Randy Green Joins DigiLED
Randy Green has joined digiLED as General Manager for the Americas. Green will be leading the growth of digiLED sales in North America.
ITO Replaced by 2021?
Touch Display Research has predicted that ITO replacement technologies, such as silver nanowire and carbon nanotubes, will not become the major transparent conductor for touch panels until 2021. A new report analyses the market for such technologies and can be found at http://tinyurl.com/kpkbcnv.
Texas Instruments Result 27/01/2016
Texas Instruments reported Q4 2015 net profit at $836 million, up 1% YoY from $825 million. Turnover was reported at $3.19 billion, down 2% YoY from $3.27 billion. For the full year 2015, net profit was $2.99 billion, up 6% YoY from $2.82 billion. Turnover for the same period was $13 billion, down marginally at … Read more
Sharp Receives ISSCC Award
At this year’s International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Sharp Corporation received an ISSCC 2015 Demonstration Session Certificate of Recognition for a touch-panel system and stylus accessory that the company demonstrated at last year’s conference.
Philips Result 26/01/2016
Philips reported Q4 and full year 2015 results with net profit at €39 million ($43.9 million), compared to a net profit of €134 million ($150 million) for the same period last year. Q4 turnover was up 8.5% YoY to €7 billion ($8 billion). For the full year 2015, net profit was reported at €659 million … Read more
Parade Result 01/02/2016
Parade Technologies reported Q4 net profit of $9.12 million, a 9% YoY decline. Turnover for the period was $67.65 million, up 23% YoY from $55.03 million. For the full year 2015, net profit was $36.03 million, an 11% decline YoY from $40.47 million. Full year turnover increased 10% YoY to $225.93 million.
Panasonic Result 03/02/2016
Panasonic reported financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, with a net profit of 178 billion Yen ($1.47 billion), a 14% increase YoY. Turnover for the period was 5.67 trillion Yen, ($46.8 billion), a marginal decline from the previous year’s $5.72 billion.
NEC Result 28/01/2016
NEC reported Q3 2015 net profit of 100 million Yen ($0.82 million), a near 99% YoY decline from 10.3 billion Yen. Turnover for the period was 641 billion Yen ($5.29 billion). For the nine month period, NEC reported a net profit of 300 million Yen ($2.48 million), a decline of about 98% YoY from 22.8 … Read more
Lenovo Result 03/02/2016
Lenovo reported Q3 2015 net profit at $300 million, a 19% YoY increase. Turnover was reported at $12.9 billion, an 8% decline YoY. Not including the effect of currency exchange rates, the decline would have been 2%. Enterprise computing increased 8% YoY while smartphone sales declined 18% YoY. Although the PC group saw declining sales, … Read more
Microsoft Working On Surface Smartphone
Microsoft is rumoured to be researching ways to replace references to ‘Windows’ phones with a ‘Surface’ smartphone. The new phone would be powered by a new processor and architecture, which would allow the Surface device to deliver x86 applications.
Lenovo Appoints Weisswange in DACH
Lars-Christian Weisswange has been named general manager of the DACH Mobile Business Group at Lenovo. Weisswange will be responsible for Lenovo’s entire mobile portfolio, as well as business development and strategic partnerships in the market.
Gartner: Smartwatches Will Pass Wristbands in 2016
274.6 million wearables will be sold worldwide this year, Gartner has predicted, up 18.4% from 232 million in 2015. These sales will generate $28.7 billion in revenues, of which $11.5 billion will be from smartwatches. Smartwatch adoption will grow 48% between 2015 and 2017, says Gartner research director Angela McIntyre. This growth will largely be … Read more
