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Semiconductor revenue will rise to $354 billion, says Gartner. While this is a 4% climb, it is lower than the 5.4% increase predicted in Q4’14. The semiconductor industry is increasingly concerned about revenue growth this year. System suppliers are beginning to tackle problems stemming from local currency depreciation, relative to the US dollar; excess inventories; … Read more
Sony has revised its outlook for this year and narrowed its net loss forecast to ¥126 billion ($1 billion) from ¥170 billion ($1.4 billion) predicted in February, while turnover is now expected to be ¥8.2 trillion ($68.3 billion), 2.5% higher than February’s forecast of ¥8 trillion ($66.6 billion). The company has raised its outlook primarily … Read more
Asus has raised its Zenfone shipment forecast for this year, from 25 million units to 30 million, say supply chain sources. It was said that monthly Zenfone 2 shipments would reach 2 million in May, rising to 2.5 million – 3 million units in June. The sources also said that Zenwatch and Vivowatch shipments this … Read more
According to OTT video optimisation company Conviva, the challenges to building a sustainable OTT service are rising. It is no longer enough to simply have a video play – the demand for quality is also rising. Encouragingly, Conviva’s Viewer Experience report has found that picture fidelity is rising (up 30% in 2014), with a corresponding … Read more
Barco, the worldwide market share leader in digital cinema, is again the laser projector of choice for Santikos Theatres, which has selected the flagship model of Barco laser for the new Casa Blanca Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. As the first laser projector customer for Barco in North America, Santikos is expanding its laser footprint … Read more
The Fuel-3D (Oxfordshire, UK) 3D scanning system is based on technology developed by Professor Ron Daniel at Oxford University. The company raised over $300,000 in 2013 with a Kickstarter campaign. The scanner was originally developed for medical imaging applications. Since then, Fuel-3D has raised millions in private investment while the company mission has evolved to … Read more
According to findings released today from Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group (CG,www.carlisleandgallagher.com), a business and technology consulting firm exclusively focused on the financial services industry, U.S. consumers are in no rush to purchase a wearable device and future adoption of the technology will be driven by attractiveness, alerts and payments functionality. “While wearables are a … Read more
NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, today announced July 2015 availability of the latest addition to its digital cinema laser projector lineup, the NC1201L Digital Cinema Projector, targeted to modest theaters. As part of NEC’s Digital Cinema Projector Series, the NC1201L projector provides 14-ft. L (using … Read more
In last month’s article, Large Displays and the Education Market (1), I suggested some surprising trends visible at the first three ed-tech conferences of the season: that interactive large displays outpaced the number of booths featuring interactive whiteboards; that booths featuring large display solutions outnumbered projector company booths; and that Interactive large displays were being … Read more
Through to the end of April, panel makers are experiencing price declines of around 1% in most applications, IHS DisplaySearch data shows. Larger notebook PC brands continue to adjust inventories in April; both panel and set inventories are slightly above normal, especially in Europe due to the weak euro. Set price increases are being considered … Read more
UBI Research has published a report on the state of the white OLED (WOLED) industry. WOLEDs, with colour filters, are commonly used in OLED TVs, as they are easier to mass-produce than the RGB OLEDs used in smaller displays such as smartphones. The additional costs to improve RGB OLED displays at large sizes would make … Read more
NEC has trialled UltraHD terrestrial broadcasting with Chilevisión, a commercial TV station in Chile. Chilevisión used NEC’s HEVC encoder (VC-8150) in the trial, sending live UltraHD transmissions to the press and VIP rooms of the Vina del Mar music festival in February.
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