Mobile Display Monitor – Page 779

TPK Rebounds in March

by Helen Vince

TPK reported a 45.2% sequential increase in sales in March and 32.7% jump year on year to NT$10.6 billion ($340.6 million). Last month’s result brought sales in the first three months of 2015 to …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Global Semiconductor Sales Increase in February 2015, says SIA

by Tom Allen

Both the Semiconductor Industry Association and Gartner have released their most recent semiconductor sales estimates – for February 2015 from the SIA, and the year 2014 from Gartner. Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $27.8 billion …

HTC’s March Sales Up 117% MoM

by Helen Vince

HTC says that thanks to strong demand for the new HTC One M9 smartphone, sales in March climbed 117% sequentially and 23.4% year on year to NT$20 billion ($642.8 million). In Q1 HTC posted …

Tags:Financial Data| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

China’s MIIT Reveals Huawei Flagship

by Tom Allen

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has shared the specifications of Huawei’s upcoming Ascend P8 smartphone. The handset will have a 5.2″ display (1920 x 1080) and run on an octa-core Kirin 930 …

Inventec Eyes APAC Expansion

by Tom Allen

Inventec chairman Richard Lee has said that the company is considering establishing factories in Japan and Singapore this year. The depreciation of the yen against the dollar has led to requests for local assembly …

Touch Popular in Detachable Notebooks

by Tom Allen

Q4 is traditionally a strong period for notebook sales, and shipments of notebook touch panels in Q4’14 rose 9.4% YoY, to 5.6 million units. In area terms, shipments rose 7% QoQ and 15.6% YoY. …

Fujitsu Receives Award for Science and Technology for Wrap Around Imaging Technology

by Norbert Hildebrand

Fujitsu has received an award for a 360 degree wrap around video imaging technology aimed at the automotive market. With 360 degree cameras becoming more popular as a way to acquire content for virtual …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Automotive| Fujitsu| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

More Details of V-Nova Perseus Emerge

by Bob Raikes

We have managed to glean some more details of the Perseus compression technology from V-Nova (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements). Digitaltveurope.net reports that at the technology launch, a stream of 300Mbps was shown …

Intel Acquires Lemoptix

by Helen Vince

News has only recently emerged that Intel has acquired Swiss scanning micromirror technology firm Lemoptix. According to a notice on Lemoptix’s website, the transaction was completed last month, though no further details have been …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

ABI: Tablets Will Overtake Notebooks in Mobile Category

by Tom Allen

Tablets will overtake notebooks as the largest mobile PC category this year, says ABI Research. According to the firm, tablets will take 52% of the global market by the end of the year, while …

IGZO Production Steps Up on iPad Rumours

by Tom Allen

IGZO production is said to be increasing, following reports that Apple will use the technology in its (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad Pro. ET News says that LG Display has begun tooling for a G8 plant …

App Developers Cotton on to OLED Technology

by Tom Allen

Image credit: Android PoliceA new app on the Google Play store promises to extend the battery life of smartphones with OLED displays. ‘Pixel OFF’ turns off some pixels in the display, darkening the screen …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| pixels| Power Consumption| Vol 22 - Issue 15