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Global semiconductor revenue is on track to reach $338 billion this year, a 7.2% increase from last year, says Gartner. The figure also represents a climb from Gartner’s forecast in Q3’14 of 6.7% annual growth. Preparation for the Christmas shopping period put semiconductor revenues at an all-time high in Q3. There will be “a flood” … Read more
The OLED Association’s Barry Young has spoken to OLED-Info about the future of the OLED market (http://tinyurl.com/oo9qap4). On the topic of OLED TVs, Young notes that LG is now claiming yields higher than 80% for its WOLED approach. Samsung’s LTPS/Small Mask Scanning production has proven too expensive to commercialise, sending the company back to the … Read more
Vaio, Sony’s ex-PC unit (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 6), has shown a tablet PC concept that appears to target the same audience as Microsoft’s Surface Pro. Despite the similarity, though, Vaio says that it is trying to emulate a domestic rival: Panasonic, which targets professionals with its PCs. Panasonic’s products are known for being … Read more
Nanoco Group has named Mark Sullivan as interim CFO while the company’s current CFO, Colin White, takes a leave of absence for personal reasons.
Aaxa claims that its new M4 Portable Projector is the world’s brightest battery-powered unit to-date. Using a 28W lithium ion battery, the DLP projector will run for 90 minutes on a single charge at 400 lumens (800 lumens on mains power). According to the company, this is more than three times as bright as comparable … Read more
Germany’s Adversign has developed a ‘tablet’ for small signage applications. We use quote marks because the product is a bit bigger than your normal handheld… Adversign argues that consumers are used to seeing and using small (7″ – 10″) displays, although this is too small for signage. Most signage screens start at 32″; the company … Read more
Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), Nvidia introduced the GTX 970 and GTX 980 desktop GPUs, based on the new Maxwell architecture (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8). Now, the company has ushered in Maxwell-based notebook cards: the GTX 970M and GTX 980M. Nvidia claims that Maxwell shrinks the performance gap between these … Read more
A research team in the USA has devised a way to create a stretchable supercapacitor, which can be used to store large amounts of energy. ‘The development of flexible electronic devices, such as wearable or implantable biomedical sensors or monitoring devices, will require flexible power-storage systems’, writes MIT, which was involved in the project. To … Read more
BMW has presented its Supplier Innovation Award to Corning, for its ‘Gorilla Glass for Automotive’ product. BMW uses the glass in its i8 vehicle.
Pico projection technology specialist Microvision says it has received purchase orders to the value of $1.9 million for components for high definition display modules being developed by its Fortune Global 100 customer. Microvision announced last April that it had signed a development agreement with the un-named company, which was described as an OEM “electronics giant” … Read more
Tech Data’s mobile division is now distributing unlocked iPhone 4S, 5 and 5C models through its reseller network in Spain, for Apple.
Ingram Micro Mobility has added Kazam smartphones to its portfolio. The company is now distributing the devices in Italy and Poland.
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