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BAE Systems and Turkish technology company Fotoniks have announced an agreement to collaborate on the development and in-region delivery of aircraft display systems. As part of the agreement, Fotoniks will work to integrate BAE Systems’ LiteHUD® Head-Up Display (HUD) into the HUD system for the Hürku? basic training aircraft. The two companies will further develop … Read more
TPK Holding’s turnover in Q1 improved 8.8% year on year to NT$28.9 billion ($938.6 million) from NT$26.6 billion ($863.9 million) a year earlier. However, the company recorded a net loss in the first quarter of the year of NT$1 billion ($32.4 million), which TPK attributed to fire damage at one of its factories in China … Read more
Wisechip Semiconductor is sending PMOLED display samples to partners, for use in wearable products. Mass production is scheduled to begin in the second half of the year. The company aims to produce 5mm-thick flexible displays by 2017, compared to prototype 40mm-thick units today.
Semiconductor sales continue to grow, with the global industry posting a YoY increase for the 23rd consecutive month in March 2015. Data from the Semiconductor Industry Association shows that revenues reached $83.1 billion for Q1’15 and $27.7 billion in March (both up 6% YoY). The March data was slightly (0.1%) down MoM. Sales grew despite … Read more
HTC reported a 32.3% month on month drop in sales in April and a 38.6% fall year on year to NT$13.5 billion ($439.1 million). Analysts attributed the poor revenue figure to disappointing sales of the HTC One M9, which was launched last month. April’s result brought the company’s sales so far this year to NT$55 … Read more
DirecTV’s fiscal Q1 results show that 279,000 net subscribers were added in the quarter. The company enjoyed its lowest Q1 churn rate in six years.
Computex Taipei 2015 is scheduled to take place June 2nd to 6th, at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC). Computex is the largest information and communications technology (ICT) trade show in Asia and the second largest in the world, after the International CES in Las Vegas. 2015 will … Read more
Tru Vue, a global leader in high-performance glazing, announces the production of Vista AR™ anti-reflective coating for display applications from its Engineered Optics Division. Vista AR is a rugged, high-density coating that is applied to either glass or acrylic sheets, resulting in a product that offers a high level of durability, reflection control and light … Read more
A team of researchers led by Yusuke Komazaki in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo (Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan) is working to improve an e-paper technology that was invented in the 1970s. The goals of the team include creating an e-paper that can be written on by hand and that is … Read more
Worldwide LCD TV panel supply, which was tight throughout 2014, began to ease in Q1’15, according to IHS’ data. The resulting rising inventory is expected to cause prices to fall in Q2 and Q3. IHS says that the LCD TV panel production:demand ratio rose from 2% under-supply in Q3’14 to 1% over-supply in Q4, and … Read more
IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel pricing data for late April and early May. Weak IT demand in Q1 led to notebook vendors successfully driving down panel costs. IT demand is flat in Q2, but panel inventories are high and it is taking time to work through them. There has been pressure on notebook PC … Read more
A Saudi Arabian company, Selevision, has launched ‘Nukodec’, designed to replace the H.264 and HEVC codecs. The technology will be launched worldwide and is designed to lower the bandwidth of Full HD content to 1Mbps and UltraHD to 4Mbps. Nukodec is available to DVB, telco and online operators. It is playable on ‘any HEVC-compatible player’ … Read more
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