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Dell Renames After EMC Acquisition

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Dell has announced a name change, following its acquisition of EMC (Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC) last year. The part of the company selling PCs will still be known as Dell, while the part that sells to enterprise will be ‘Dell EMC’. The business dealing with Dell’s acquired brands and technologies, such as EMC, … Read more

March Ends Five-Month Chip Fall

Semiconductor sales were up very slightly (0.3%) in March, compared to February, at $26.1 billion, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). However, sales throughout Q1’16 fell 5.5% QoQ and 5.8% YoY, to $78.3 billion. The March result was the first increase in semiconductor sales in five months. However, growth was limited by a combination of … Read more

AUO Takes on New Staff for Capacity Expansion

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AUO is to take on 3,000 new employees in Taiwan – 1,000 of them engineers – to operate its new production capacity, say sources in the country. These include a new fab producing 27,000 glass substrates each month and a G6 LTPS fab in Kunshan (eastern China), which will come online in the second half … Read more

Guangzhou OED Teases Graphene ePaper Display

Guangzhou OED announced the development of a “graphene display”. The company is a manufacturer of electrophoretic displays very similar to E-Ink. The latest press release points at the use of graphene as the front electrode instead of Indium (ITO). For the display technologists this is a clear indication that they are using a graphene layer … Read more

LG Innotek Embeds Fingerprint Sensor in Front Glass

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LG Innotek has announced the development of a fingerprint sensor for mobile devices. While fingerprint sensors are widely used already in higher end smartphones and other products, they all rely on a sensor that is located in an area outside the display itself. The user has to put his finger in a specific area with … Read more

Google Patents Tearable Display

According to a patent Google received in the US, the firm is envisioning a display that can be physically separated by the user to provide information on the separated display portion. The patent was awarded on April 28, 2016 but was filed in October 2014. The image from US Patent #20160117288, shows how you can … Read more

Samsung Electronics Introduces the 2016 Galaxy A Series with Premium Design and Improved Features

Samsung Electronics today announced the latest smartphones in its Galaxy A Series (2016 edition), the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5, will be available to buy in the UK from the 5th May 2016. The new additions to Samsung’s smartphone offering provide a beautiful look and feel with a host of features including a sharp sAMOLED … Read more

Global Tablet Shipments Fell 35% in First Quarter but Sales of Amazon’s Fire Tablet Remained Strong, According to TrendForce

Global market research firm TrendForce reports worldwide tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2016 totaled 35.2 million units, translating to a 35% drop from the previous quarter and a 7.9% drop from a year ago. TrendForce notebook analyst Anita Wang said branded tablet vendors’ shipment results were mediocre following their impressive fourth-quarter performances that … Read more

Leading Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Company Marxent Wins 2016 Gold Edison Award for Innovation in Virtual Reality

Marxent, the leading virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) company for enterprise retailers and manufacturers, has been awarded Gold in the “Cameras & Virtual Reality” category of The 2016 Edison Awards™. The accolade was given in recognition of VisualCommerce™, the 3D virtual products platform that allows consumers to visualize and configure complex purchases in … Read more

LeEco Formally Announces Opening of New, 80,000 Square Foot North American Headquarters in Silicon Valley with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

LeEco, a leading global internet company, today will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and press conference to formally establish its new, 80,000 square foot North American headquarters in San Jose, a facility that can support as many as 800 new employees. The headquarters will also be the future home of LeEco’s autonomous driving research center, the … Read more

Crestron Networks – Some Programming Required

Two weeks ago, I wrote a Display Daily on programming Crestron systems, from the point of view of the training required to become a Crestron programmer. But what is it that these programmers actually do? At a Sapphire Marketing event in New York, I had a chance to discuss in detail with Crestron reps what … Read more