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Virtual Laval Gains From Long Term Development

by Bob Raikes

Last week, we attended an event, Virtual Laval, in Laval in Normandy, France for the first time. We had intended to visit last year, but we failed as an Air Traffic Controller’s dispute in …

Atomos Brings HDR to Field Monitors

by Tom Allen

Atomos has shown off two new 7.1″ field monitors prior to NAB, which display 10 stops of luminance detail, with 10-bit HDR post production colour accuracy (8-bit + FRC); said to be the first …

Toshiba Pushes Two Signals At Once

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s semiconductor division has developed a dual-picture video processor, for high-resolution automotive displays. Mass production of the TC90195XBG chip is scheduled to begin in June. The processor supports a single 1920 x 720 display. …

Tags:Automotive| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Asbis Brings Alcatel to Eastern Europe

by Isaac Oburu

Asbis is distributing Alcatel’s smartphone, tablets and smartwatches in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Tags:Asbis (Prestigio)| Distribution| Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Rift – Finally – Reaches Customers

by Tom Allen

It’s been a long wait – four years since the Kickstarter campaign began! – but the Oculus Rift headset is finally being shipped. Those customers who were able to pre-order the consumer model of …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Acer Splits to Focus on Recovery

by Tom Allen

Following the split of HP into two separate units, Acer has announced that it is taking the same path, in order to turn around its poor finances (revenue was down 20% YoY last year). …

Tags:Acer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 12

The End of Moore’s Law?

by Bob Raikes

Well, last week, I was going to write my editorial about chips and “the end of Moore’s Law”, but I started and it turned out to be something else! Now it seems doubly appropriate, …

ASE Must Wait Before SPIL Bid

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission is suspending its review of ASE’s bid to take over SPIL (ASE Fails in SPIL Bid), meaning that there will be no exemption from the year-long ‘cooling off’ period before …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 23 - Issue 12

HannStar Result 28/03/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

HannStar Display Corp. reported Q4 net loss of NT$ 1.35 billion ($41.7 million), up 91% YoY from NT$ 659 million ($20.36 million). Turnover for the period was NT$ 3.77 billion ($116 million), down 40% …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Chinese Threat to Korean Makers is Rising

by Tom Allen

Analysts speaking at the Korea Display Week had gloomy predictions for Korean display makers’ LCD business. The LCD market this year will be affected by long-term oversupply, falling demand and the rising influence of …

LGD and SDC Aim at 1,500 ppi

by Isaac Oburu

Recent reports have indicated that SDC and LG are planning OLED displays that will exceed 1,500 PPI. SDC will apparently base its new production lines on glass or plastic printed circuit boards, while LGD …

Apple Has Looked at Imagination for Acquisition

by Tom Allen

UK-based Imagination Technologies is under scrutiny as a possible acquisition for Apple, which uses its PowerVR GPUs in the iPad and iPhone. Apple already owns 8.42% of the company – its third-largest shareholder – …