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Vuzix Corporation says that in Q1, the company narrowed its net loss to $5.1 million from $6.6 million in the first quarter of last year, while turnover rose 1% to $809,155 from $798,418 a year earlier. Vuzix saw an increase in product sales in Q1, primarily due to growing sales of its M100 smartglasses which … Read more
Barco’s Coronis Uniti medical display (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42) has won a Silver Edison Award. (Clearly, I wasn’t the only person to be impressed with the features of this monitor! – BR)
Mediatek says that its new mobile SoC (Helio X20) is the world’s first with a tri-cluster CPU architecture and a deca (10)-core design. According to the firm, the device has been designed to meet the needs of flagship smartphones; for instance, sustained high performance for gaming and bursts of power for imaging and video. The … Read more
Renesas Electronics has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit for the year of ¥82.4 billion ($690.8 million), having recorded a net loss in the previous year of ¥5.3 billion ($44.4 million). Turnover for the year dropped to ¥791.1 billion ($6.6 billion) from ¥833 billion ($6.9 billion). In the final … Read more
A report from Kitguru, citing an Intel document, shows that Intel’s upcoming Core-M Skylake chips – the next micro-architecture – will consume up to 60% less energy than comparable Broadwell devices. An image from Anandtech shows that the chips will also feature Iris Pro graphics that are 50% faster than existing units, due to a … Read more
NEC America’s newest 32″ LCD monitor is a versatile model that can be used for indoor signage and messaging. The V232-2 is available in its standard configuration, or – through an OPS slot – can be supplied with a digital TV tuner (V232-2-AVT), an embedded Windows PC (V232-2-PC) or an Android 4.2.2 media player (V232-2-DRD). … Read more
Christie has supplied 31 Solaria series digital projectors to this year’s Cannes Film Festival (13th – 24th May). This is the first year that one of the CFF’s open-air screenings will take place in DCI-4k. High-resolution projectors (CP4230s) have been installed in several of the larger halls. The organisers have also requested ‘several’ of Christie’s … Read more
AU Optronics’ (AUO) founder and chairman, Lee Kun-yao has resigned and will be succeeded by Paul Peng. The company said that Lee decided to step down earlier than planned as he had confidence in Peng to move the company forward. Peng is credited with steering AUO through the display industry’s worst slump and the company’s … Read more
German trade association Zvei says that orders by the German electrical industry rose 19.9% YoY in March. The small declines of January and February have been “more than compensated for”, he said, with the end result of a 6% YoY rise in Q1. Revenues grew 4%, to €42.7 billion. Domestic orders were up 22.1% and … Read more
The first Imax laser projectors will reach the UK at the end of the summer, along with a new 12-channel surround sound system. The Empire, in London’s Leicester Square, will be the first theatre with the projectors, which will be used on a 15.6m x 26.5m screen. Pocket-Lint asked Imax VP Greg Foster what technology … Read more
Taiwan’s three main touch panel manufacturers all performed weakly in April, in the face of growing competition from Chinese producers and reduced pricing. Young Fast Optoelectronics reported sales of NT$243 million ($7.9 million), down 26.1% month on month and 65.5% year on year. JTouch saw sales drop 2.8% MoM and 42% YoY, which the company … Read more
Acer reported a 36% drop in sales in April from March and a 17.8% fall from April 2014 to NT$15.8 billion ($517.3 million), taking sales so far this year to NT$83.9 billion ($2.7 billion), down 12.6% compared with the same period a year earlier.
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