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AMD Result 24/04/2015

by Helen Vince

AMD’s net loss in the first quarter of the year widened to $180 million from $20 million in Q1 of last year. Turnover for the quarter fell 26% year on year to $1 billion …

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QD Vision Supports Thinner Display Trend

by Tom Allen

A new 2mm quantum dot has been introduced by QD Vision. The new Color IQ component is 33% narrower than QD Vision’s previous 3mm QD. Compatible with LCD displays using 2mm light guide plates, …

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LG Takes ISRI’s Highest Award

by Tom Allen

LG has received the 2015 Design for Recycling Award from the Institute of Scrap Recycling (ISRI). The award – ISRI’s highest – was granted to LG for its TVs, specifically the UltraHD and OLED …

Xplore Acquires Motion in $16 Million Deal

by Helen Vince

Xplore Technologies, a US-based manufacturer of rugged tablet PCs, US has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Motion Computing and its subsidiaries, which also produces rugged tablets. The transaction will be …

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Piccolino Extends Arduino Capabilities

by Tom Allen

World Class Technologies (WCT) has begun a Kickstarter campaign (now well past its funding goal) to develop an OLED display, plus other components, for the Arduino computing platform. Arduino computing boards can be used …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Apple Watch Supply Issues Caused by Display and Motor

by Tom Allen

An analyst at China’s KGI Securities, Ming Chi-Kuo, says that the Apple Watch supply issues (Apple Cuts Watch Targets on Display Concerns…) have been caused by difficulty in producing two components. The first is …

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LG Supplies Slim Panels to Chinese Makers

by Tom Allen

LG Display has signed an agreement to supply its ‘Art Slim’ LCD TV panels to Chinese companies for new lines. The 55″ and 65″ panels will be used in TV ranges from Hisense, Haier, …

Ricoh Brings Bright Projection to Classrooms

by Tom Allen

Ricoh’s new entry-level DLP projectors are able to display images from a variety of sources, including PCs, camcorders and DVD players. They also cover multiple resolutions and are compact (314 x 224 x 102mm, …

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Tianma Claims SFT-QD Display Will Have High Brightness

by Tom Allen

Content available to subscribers only. Tianma NLT America is preparing a 21.3″ LCD display using quantum dots, to be shown at SID 2015 in June. The unit has 2048 x 1536 resolution and uses …

Eurostar Begins Signage Rollout

by Tom Allen

More than 60 Samsung screens, ranging from 22″ to 55″ (1920 x 1080), have been installed at Eurostar railway stations in London and Brussels. They can be used for way-finding, check-in and to find …

Chevy Prints a Video

by Tom Allen

American car brand Chevy has worked with its advertising agency to put a video screen and player into physical magazines. 10,000 copies of Esquire and Popular Mechanics had the screen embedded into a printed …

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Rumour: Apple Takes on JOLED for iPad

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News claims that Apple has contracted JOLED – a joint venture between Japan Display, Sony and Panasonic – to produce OLED panels for its next-generation iPads. Similar rumours have appeared before, claiming …