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Molecular Glasses Has Bold OLED Claims

US OLED material developer, Molecular Glasses, has said that its phosphorescent host material has been shown to raise OLED lifetime by up to 1,500%. The material has an external quantum efficiency of 20%, and ‘minimal’ luminance roll-off. The firm did not name the host its material was being compared to, only saying that it was … Read more

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 14

Hisense has revealed two new UltraHD TVs for the German market, just before the European Championship football tournament. Both the 65″ M5500 and 433″ M3000 support DVB-T2 and HEVC decoding. They use Hisense’s Vidaa smart TV interface. Specifications were incomplete at the time of writing. Hisense has said that the M5500 has a 1,000:1 contrast … Read more

BenQ’s MW883UST is Education Solution

BenQ’s MW883UST projector is an interactive UST model for education, first shown at BETT this year and now launched in Europe. The projector uses a DLP chip, and can throw a 78″ image from 0.1m – although actual throw distance can be from 0.08m. Throw ratio is fixed, at 0.24:1, and recommended image size is … Read more

Taiwanese Panel Makers Slip in Annual Comparison

AUO shipped 9.6 million large panels and 14.8 million small panels in March, with sales rising 35% and 26.6% MoM, respectively. In the first quarter, these figures were 24.4 million large (down 11.5% QoQ and 8.8% YoY) and 37.8 million small panels (up 13% QoQ but down 11.5% YoY). The firm posted consolidated revenue for … Read more

Asus Up in March

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Asus’s revenues rose 37.2% MoM and 15.33% YoY in March, totalling NT$48.6 billion ($1.5 billion). Calendar Q1 consolidated revenues reached NT$119.3 billion ($3.7 billion), down 10.1% QoQ but up 6.6% YoY. Asus shipped 4.9 million notebooks; 1 million tablets; 4 million smartphones; and 500,000 desktop PCs in Q1’16. For the full year, the firm is … Read more

Gartner Lowers IT Spending Forecast

Worldwide spending on IT devices and services will fall 0.5% YoY in 2016, says Gartner, to reach a total of $3.49 trillion (from $3.5 trillion). The new forecast is a revision from the previous projection of 0.5% growth – mainly due to currency fluctuations. Economic uncertainty is driving companies to act conservatively when it comes … Read more

SDC Confirms Work on Large AMOLEDs

During his keynote speech at Finetech Japan, Samsung Display EVP Kim Sung-chul said that the company is actively working on large AMOLEDs for various applications. Kim said that SDC will broaden its customer base by developing flexible models for use in mobile devices; notebooks; monitors; and TVs. The firm will also seek to produce high-resolution … Read more

Chip Firms Enjoy Rise

Mediatek‘s consolidated revenues for March were up 61% MoM and 4.6% YoY, to NT$21.3 billion ($659 million): the company’s highest levels in five months. Calendar Q1 revenues were down 9.1% QoQ but up 17.6% YoY, to NT$55.9 billion ($1.7 billion). TSMC‘s revenues were up 22.7% MoM and 1.1% YoY, to NT$73.1 billion ($2.3 billion). Revenues … Read more

Continental Speaks about Augmented Reality HUDs AT GTC 2016

During the GTC 2016 conference, Continental reported on its efforts in developing an augmented reality HUD that exceeds the capabilities of today’s automotive head up displays. While a HUD is increasingly becoming an automotive technology available to most car buyers (similar to GPS navigation a few years ago), augmented reality in the car has so … Read more