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Sony Cuts Loss Forecast but Also Cuts More Jobs

by Vanessa Browning

Sony says it expects to record an annual net loss this year of ¥170 billion ($1.4 billion), a considerable improvement on the company’s previous forecast of a net loss of ¥230 billion ($1.9 billion). Sony cited …

ARM Reaches 120fps UltraHD on Mobile

by Tom Allen

ARM has IP for a new processor called the Cortex-A72, for mobile SoC, which can support UltraHD at 120fps. 10 vendors, including HiSilicon, MediaTek and Rockchip, have already licensed the processor. The Cortex-A72 is based …

Saygus Takes Aim at UltraHD on Mobile

by Tom Allen

Aiming to bring long-format UltraHD to mobiles, little-known US company Saygus has introduced the Saygus V² – a smartphone with up to 320GB of storage. UltraHD recorded at 30fps takes up about 2GB for every …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UltraHD| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Magna Buys Part of PLDS

by Norbert Hildebrand

Magna is to acquire the head-up display and electronic components units of Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS), the joint venture company between Philips and Lite-On which focuses on the design, development, sales, marketing, customer …

Visor-based Auto HUD Coming from DD Technologies

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to talk to RR Technologies (Vancouver, Canada) recently about their new automotive Heads-up Display (HUD) called Iris. It is the first visor-based HUD we have heard about and will be …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Sharp to Cut Panel Prices

by Tom Allen

Asian sources, apparently quoting Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, have said that Sharp will cut the prices of the smartphone panels it sells to China’s Xiaomi, to maintain orders. The Nikkei said that prices would be …

Truly Looks to OGS and TOL Technologies

by Tom Allen

Truly Optoelectronics will increase production of OGS products for use in non-smartphone applications this year, say sources in the Asian supply chain. The company is looking at OGS and touch-on-lens (TOL) technologies for the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Touch Market| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Printed OLED Trials Begin This Year, Says DuPont

by Tom Allen

DuPont’s 4.3″ printed OLED prototype DuPont’s David Flattery, director of operations at the OLED unit, has spoken to OLED-Info about the company’s work on materials and techniques. The full interview can be found at http://tinyurl.com/llplpod, but we …

Leap Motion Shows Virtual Planetarium

by Norbert Hildebrand

As augmented and virtual reality hardware is on top of the list to be “the next big thing”, the potential use of such hardware is still under discussion. So far, general use as an …

Tags:Leap Motion| Mobile Display Monitor| Planetariums| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Smartphone Displays Keep Getting Better, But ASPs Are Falling

by Tom Allen

Panel manufacturers are being pressured to lower smartphone display module prices, even as resolution and average sizes continue to climb, says IHS. The firm believes that mobile phone display shipments reached 2 billion units …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Toshiba Result 04/02/2015

by Helen Vince

Toshiba Corporation recorded a 139% increase in net profit in Q3, rising to ¥41.1 billion ($350.1 million) from ¥17.2 billion ($146.5 million) in Q3 of the previous year, while turnover improved 6.6% to ¥1.6 trillion ($13.6 billion) …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Samsung Installs New Digital Classroom

by Tom Allen

Samsung has opened a new digital classroom in Stoke-on-Trent in the UK. The company hopes that the classroom will be used to help young people to develop technological skills and boost their confidence. The room …