Rumour: LGD Aims at 12 Million 4k OLED TVs by 2020
ET News, from Korea, has posted a chart that it claims shows LG Display’s own UltraHD OLED TV production forecast.
Sony Has No Plans to Sell Mobile Unit
The CEO of Sony’s mobile business, Hiroki Totoki, has said in an interview that the company “will never” quit the mobile market and remains committed to manufacturing mobile devices. Totoki told Arabian Business that as smartphones are connected to other devices and people lives, Sony will have to produce a number of new categories of … Read more
BBC Micro Returns to UK Schools
The BBC, working with ARM, Microsoft and Samsung, has finalised the design of a tiny computer, which will be supplied – for free – to every Year 7 schoolchild (11 year-olds) in the UK this September. The Micro:bit, like the Raspberry Pi, is an attempt to teach more young people about coding and computers. The … Read more
AMD Lowers Q2 Guidance
AMD says its second quarter turnover will be lower than previously advised and will now be approximately 8% down on the first quarter, compared with its original forecast of a 3% sequential decline. Quarterly turnover will be less than $1 billion for the first time in at least a decade. The decrease is primarily due … Read more
Intel Postpones Kaby Lake, Following Skylake Delays
Intel delayed the release of its Skylake processors earlier this year, until August for desktops and Q4 for notebooks. Now we hear that the next-generation 14nm Kaby Lake processors will also be held back. Originally scheduled to be released in early 2016, these devices will now be postponed until September 2016 (consumer) and January 2017 … Read more
SDC Slashes Pricing to Raise Orders
According to sources in Taiwan, Samsung Display has lowered its smartphone panel pricing to various customers, in order to raise orders. The move was taken due to Samsung Electronics’ lower-than-expected smartphone sales. Microsoft is said to be have purchased 5.2″ (1920 x 1080) and 5.7″ (2560 x 1440) panels from the company. Other makers associated … Read more
Semiconductors Enter 25th Month of Growth
Global semiconductor sales rose 5.1% YoY in May 2015, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales reached $28.2 billion, up from $26.8 billion May 2014. They were 2.1% higher than April’s sales of $27.6 billion. The semiconductor industry overcame “lingering macroeconomic uncertainty” to achieve growth, said president and CEO of the SIA, John Neuffer. May … Read more
Exset Brings DTV Services to Turkey
Netherlands-based Exset will deploy its DMS 2.0 digital TV system on Atmaca Elektronik’s (owner of the Sunny brand) products in Turkey. Operators can leverage DMS 2.0 to provide value-added services via broadcast networks in emerging markets; for example, a dynamic EPG with advert insertion.
Gesture Recognition for Smartphones – Technavio Publishes Market Analysis, Key Vendors, Trends & Forecast
Technavio has published a new report on the gesture recognition market for smartphones,which is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 76% from 2015-2019. Gesture recognition for smartphones market segmentation including geography and vendors Technavio’s report analyses the solutions and products offered by market vendors and presents a comprehensive breakdown in terms of … Read more
Worldwide Device Shipments to Grow 1.5%, to Reach 2.5 Billion Units in 2015
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are expected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2015, a 1.5 percent increase from 2014 and down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 2.8 percent growth, according to Gartner, Inc. (see Table 1). End-user spending on devices will total $606 billion in 2015 and … Read more
UK Nanotechnology Firm Secures Million Pound Investment Round
Peratech Holdco Ltd., a Yorkshire-based firm leading the field in new touch-technologies, has completed a £1million investment round which will see staff numbers grow in sales and engineering. Peratech is a pioneer of its patented Quantum Tunnelling Composite® (QTC®) technology, which has the unique ability to measure small changes in force with a predictable change … Read more
Peratech Secures £1 Million Investment
UK nanotechnology firm, Peratech, has completed a £1 million ($1.5 million) investment round. The company, which develops new touch technologies, will use the funds to increase its sales and engineering employee base. Peratech is a pioneer of its patented Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) technology, which has the ability to measure small changes in force with … Read more
