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I spotted last week that Apple was forty years old just a week or so ago – which took me back to my early computing days. I became a home computer enthusiast when I decided that if I wanted to be in business (and I was then in the steel tube industry), I had better … Read more
Weili Dai and Sehat Sutardja. Image: Global Semiconductor AllianceSehat Sutardja and Weili Dai, the husband-and-wife team acting as CEO and president (respectively) of Marvell Technology Group, have been fired by the board. However, both will remain on the board, with Sutardja continuing in his capacity as chair. The move comes one month after an investigation … Read more
AUO has shown a host of new products at the CITE 2016 exhibition in China. Foremost was the company’s new thin-bezel LCD TV (AUO Shows AMOLED for 2016). This 65″ product uses edge-to-edge glass and AUO’s Gate on Array (GOA) technology to present a ‘bezel-less’ design. It also has features such as UltraHD resolution, a … Read more
Kaga Electronics is now distributing Canatu’s Carbon NanoBud (CNB) transparent conductive films and touch sensors in Japan.
Together with its planned restructuring, Pixelworks has announced changes to its board of directors. Todd DeBonis (COO) has been appointed to the board as a director, while both Mark Christensen and Barry Cox have resigned from the board and will not stand for re-election. As a result, the company’s board has been reduced from seven … Read more
Hotel entertainment company Quadriga, with Philips Professional Display Solutions, has completed a rollout of hospitality TVs across the UK. More than 11,000 rooms for the Novotel and Ibis brands, of the Accor group, were fitted with Philips TVs, while Quadriga installed digital head ends to enable Freeview access.
Samsung has predicted a rise in its Q1’16 financial results, which are due to be released this month. The company has said that, driven by sales of the Galaxy S7, operating profit will be as much as KRW1 trillion ($872 million) higher than originally forecast. Operating profit for Q1’16 will be up 7.5% YoY, to … Read more
Last week we reported on investments in a new company spun off from Kyushu University of Japan, called Kyulux (LG Display Invests in TADF). It now turns out that Samsung’s investment arm, the Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, is also interested and is leading the $13.5 million Series A funding round. Japan Display, JOLED, LG Display … Read more
Sharp has developed a 3.4″ flexible OLED panel, Japan’s Nikkei reports. The device can be freely bent, both during manufacturing and afterwards, by consumers. The prototype was developed at Sharp’s facility in Tenri, Nara Prefecture. It uses Sharp’s IGZO transistor and has 960 x 540 resolution. Aperture ratio is 57% and thickness is 70µm. The … Read more
UK Premiere League football team, West Ham United, are soon to move to their new home in London’s Olympic Stadium – accompanied by the installation of what the club says will be Europe’s largest digital screen. The LED display will be mounted on the front of the structure and measure 83m x 12m – or … Read more
Adam Fry is the new new VP of Sony’s Professional Solutions Europe business. Having worked at the company for 25 years, Fry will now be responsible for the continued growth of Sony’s B2B business in Europe. He joined the company in 1990 and has held several European director-level roles, including head of North and Central … Read more
Foxconn has been implicated in tax evasion as part of the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal, which broke this month. It is said that the company has evaded taxes valued up to NT$741.2 billion ($22.9 billion). Responding to the allegations, Foxconn said that it is an honest company and paid more than NT$48 billion in taxes in … Read more
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