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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.

Three New Fabs for Foxconn

Sources from Asia claim that Foxconn is to establish a G6 LTPS TFT-LCD panel fab in Guiyang City, China. The fab will mainly be used to produce 5.2″, 5.5″ and 6″ panels for smartphones. Investment is planned to be CNY30 billion ($4.6 billion). The fab is owned by Century Technology (a joint venture between the … Read more