MicroVision Result 27/04/2016
Microvision reported Q1 2016 net loss of $3.6 million, down 10% YoY from $4 million. Turnover was $3.7 million, up over 4 times YoY from $0.9 million.
Nintendo Result 27/04/2016
Nintendo reported 2016 year end net profit of 137.4 million yen ($1.2 million), down 62% YoY from 353.5 million yen ($3.3 million). Turnover was 504 billion yen ($4.7 billion), down 8.2% YoY from 549 billion yen ($5.1 billion). Lower 3DS sales impacted the turnover in the current financial year.
AUO Result 28/04/16
AUO said that its revenues were down 14.7% from last quarter at NT$71.14 billion ($2.2 billion) with a gross margin of just 0.5%. The operating loss was NT$5.1 billion ($158 million) and net loss $NT5.58 billion ($173 million). Large panels were down to 24.43 million, a reduction of 11.5% QoQ and small panels were 37.75 … Read more
Fraunhofer Uses FEP to Boost OLED Resolution
Fraunhofer’s FEP (Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology) is to present two papers at the forthcoming SID event on a new way of creating OLEDs with very high pixel density using an electron beam process. The process is applied after the OLED is created (including encapsulation). As a result of this, the … Read more
A New O-Leap for OLED
Information Display Magazine‘s Jay Morreale loves to repeat the old bromide, “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.” In that spirit, even an Apple rumor that has proved to be wrong for as long as I can remember may eventually turn out to be right. And so it is (or appears to be) … Read more
Barco Appoints CEO Designate
Barco has appointed Jan De Witte, a former corporate officer of the General Electric Company, as CEO-designate. The current CEO, Eric Van Zele, plans to retire later this year. De Witte will join Barco’s Core Leadership Team in June 2016 to effectively take over as CEO as of 1 October 2016.
Nintendo’s Next Console is Coming…Later
Although Nintendo’s financial forecast for the next year is down, the company did share some interesting news: a launch date for its next console, the Nintendo NX. Unfortunately it is much later than anyone had predicted: March 2017.
HTC Signals Future is in VR
HTC has led the creation of a fund for virtual reality startup firms, called Vive X. The $100 million fund – established with unnamed partners – will help new companies bring their products to market. It will also also help to connect startups with mentors and investors. According to The Verge, the programme will be … Read more
Sony Pictures Television has New President
Sheraton Kalouria has been promoted from his role as executive VP and CMO of Sony Pictures Television; he is now the president of SPT, in addition to his CMO role. In his new role, Kalouria will oversee consumer products licensing for SPT series and brands, while reporting to SPT chairman Steve Mosko. He will also … Read more
Intel Working on USB Digital Audio
We have already seen the first smartphone with a USB-C port instead of a headphone jack, from LeEco (LeEco Beats Apple…But Why?). There are also rumours that Apple will replace the port in its next iPhone, later this year – although it is likely to be (another – TA) proprietary implementation. Intel wants to speed … Read more
Samsung Will be Apple’s Sole OLED Supplier – At First
We have covered the ‘OLED iPhone’ rumour several times in recent months, and now Bloomberg is back with new claims about Samsung’s links to Apple. According to sources, Samsung will be the exclusive supplier of OLED displays for Apple’s 2017 iPhone – at least initially. In order to cope with this new demand, though, the … Read more
Samsung Electronics Result 28/04/16
Samsung Electronics saw an increase in sales of 5.7% YoY in Q1 2016 to 48.78 trillion Won ($43.6 billion) with profits of 6.68 trillion Won ($5.86 billion), up 12% YoY, in line with its guidance. Samsung said that the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge had gone well and OLED panels, system LSI chips and memory … Read more
