Renesas Result 29/10/2014
Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced its results for Q2 and the first six months of the year. The company’s net profit for the second quarter was
STMicroelectronics Result 30/10/2014
STMicroelectronics swung to a net profit in the third quarter of the year of $72 million from a net loss a year earlier of $142 million. Turnover for Q3 of this year was $1.8 billion, compared with turnover of $2 billion in Q3 of last year. For the first nine months of this year, STMicro’s … Read more
TPK Result 29/10/2014
TPK Holding Co. Ltd. recorded a net loss in the third quarter of NT$241 million ($7.9 million) on turnover of NT$32.6 billion ($1 billion), which compares with a net profit a year earlier of NT$1 billion ($32.8 million) on turnover of NT$29.4 billion ($966.2 million).
UMC Result 30/10/2014
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported a net profit in Q3 of NT$2.9 billion ($95.3 million) on turnover of NT$35.2 billion ($1.1 billion), which compares with a net profit of NT$3.5 billion ($115 million) on turnover of NT$33.4 billion ($1 billion) in Q3 of last year.
Exertis Combines Businesses
Exertis Micro-P and Exertis Gem have merged into a single business. Going forward, they will trade under the combined name of Exertis (UK) Ltd.
Parade Brings DisplayPort SST to UltraHD Tcon
A new UltraHD timing controller, using embedded DisplayPort (eDP) v1.3, has been developed by Parade Technologies. The DP667 is said to be the first Tcon for UltraHD LCD panels that support the use of the DisplayPort Single Stream Transport (SST) protocol. Supporting UltraHD at 60fps, using 24- or 30-bit colour, the DP667’s eDP interface operates … Read more
Parade Extends Jitter-Cleaning to HDMI 2.0
To promote the use of the HDMI 2.0 standard, Parade Technologies has released a jitter-cleaning repeater chip called the PS8409. It is designed to remove clock jitter and data jitter/skew from an HDMI 2.0 signal. The 6Gbps data rate of HDMI 2.0 signals poses a challenge to system designers. Because of this, several HDMI 2.0 … Read more
Silicon Labs Claims Industry’s Smallest Tuner IC Footprint
Silicon Labs’ new Si2151 and Si2141 are the sixth-generation of the company’s TV tuner ICs. Developed for the global hybrid TV and digital TV markets, they support digital and analogue broadcasts and comply with both terrestrial and cable TV standards. The tuners are especially suited for use in the Chinese market, as they comply fully … Read more
Acer Achieves 2015 Carbon Goal Early
Acer America will manage to offset 100% of its carbon emissions this year, the company has announced – a goal it had set for next year. The purchase of more than 27 million kWh of green power, in the form of renewable energy credits, will offset emissions from Acer’s US facilities through to the end … Read more
Canatu Recognises CNI as Manufacturing Partner
China’s CN Innovations has been qualified by Canatu as a partner for the manufacture of carbon nanobud (CNB) touch sensors. The partnership will target brand OEMs in the mobile and wearable devices; home appliances; white goods; and automotive interiors markets.
Amazon Sticks It To Chromecast
Amazon already has its own set-top box (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14), but is now challenging the growing streaming stick market with the Fire TV stick. Streaming OTT services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Instant Video, the stick has 8GB of storage and 1GB of RAM, compared to Chromecast’s 2GB and 512MB. 1920 … Read more
Apple’s Warranty & AppleCare Programs:
Invitations have been sent out to an event on 9th September by Apple, effectively confirming the previously-rumoured iPhone 6 launch date. Unlike the company’s previous invitations, there is no hint of what will be shown (the iPhone 5’s event invitation was particularly in-your-face). However, Apple has a history of releasing its handsets in early autumn. … Read more
