience”. The platform will be able to be used by drivers to access smart home and location-based services from their vehicles, using the cloud.
Worldwide semiconductor sales value was $26 billion in May, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA): a 0.4% MoM increase but 7.7% YoY fall. Sales held steady compared to last month in all regions; China led with 3.1% growth. Although the small uptick was the largest MoM growth in the last six months, the overall semiconductor … Read more
HTC has reported June revenues of NT$6.4 billion ($196.5 million), down 5.7% MoM and 26.7% YoY – down more than the market expected. Year-to-date revenues were NT$33.7 billion ($1 billion), a 54.8% decrease YoY. Despite this, HTC said that its Q2 revenues were up 27% MoM to NT$18.9 billion ($584.9 million), reflecting good takeup of … Read more
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