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ZACEEZ Will Replace Shenzen

by Tom Allen

Taiwan-based handset makers say that China’s Zhengzhou Airport Comprehensive Economic Experimental Zone (ZACEEZ) is set to replace Shenzen as the world’s largest handset production base. The Zone, in northern China, has a cluster of …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Foxconn’s June Sales Slightly Higher

by Helen Vince

Foxconn Electronics reported a 5.6% month on month and 0.5% year on year increase in sales in June, to NT$318.5 billion ($10.2 billion). Last month’s result brought sales for the quarter to NT$972.6 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Innolux June Sales, Shipments Decline

by Helen Vince

Innolux reported declining sales and shipments in June, with revenue falling 3.3% sequentially and 17.5% year on year to NT$30.3 billion ($976.1 million). In the second quarter, Innolux’s sales were 6.4% lower than Q1 …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Everlight, Unity Opto Report Mixed MoM Growth

by Helen Vince

Everlight Electronics recorded a 10.4% month on month increase in sales in June to NT$2.4 billion ($77.3 million), though this was 4.1% lower year on year. Fellow LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology, …

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

Legacy Devices May be Left Behind in UltraHD Protection Race

by Tom Allen

Faster-than-expected UltraHD penetration means that content protection is a ‘growing concern’ says ABI Research. As UltraHD content availability rises, studios are demanding stronger protection. The best protection is built into hardware in combination with …

Elbit and ATR Sign Contract to Include Skylens into Airplanes

by Norbert Hildebrand

ATR, the French based manufacturer of turboprop aircraft, has signed a contract with Elbit system from Israel to provide the ClearVision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) with the Skylens wearable display for the ATR-72 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Flight Information (FIDs)| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Peratech’s QTC Enables Joysticks on a Smartphone Case

by Tom Allen

Peratech has worked with a company called Supenta, to create a smartphone case with a built-in game controller. Peratech’s Quantum Tunnelling Composite pressure-sensing technology is used in the Flitchio case; rather than using game …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Sensors| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Aptovision Takes Best of Show

by Tom Allen

Aptovision’s Blueriver NT+ chipset took home the ‘Best of Show’ award, from AV Technology, at Infocomm 2015. The device is able to transmit UltraHD video (at 60fps and 4:4:4 subsampling), 32 channels of audio, …

Apple Raises iPhone Orders From 2014

by Tom Allen

Apple has told its OEMs to produce 85 – 90 million 4.7″ and 5.5″ iPhone 6S units by the end of the year, says the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ says that 70 – …

Exertis Adds Kazam Smartphones in UK

by Helen Vince

Exertis is now offering Kazam’s LTE smartphones in the UK.

Slice Analysis Calls Apple Watch ‘A Failure’

by Tom Allen

The Apple Watch is a ‘failure’ according to research firm Slice Analysis. The company claims that sales have fallen 90% since April, from 200,000 a day to 20,000 a day (we’d still say that’s …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Gartner Lowers Chip Growth Prediction

by Tom Allen

Semiconductor revenue will rise 2.2% YoY this year, to $348 billion, says Gartner – although this is down from the Q4’14 forecast of 4% growth. The outlook for major applications, which drive the semiconductor …