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AR and VR Due at CES 2016

If you follow the buzz on the technology street, one of the hottest technologies anticipated at CES this year will be Augmented and Virtual Reality, better known by their AR and VR acronyms. From the future of consumer game console accessories, to high-end B2B car showroom virtual experience, this wearable display technology will be at … Read more

Mouser Features the Latest Type-C and 3.1 on New USB Technology Site

Mouser Electronics, Inc. today unveiled its newly designed USB Technology site, created to give engineers easy-to-access information on the latest technical advances in USB Standards. As part of Mouser’s growing selection of Applications & Technologies sites, the USB Technology site provides a wealth of resource material — including a new section devoted to USB Type-C™ … Read more

GTK launches O-Film technology for TFT Displays

GTK announced the availability of O-Film technology, which, when used in conjunction with standard TFT displays, dramatically improves the achievable viewing angles. The O-Film is a polariser that is applied to the display and redirects light, providing all round viewing angles to any standard TFT to which it is applied. Clive Dickinson, Business Manager for … Read more

GTK’s After-Market Film Widens Viewing Angles

UK-based GTK has created a new polariser called the ‘O-Film’, which is said to improve viewing angles when applied to displays. GTK’s Clive Dickinson, a business manager, says that the O-Film can be used with “off-the-shelf TFT displays”, and “[eliminates] the need to choose more expensive technologies such as IPS to achieve the performance they … Read more

Hon Hai Linked to Sharp Buyout

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Sources in Japan, including the Nikkei newspaper, claim that Hon Hai has proposed a purchase of the entirety of Sharp for ¥300 billion ($2.5 billion). The figure represents a 50% – 60% premium on Sharp’s current market value. It is rumoured that Hon Hai would require Kozo Takahashi, Sharp’s president, to step down as part … Read more

Sumitomo will Raise OLED Capacity

Conducting inspections at Sumitomo’s plant in South Korea. Photo: Nikkei.Sumitomo Chemical is to invest up to ¥20 billion ($165.9 million), to raise OLED touch panel production capacity at its Pyeongtaek factory by 40%. The new line will be able to produce touch panels on both glass and plastic substrates. The news was reported by Japan’s … Read more

Asus and MSI Lead Gaming Notebook Market

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Sources in the supply chain say that Asus and MSI will together be responsible for more than 50% of global gaming notebook shipments this year. They will ship 1.1 million and 900,000 units, respectively. Dell will ship around 100,000 units, and the remainder of the expected 3.8 – 4 million units will be split amongst … Read more

Samsung ‘Will Cut Shipments by 12%’

The Korea Times claims that Samsung will cut its smartphone shipments in 2016 by more than 12% YoY. An official from one of Samsung’s local partners is reported to have made the comments. Another official said that such a cut would mean that Samsung would produce between 420 million and 430 million handsets in 2016.