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Compared to the stands of other well-known brands, Sharp’s was somewhat smaller (“klein aber fein” as the Germans say – Man. Ed.). The company has withdrawn from TVs in Europe (Sharp ‘Leaves’ TVs in Europe, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42) and is instead focusing on professional displays. We met with Michael Bailly, who is … Read more
Innolux’s chairman and CEO, Tuan Hsing-chien, told investors this week that the company will increase its capital expenditure significantly this year to NT$35 billion ($1.1 billion), up from NT$20.5 billion ($655.4 million) last year. Tuan said that the money will be used to expand manufacturing capacity and will also be spent on research and development. … Read more
Metro Group has reported its first quarter results, posting a net profit in Q1 of €445 million on turnover of €18.3 billion, which compares with a net profit in the first quarter of last year of €440 million on turnover of €18.7 billion. Online sales in the quarter rose 30% year on year to €0.6 … Read more
ARM Holdings PLC has reported its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of £72.8 million ($112.2 million) on turnover of £225.9 million ($348.2 million), which compares with a net loss of £6.2 million ($9.5 million) on turnover of £189.1 million ($291.5 million) in the final quarter of last year. … Read more
Several stories about the Apple Watch appeared this week, regarding its expected popularity and features. First Alex Hou, project manager at Taiwan’s Industrial Economics Research Centre (IEK), predicted that as many as 13.07 million smartwatches will be shipped worldwide this year, up from 4.11 million this year. Of the total, the Apple Watch will represent … Read more
E Ink Holdings (EIH) is in talks with employee representatives of Hydis Technologies over the closure of two factories at its South Korean subsidiary, with the loss of more than 300 jobs (Hydis Closes Down its Operations). Earlier this month, it emerged that EIH had decided to close the factories, which produce small and medium … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) reported record sales in January of NT$87.1 billion ($2.7 billion), an increase of 25.3% from December 2014 and 69.4% higher than January 2014. TSMC said it was the highest monthly total in the company’s history. The company had previously forecast sales in the first quarter between NT$221 billion ($7 billion) and … Read more
Pegatron Technology reported sales in January of NT$118 billion ($), 3.3% higher than the previous month and 29% up on January 2014, thanks primarily to orders for Apple’s iPhone 6. Shipments of iPhone 6 smartphones are expected to be around 40 million units in the first quarter, the same level as Q4 of last year. … Read more
In my Display Daily on February 11, I discussed the (slow) progress on open standards for Video over IP (VoIP). I mentioned that one of the barriers to open standard VoIP is the existence of proprietary VoIP solutions. One such solution comes from Aurora Multimedia (Morganville, NJ) and is called by the trademarked name IPBaseT. … Read more
Smart TV application developers can develop apps faster with the new Smart TV Alliance software development kit. New and updated toolkit features help developers reach the Alliance’s 58 million compatible smart TVs in a single, integrated process through the Smart TV Alliance Common Developer Portal. SDK 4.0 includes support for the most recent Version 4.0 … Read more
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) a Japan-based global enterprise engaged in numerous high-tech fields, announced today the launch of the new TORQUE (KC-S701) — an ultra-rugged 4G LTE smartphone certified with the United States Military Standard (MIL-STD-810G) in 11 categories. Marking the company’s entrance in the European mobile phone market, the new model is the latest in … Read more
OLED panel revenue fell 4% YoY in 2014, says Korea’s UBI Research, due to low sales of the Galaxy S5. Additionally, many TV manufacturers -including Samsung – are now looking at quantum dot LCD TVs, rather than OLED models, as the ‘next-generation’ of display technology. In its new 2015 OLED Display Annual Report, UBI predicts … Read more
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