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Global unit shipments of flat-panel displays (FPD) are expected to plunge by 11.1 percent in 2020 as the coronavirus crisis cripples demand for televisions and smartphones, according to Omdia. FPD shipments are set to total 3.2 billion units in 2020, down from 3.6 billion in 2019. The market has been undergoing low-single-digit increases and decreases … Read more
IDC is forecasting that the European smartphone market will likely fall in value by more than a quarter this year in the aftermath of widespread national lockdowns to combat the spread of coronavirus. Under IDC’s current forecast, in a worst-case scenario the value drop could be close to a half. This will be the sharpest … Read more
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $419.1 billion in 2019, down 12% from 2018, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. “Oversupply in the DRAM market helped push the overall memory market down 32.7% 2019. The memory market accounted for 26.1% of semiconductor sales in 2019 and was the worst-performing device segment,” said Andrew Norwood, research vice … Read more
Taking precautionary measures in light of COVID-19, the Society for Information Display (SID) has rescheduled the 57th International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, known internationally as Display Week 2020, to August 2-7, 2020, at the San Jose Convention Center. The event was previously scheduled for June 7-12 in San Francisco. “COVID-19 has had an unprecedented, unanticipated … Read more
AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV® is pleased to present the new all-season outdoor TV, the 86″ UltraView™ UHD Outdoor TV (UV862-EUK). Providing 4K resolution and a brightness that is three times that of the average of indoor TV, the new 86” UltraView™ UHD Outdoor TV provides an exceptional viewing experience for invigorating entertainment in outdoor spaces … Read more
When Canyon Bridge Partners, which is owned by China Reforma Chinese state-owned investment fund, sought to buy Imagination Technologies in 2017, Theresa May’s government approved the acquisition on the basis that Canyon Bridge was licensed and regulated by US law. When the Trump administration blocked Canyon Bridge’s attempted acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor in September 2017, … Read more
Looking through a microscopic lens rather than a telescopic lens, market experts at DisplayWeek 2019’s Business Conference, postulated that flexible OLED capacity should be converted to rigid capacity because rigid displays were outselling flexible by a 2:1 ratio. But they neglected to take into account the Chinese OEMs’ desire to close the gap with Samsung … Read more
Pixelworks, Inc., a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, and OnePlus, a premium global smartphone manufacturer, announced that the new OnePlus 8 Pro flagship smartphone incorporates the fifth generation Pixelworks® visual processor with unique, industry leading features, including MotionEngine® technology with Dual MIPI processing, Always HDR Experience, also known as “HDR Boost,” … Read more
With today’s smartphones becoming more and more alike and difficult to distinguish by technical specifications alone, LG Electronics (LG) is answering the challenge by embarking on a new product roadmap that will emphasize distinctive designs and “tactile” elegance to set itself apart. The first device to illustrate this new philosophy is the upcoming LG VELVET, … Read more
EIZO Corporation announced that four of its FlexScan EV series monitors earned EPEAT Silver certification for reducing environmental impact. EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) is an electronic product environmentalassessment system which was established in the USA in 2006. Today, government facilities andthousands of private and public institutions refer to EPEAT for sustainable procurement. The … Read more
According to relevant statistics compiled by Sigmaintell, global retail sales in 2019 were US $ 25 trillion, an increase of 4.5% year-on-year, and total retail sales in Mainland China were US $ 6.1 trillion, an increase of 8% year-on-year. In terms of information change efficiency, error rate, service life, labor cost, convenient management, and consumer … Read more
The global traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 9.8% year over year in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), reaching a total of 53.2 million shipments according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The stark decline after a year of growth in … Read more
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