Vol 21 – Issue 46 – Page 7

Samsung Display Requests Component Price Cuts

by Raverstead

Samsung Display is asking supply chaing members to lower component pricing by as much as 30%, as the company aims to drop its overall pricing for small- and medium-size panels. The news comes from …

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Applied Materials Result 19/11/2014

by Raverstead

Applied Materials Inc. has reported its fourth quarter and full year results. The company posted a net profit in Q4 of $290 million on turnover of $2.2 billion, which compares with a net profit …

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Hon Hai Result 19/11/2014

by Raverstead

Hon Hai Precision Industry Company posted a net profit of NT$34 billion ($1.1 billion) in the third quarter of the year on turnover of NT$ 950.5 billion ($30.7 billion), bringing net profit in the …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Notebooks Profit From Falling Tablets

by Raverstead

Notebook PC shipments were up 10% YoY in Q3, DisplaySearch has said, to 49.4 million units. By comparison, tablet PC shipments fell 8%. The mature markets of North America and Western Europe drove notebook …

CTouch Europe Appoints Granteq in ME

by Raverstead

CTouch Europe has appointed Granteq Distribution in the Middle East to expand its presence in the region. Granteq will sell and distribute CTouch Europe’s large format touchscreens across the Gulf states.

Tags:CTouch| Distributors| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Plessey Expands European Reach

by Raverstead

Plessey has signed a distribution agreement with Syscom Electronique to expand its European network with coverage in the France and Tunisia markets for its GaN-on-Silicon LED products.

Tags:Distributors| France| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 46

EC Appoints Ziggo Monitor

by Raverstead

Following the final approval last month by the European Commission of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo, the Commission has appointed a monitoring trustee to oversee the transaction. CompetitionRx, a London-based company …

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SMI Adds Eye-Tracking to Oculus

by Raverstead

Germany’s Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) has launched an eye-tracking upgrade package for the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 (DK2). The package adds SMI’s eye-tracking 295 to the device; it is supplied with a C/C++ SDK …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Cambrios Updates on Silver Nanowires

by Bob Raikes

Sri Peruvembra of Cambrios (he is marketing for them one day a week, while also running a consulting business now) introduced silver nanowire technology from Cambrios. As we have reported, metal mesh technologies were …

Atomos Shows 4K Shogun Video Monitor/Recorder

by Raverstead

In 2012, 3D Guru Al Caudullo (3DGuy.tv) judged the Atomos Ninja the “Best External Video Recorder” for 3D. I had a chance to visit Atomos (Victoria, Australia) at CCW 2014 and see not only …

IneoQuest Shows Video Analytics Solution at CCW

by Raverstead

With new TV and video distribution channels, developing quality control is becoming more and more complex. IneoQuest offers tools that allow end user-based quality control of video transmissions. These tools are based on a …

Tags:CCW 2014 (Content & Communications World)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Optoma Buys NuForce

by Raverstead

Optoma has acquired NuForce, a maker of consumer audio products. Optoma described the acquisition as a “logical progression” for the company. Optoma’s new sound range will be available across Europe, the Middle East, Africa …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 21 - Issue 46