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Albregts Becomes Sharp’s President and CEO

by Yvette Raikes

Doug Albregts has been appointed as president and CEO of Sharp Electronic Corp., the US subsidiary of the Japanese company, succeeding Toshiyuki Osawa. Albregts was previously president of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of …

Two Backplanes: 1) Wow, and 2) Incroyable!

by Ken Werner

Let’s start with Wow. Sharp has been using its hard-earned IGZO expertise in a variety of creative ways, one of which is to use the speedy TFT technology to fabricate gate drivers on the …

Tags:IGZO| Patents| sharp| TFT| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Sharp Boosts Panel Sales to UMC

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei reported that Sharp will become the main supplier of panels to UMC of Slovakia, which currently runs and makes TVs for the Sharp TV brand in Europe. Sharp is reported to be looking …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| sharp| UMC| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Sharp Explains its Developments in PCap Touch and IGZO

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has been on a journey to build its business for touch displays and chose to work with certified value added partners. Now that journey is seeing products come to market. Sharp also showed …

Tags:IGZO| sharp| SID Display Week 2016| Touch

8K Monitor Uses 8 DisplayPort Connections

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the new 8K 27″ monitor that Sharp showed privately at IFA and has now shown publicly at the Ceatec Show in Japan (Sharp Shows 27-inch 8K Monitor at IFA). The company …

Sharp to Exploit Foxconn in Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei reports that Sharp is to exploit its ownership by extending its sales of smartphones in Japan from the Aquos high end models that it currently sells to lower priced models.

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Sharp Announces Next Generation Of Professional LCD Displays

by Isaac Oburu

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, today announces its next generation of professional-grade LCD monitors for its award winning PN-R series. Available in 42″ Class (41.9″ …

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Sharp Shows 1000+ ppi For VR and Rounded Corners on LCD

by Bob Raikes

At Ceatec in Japan, Sharp has shown an LCD based on an IGZO backplane that has reached a pixel density of more than 1000 ppi. The panel was 2.87″ in diagonal with 1920 x …

Sharp Commits to OLED Pilot Lines

by Bob Raikes

Sharp said that $570 million, part of the money that Foxconn committed to future investment in Sharp when it took over the business, will be spent on building two pilot OLED manufacturing lines in …

Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Sharp Repurchases Offices

by Yvette Raikes

Sharp sold some of its premises in 2015 when business took a downturn. However, Foxconn chairman Terry Guo and Sharp president Dai Cheng-wu have made good on their promise to buy back the old …

Sharp Wants to Double Global TV Sales

by Milos Pavlovic

News sources in Japan reported that Sharp intends to double its global TV sales to 10 million by 2018, exploiting the supply chain that it has after its acquisition by Foxconn, although this will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TV Set Market| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Hy-Line Inks Distribution Deal

by Isaac Oburu

Hy-line has signed an agreement with Sharp to distribute its displays in Germany.