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HTC Forecasts Profit Fall

HTC has forecast a fall in both turnover and profit this quarter because of seasonal weakness. Turnover in the company’s fiscal fourth quarter is expected to drop between 6% – 13.3% to NT$41.5 – 45 billion ($1.3-1.4 billion), though HTC said it remained optimistic that its full-year shipments will significantly outpace the previous year’s. HTC … Read more

TSMC Sues Ex-Employee Over Samsung Leak

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is reported to have brought a lawsuit against a former R&D employee alleging that he leaked secrets to Samsung, including details of TSMc’s 28 nm process. Reports suggest that the alleged leak could have helped Samsung gain ground on TSMC in 14 nm FinFET chips that foundry customers such as Qualcomm … Read more

Sinowealth Wins Everydisplay Orders

Chinese IC developer Sinowealth has reported a design win, having supplied AMOLED drivers to Everdisplay last year. The drivers are being used in Everdisplay’s first OLED panels. Sinowealth also says that it has received orders for more ICs in China. Everdisplay is producing about 600,000 5″ AMOLED panels every month

CPT January Sales Rise 8% MoM

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) saw an 8% increase in sales in January from the previous month and 5.1% year on year to NT$4.8 billion ($152.3 million). January large panel shipments fell 2.9% sequentially to 135,000, which was broadly flat YoY, while small and medium panel shipments fell 11.4% from December 2014 to 33.9 million, though … Read more

Pebble Sold 1 Million Smartwatches, Announces a New Platform

In a recent article published by The Verge, Pebble’s CEO Eric Migicovsky stated that the company has sold over one million smartwatches. According to the statement, this is double what it sold between July 2013 and March 2014. While the article sees this as an increase in sales rate, it seems more like a steady … Read more

Radio Shack Enters Bankruptcy and Morphs Into Sprint

RadioShack, the US-based electronic retail chain, has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company sells everything electric from batteries and electronic toys to mobile phones and TVs, as well as electronic components for hobbyists who will now have to resort to using internet suppliers for such components. On a greater scale, RadioShack was an institution … Read more

The W3D is a Game Console/Smartphone Hybrid

The W3D, developed by Suzhou Snail Digital Technology Co. Ltd.(Suzhou, China), was demonstrated at the recent CES in Las Vegas. At first glance, the device looks a lot like the Sony PlayStation Vita. The resemblance derives from the fact that the W3D also has a gamepad-style design, an approach intended to bring the feel of … Read more

Technical “Fun” and the UltraHD Logo

This has been one of those “techie” weeks, when technology intervened to cause disruption. On Monday morning, the “five minutes” that our power supply needed switching off so that the power company could give us a smart meter turned into a couple of hours between powering down and getting everything up and running. On Tuesday, … Read more