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Toshiba Executives to Step Down

by Helen Vince

According to reports, Toshiba Corp’s CEO and other board members are to resign over the accounting irregularities which are currently under investigation. CEO Hisao Tanaka and vice chairman Norio Sasaki are two of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 29

LG to Close Chinese Facility?

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics ‘may’ close down its Shanghai-based production facilities (called LGESH), according to Korean media. Declining profits and increased labour costs in China are behind the move, said the source. LG set up the …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

BOE to Take Third Place in LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Media reports from Taiwan claim that BOE will become the world’s third-largest panel maker, in terms of LCD capacity, by 2018. The prediction will come into effect when BOE’s G10.5 facility comes online in …

Microsoft Closes Chinese Plants, Looks to OEMs

by Milos Pavlovic

‘Industry sources’ say that Microsoft has closed its handset manufacturing plants in Beijing and Dongguang. The company is preparing to outsource more work to Taiwanese ODMs, sources said. Production is also expected to be …

Nadella Responds to ‘Death of Windows Phone’ Claims

by Tom Allen

Following the announcement of job losses in Microsoft’s phone business (Microsoft to Cut 7,500 Jobs), ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley sat down with CEO Satya Nadella at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference. Nadella’s comments about …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 29| Windows

BOE Reaches Out to Korea for OLED JV

by Tom Allen

Sources have told the Korea Times that BOE has proposed the establishment of an OLED joint venture with LG Display and Samsung Display. One source said that “an affiliate” of BOE had reached out …

Continental Claims OLED Mirrors Are Safer and Fuel-Efficient

by Tom Allen

Continental has demonstrated how cameras and screens can be used to replace a car’s exterior and interior mirrors. Three cameras were installed in a test vehicle in the USA, as well as two 12.3″ …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Commodore Revived for 21st Century

by Tom Allen

For those that grew up tapping away on the giant keyboard of a Commodore 64, this news might be a welcome surprise. The brand is being resurrected – as a smartphone. Sharing its name …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Asus Expects Sales to Fall

by Tom Allen

Asus CEO Jerry Shen has said that the company expects to ship between 7 million and 9 million tablets this year – down as much as 25.5% from 2014’s 9.4 million. At the end …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Asustek Expects to Break-Even on Tablets

by Helen Vince

Asustek Computer said it expects its tablet business to break even this year, after reporting losses for its tablet operations in 2014 and the first half of this year. The company has taken measures …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

China to Overtake Korean LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that Chinese makers’ LCD capacity will pass Koreans’ in 2016, due to new and expanded G8 production. Meanwhile, Korean companies are increasingly looking to AMOLED. The sources said that Samsung …

V-Nova’s Perseus Drives Aerospace Telemetry

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has shown off the capability of its Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements), for use in aerospace applications. The codec was used in the flight of Airbus’ all-electric E-Fan technology …

Tags:Back Panel| Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29