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Innolux Sales Rise 18.5% YoY

Innolux achieved an 18.5% year on year increase in sales in November, reaching NT$38.5 billion ($1.2 billion), though this was little changed from October. Sales for the period of January to November reached NT$390.5 billion ($12.5 billion). Innolux shipped approximately 12.4 million large panels, an increase of 2.6% MoM, bringing large panel shipments in the … Read more

Innolux to Double Capex in 2015

Following the announcement last week of its highest quarterly net profit in four years, Innolux has said that it plans to double its capital spending next year to NT$40 billion ($1.3 billion). The company’s chairman, Tuan Hsing-chien, told investors that next year’s spending will primarily be on capacity expansion, whereas the focus of the last … Read more

Intel Discusses Future PC Technologies

Intel SVP Kirk Skaugen has spoken about the company’s vision for PCs, specifically discussing three technologies: wireless PCs, eliminating passwords and enabling new kinds of user interface. Speaking at an event in California, Skaugen showed how radio-based technologies make it possible to set a laptop on a table and immediately have the screen mirrored to … Read more

Intel to Deliver Chips for Next Generation of Google Glass

As many analysts are debating the downfall of Google Glass, the Wall Street Journal released a report saying that Intel will be delivering the processor for the second generation of the device. The report sees this as a great chance for Intel to enter a new technology platform at its beginning after it missed entering … Read more

Interview With Magnetic 3D CEO Tom Zerega

I had the chance to visit Magnetic 3D’s offices in downtown Manhattan and speak to Magnetic’s CEO Tom Zerega. Magnetic 3D is a developer and manufacturer of autostereoscopic displays from 22″ to 55″. The company is busy developing new products for a variety of applications. While Magnetic 3D was mainly known for developing autostereoscopic displays … Read more

Ipsos Sees 50% of Adults Having Used a Mobile TV Platform

Ipsos Media CT, part of the market research firm Ipsos, has released its findings on the use of mobile platforms for watching TV. According to a recently released study, it finds that half of all adults age 18 to 49 have tried mobile platforms for watching TV. However, 9 in 10 adults prefer watching TV … Read more

Is Samsung Moving Away From Qualcomm With S6?

The first rumours of the Galaxy S6 have begun to appear. According to Sammobile, the phone is code-named Project Zero. While the screen size has not been leaked, the display resolution will apparently be 2560 x 1440. The source says that Samsung is still deciding between a 16MP and 20MP camera, though feels that a … Read more

ITRI Announces Spin-Off FlexUP Technologies Corp.

ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) from South Korea says it has licensed a new flexible display and backplane technology to start-up company FlexUP Technologies Corp. ITRI developed this new flexible backplane technology in support of flexible display development. ITRI described the FlexUP Technolgy in a 2011 paper submitted to the SID Information Display (http://tinyurl.com/naw8oar). ITRI … Read more

Jaunt Developing a Camera that Records 360 deg Imagery in 3D

A prototype camera is under development at Jaunt Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) that can record 360 degree stereoscopic imagery. The prototype uses 14 high definition, 60 fps GoPro cameras to make left and right eye spherical stereo images. One of the challenges in creating such a panoramic image is to stitch the images together matching … Read more

Kiss Connectivity’ Speeds File Sharing

A US startup called Keyssa has developed its own solution to transfer data wirelessly. The solution is based around a new chip using high-frequency (60GHz) radiowaves to transfer data quickly between devices that are physically touching (‘Kiss Connectivity’). Keyssa envisions its chips replacing physical (wired) connectors on all sorts of devices, including smartphones, laptops and … Read more