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Mark Lufkin, ViewSonic

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Mark is the MD of ViewSonic Europe, having joined the company in 2012. He has a strong history in technology, having previously worked at HP, Netpower, Sony, Lenovo and Promethean. Mark aims to have …

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Gartner Revises Semiconductor Forecast Upwards

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Global semiconductor revenue is on track to reach $338 billion this year, a 7.2% increase from last year, says Gartner. The figure also represents a climb from Gartner’s forecast in Q3’14 of 6.7% annual …

CSOT Heralds Small/Medium G6 Fab

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A new G6 LTPS facility has been opened by China Star Optoelectronics in China. CNY16 billion ($2.6 billion) was invested in the line. Around 30,000 high-end small- and medium-size LTPS panels will be produced …

US Consumers Value Cars and Smartphones

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A very interesting article has been posted by Warranty Week, about the market for product protection plans (aka extended warranties) in the USA. Despite the urgings of so-called watchdogs, the adoption of these insurance …

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Allwinner Targets Premium SoCs

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China’s Allwinner Technology has announced a new octa-core SoC for high-end set-top boxes and gaming devices. The H8 chip is based on TSMC’s 28nm process. It uses eight Cortex-A7 cores, running at up to …

IP to Blame for Broadcom OIC Exit – Apparently

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The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) has not been around for long – it was established this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28). It could be seen as a bad sign, therefore, that founding …

HTC Smartphone Production Moves Out-of-House

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HTC will outsource part of its smartphone production to contract manufacturers, CEO Peter Chou has said.

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BOE Receives Grant Towards OLED Line

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BOE Display has been granted a CNY124 million ($20.2 million) subsidy towards its G8.5 OLED fab in Hefei by the local government. The subsidy will be recognised as deferred income. BOE’s facility is currently …

Acer Appoints BDL Group in MEA

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Acer has appointed BDL Group to distribute its consumer and commercial range of tablets, projectors, display panels and notebooks in the Middle East. The Dubai-based distributor will offer Acer products in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar …

Digitimes Reports Notebook Market Growth in Q3

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Digitimes Research has released preliminary quarterly shipment numbers for the notebook market. According to its data, the global market for notebook computers (excluding 2-in-1 computers) showed an increase of 6.4% sequentially and 2.6% year …

Silicon Image Hires CSO/CTO

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Khurram Sheikh has joined Silicon Image as the company’s new chief strategy officer and chief technology officer. In this new role, Sheikh will be responsible for driving the company

Open-Source Platform Adds Microdisplay

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Tinyduino is an open-source wearables development platform, based on Arduino, which will soon be offering a 0.9″ OLED microdisplay to its developer community. The ‘Tinyscreen’ component will feature 16-bit colour, 96 x 64 resolution …

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