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Shipments of Android tablets with Intel processors will fall to 10.8 million units this year, from 14.23 million in 2014. The prediction comes from ET Mag. The site has also said that Android smartphones with Intel processors will pass 10 million this year. Overall, the source says, Intel-based mobile device shipments will climb to 43.2 … Read more
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) recorded its second-highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history in Q2, 8.6% higher than Q1 and 19.8% higher than the second quarter of last year at NT$70.2 billion ($2.2 billion). ASE’s sales in June grew 6.3% month on month and 27.4% year on year to NT$24.8 billion ($796.7 million), bringing sales … Read more
The Korean government has initiated a project called EnDK, which aims to develop a mobile display with 11k resolution and 2,550 ppi. That would be, roughly, a 5.9″ screen with 11520 x 6480 resolution. The world’s current highest-density display is Sharp’s 5.5″ UltraHD IGZO screen, with 806 ppi (Sharp UltraHD Mobile Display – Yes)Samsung Display … Read more
The WSJ (Wall Street Journal) today reported Apple is getting the lion’s share (a whopping 92%) of all profits in the booming smartphone industry. The chart on the right shows global operating profits in Q1-15 of the world’s top eight smartphones including rivals Samsung (now at 15%), and money losers in the space Microsoft (formerly … Read more
Both Samsung and LG have confirmed their exhibit space for IFA 2015, says Germany’s Invidis. For the second time, Samsung has hired the CityCube, taking 6,000m² of show floor. LG, meanwhile, has moved from Hall 11.2 to Hall 18, with a 4,000m² stand.
Smartphone shipments in the MEA region will reach 155 million units this year, says IDC, after a 66% YoY rise in Q1’15 (to 36 million units). 63% of handsets shipped in the Middle East in Q1, and 47% in Africa, were smartphones. Feature phones have been declining quickly at the same time, with roughly a … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales drop 14.5% sequentially in June, falling to NT$59.9 billion ($1.9 billion). Sales for the quarter were also down, falling 7.5% sequentially to NT$205.4 billion ($6.6 billion), while for the first six months of the year, TSMC’s sales were 29.1% higher than a year earlier at NT$427.5 billion ($13.7 billion).
Sphericam conducted a highly successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012 to develop the “world’s first 360º video camera for consumers”. The team is now back with what is on-track to be another successful Kickstarter campaign to launch the Sphericam 2. Sphericam 2 is a spherical camera that allows the user to capture their entire surroundings in … Read more
The cable companies and networks in the US have been facing a change in their business models over the last few years. As we have reported before, cable subscriptions are declining, while the use of on demand or over the top (OTT) providers is increasing. As Fierce Cable reports, The Diffusion Group (TDG) released a … Read more
Barco has teamed with Almo Professional A/V to give resellers, integrators and consultants the opportunity to charge up their businesses by attending a “bonus” version of the E4 AV Tour, called the E4 Baltimore Expo on July 10. Barco will showcase its new Airplay capability for ClickShare, the new award-winning laser phosphor projectors, and its … Read more
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8s5plj/beyond_ito) has announced the addition of the “Beyond ITO – Materials for Next Generation Consumer Electronics (Technical Insights)” report to their offering. The global consumer electronics industry is constantly evolving according to the user needs and trends. There is growing demand for next-generation devices that provide a combination of large-sized capacitive touch … Read more
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.4 million units in the second quarter of 2015, a 9.5 percent decline from the second quarter of 2014, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This was the steepest PC shipment decline since the third quarter of 2013. PC shipments are projected to decline 4.4 percent in 2015. There were … Read more
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