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Touch Taiwan: ITRI to Show Foldable AMOLED

Lee Cheng-Chung, deputy general director at Taiwan’s ITRI, has said that the organisation will show a 7″ foldable AMOLED display at Touch Taiwan 2015 (26th – 28th August). ITRI’s AMOLED display will have 1920 x 1080 resolution. The panel was described as a ‘5mm’ unit, which we assume refers to the bend radius.

Mobile Continues to Surpass Desktop in Workstation Market

According to IDC, certified mobile workstations continued to exhibit stronger growth than desktop workstations in Q2’15. While desktop unit shipments fell 3.7% YoY (to 641,580 units), mobile workstation shipments rose 5.4% (to 288,270 units). Overall, worldwide workstation shipments improved slightly from last year, falling 1%, compared to a 1.6% decline in Q2’14. Performance in EMEA … Read more

Radiant’s July Sales Up MoM, Coretronic Slips

Radiant Opto-Electronics reported a 13.2% increase in sales in July to NT$3.5 billion ($109.1 million), though this was 21.4% lower than July 2014. Sales for the year to date were also lower year on year, at NT$22.2 billion ($692.1 million). The company shipped a total of 8.2 million backlight units (BLUs) in July, 11.2% higher … Read more

Cree and Epistar Agree Patent Licensing

Cree and Epistar have signed a global agreement for LED chip patent cross-licensing. The intent is to advance the growth of the LED lighting and bulb markets. Under the terms of the agreement, both parties will receive a licence to the other’s nitride LED chip patents. They are also granted certain rights to non-nitride LED … Read more

JOLED Invests in R&D to Establish a manufacturing Facility for Midsize OLED Panels

Just one year after establishing JOLED as a company for developing and manufacturing OLED panels, the Japanese consortium made up by the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Japan Display Inc. (JDI), Sony Corporation, and Panasonic, announced that it is investing in a research facility to develop manufacturing capabilities for midsize OLED panels. Source: JOLED … Read more

WD Delivers Ultra HD Movie Content For New Generation Of Samsung TVs

WD and 20th Century Fox Partner to Offer 4K UHD Movies for Instant Purchase and Enjoyment. UltraHD movies will be pre-loaded to the storage device. IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions, today announced the new My Passport® Cinema 4K Ultra HD (UHD) … Read more

Epson Debuts Expanded Line of 2D and 3D Full HD 1080p Home Theater Projectors

Epson says that Home Cinema 2040 and Home Cinema 2045 Deliver Refined Cinema at an Accessible Price Point LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Epson, the number-one projector manufacturer in the world1, today expanded its award-winning lineup of home theater projectors with the addition of the Epson®Home Cinema 2040 and Home Cinema 2045. … Read more

Epson Delivers Home Cinema at Low Cost

Epson’s three new 3LCD projectors, in the Home Cinema line, are said to deliver high-quality content at an ‘accessible’ price point. Both the Home Cinema 2040 and Home Cinema 2045 are 1920 x 1080 models. They feature detail enhancement and frame interpolation functionality, as well as 2D and 3D projection. Epson also claims that a … Read more