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US Consumers Value Cars and Smartphones

by Super User

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 …

Tags:Life Cycle Management| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Allwinner Targets Premium SoCs

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

BOE Receives Grant Towards OLED Line

by Super User

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

by Super User

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

by Super User

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 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

BOE to Invest $3.6 Billion in AMOLED Fab

by Super User

Following last week’s report that BOE Display will receive a $20 million government subsidy towards its G8.5 OLED fab in Hefei (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), the company has announced plans to build …

Exertis Combines Businesses

by Super User

Exertis Micro-P and Exertis Gem have merged into a single business. Going forward, they will trade under the combined name of Exertis (UK) Ltd.

Balacing Charge Extends QD Efficiencies

by Super User

Chinese researchers have taken quantum dot (QD) LEDs above 20% external quantum efficiency (EQE) – thought to be the technology’s theoretical maximum (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 20) – for the first time. By …