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The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 18-20) organized by IDTechEx offered up meeting sessions on an expanded variety of seemingly unrelated topics. These topics included in addition to Printed Electronics: Energy Harvesting and Storage, Internet of Things Applications, Wearable Technology, 3D Printing, Supercapacitors, as well as Graphene and 2D Materials. However, as … Read more
Sales in the Public Display market in Europe were solid in Q3, with year on year growth of 27.5% in volume terms and 3.7% quarterly growth. This was in line with Meko’s latest forecast model, which has been revised to reflect modified seasonality this year. “The UK saw a really good result in Q3”, said … Read more
Samsung has boasted that it has hit a new TV milestone; its Smart TV platform now has more than 1.5 million users in the UK every week. The figure represents a 50% increase over the past nine months.
Robert Yi, head of investor relations at Samsung, has said that the company will cut the number of smartphone models it offers by 25% – 30% next year. Speaking at the company’s Investor Forum in New York, Yi said that Samsung plans to streamline its portfolio and compete with low-cost models from other vendors, mainly … Read more
Shuttle Computer Group’s new DS87 signage player can drive up to three displays (1920 x 1080) at once. As well as supporting UltraHD resolution (on a single display), the slim PC can connect to multiple peripherals such as receipt printers and barcode scanners. Measuring 1.3L, the DS87 uses heat-pipe cooling technology and industrial grade solid … Read more
UK-based SmartKem, a supplier of semiconductor materials for flexible displays and electronics, has opened a facility in Manchester, UK. The facility will be used for TFT fabrication and testing. Product development agreements will be supported by the expansion. Additionally, SmartKem’s partners will be able to develop market-driven, flexible TFT-based products more quickly. Turn-key support for … Read more
I had a chance to visit with SWIT Electronics USA (San Jose, CA), the US Subsidiary of SWIT Electronics Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China). SWIT originated in 1996 and produced what it says was the “first intelligent Ni-MH battery SC-2112D for NP-1 style cameras”. SWIT Electronics was founded in 2004 and went public in China in … Read more
A free trade agreement has been signed between China and South Korea, which Taiwanese companies say could put them at a disadvantage. Acer founder Stan Shih said that tariffs will negatively impact Taiwan’s panel sales into China. Foxconn chairman Terry Gou, meanwhile, called on the Taiwanese government to speed its efforts to sign a similar … Read more
Having introduced a 24/7 signage range (TD-Z) at ISE this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7), Toshiba showed a 16/7 range (TD-E) at Technology Exposed in September (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). These units are now on the market in 40″ and 50″ sizes, with 32″ and 65″ models to come in Q1’15. … Read more
Taiwan’s MIC says that the country’s large-area LCD panel shipments were up 0.7% QoQ in Q3. Rising LCD TV demand towards the end of the year was the main cause. Major growth drivers included pull-in demand in anticipation of China’s October long holiday period and year-end sales in Europe and North America. In Q4, continued … Read more
Most analysts would agree, the age of wearables is upon us and many are looking to fancy new flexible LCD and OLED displays to drive adoption into the mainstream. But BeBop Sensors (Berkeley, CA) believes that the makers of new displays for wearables may be on the verge of being blindsided with the advent of … Read more
We heard about a new high-resolution ColorEdge monitor from Eizo at Midwich’s Technology Exposed this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). Now more details have been released, alongside a name: the CG318-4K. Eizo’s newest monitor is a 31.1″ unit with DCI-4k resolution, designed for media and entertainment use. It can be used for both … Read more
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