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A “New” Electronic Paper Technology is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers led by Yusuke Komazaki in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo (Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan) is working to improve an e-paper technology that was invented in …

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TV Panel Prices to Fall on Supply Softening

by Tom Allen

Worldwide LCD TV panel supply, which was tight throughout 2014, began to ease in Q1’15, according to IHS’ data. The resulting rising inventory is expected to cause prices to fall in Q2 and Q3. …

Mobile Panel Prices Continue Downwards

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel pricing data for late April and early May. Weak IT demand in Q1 led to notebook vendors successfully driving down panel costs. IT demand is flat in Q2, …

Selevision Claims UltraHD at 4Mbps

by Tom Allen

A Saudi Arabian company, Selevision, has launched ‘Nukodec’, designed to replace the H.264 and HEVC codecs. The technology will be launched worldwide and is designed to lower the bandwidth of Full HD content to …

Tianma Takes Two Touches to SID

by Tom Allen

Tianma Microelectronics’ two new small LCD modules are high-brightness units, for use in marine, aviation and other outdoor applications. The smallest module is 4.3″, with 4-wire resistive touch and 480 x 272 resolution. It …

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IHS image of Mobile Phone Touch Module Shipments by Technology

Mobile Touch Shifts to Embedded With Apple and Samsung

by Tom Allen

Almost 40% of touch module shipments for mobile phones will use in- and on-cell touch this year, says IHS. The prediction comes following 47% YoY growth for the technologies last year, when they had …

NanoLumens Expands Management Team

by Helen Vince

Karen RobinsonCathy SteinerNanolumens has strengthened its management team with the appointment of two new executives and a new role for Karen Robinson. Robinson is moving from her job as executive VP (EVP) of sales …

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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 19

by Tom Allen

An ultra-light laptop, the LaVie Z, was introduced at CES 2015 by Lenovo (Too Much from Lenovo…). It is now on sale for $1,500. A convertible model with a 360° hinge (LaVie Z 360) …

Christie Updates GM’s Experience Centre Video Wall

by Tom Allen

Christie projectors have been chosen to modernise a video wall at GM’s Vehicle Engineering Centre. The upgrade, replacing nine non-Christie projectors, uses two Mirage 4K25 projectors, using Christie Twist and AutoCal for automatic blending …

Asus Leaves Android Behind

by Tom Allen

Apps cannot be installed on the Vivowatch, unlike Android Wear devices, because it lacks a mobile processorAsus has launched its Vivowatch (Asus Claims 10-Day Smartwatch Battery) in Taiwan, with its own ‘Kood’ OS. Kood …

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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 19

by Tom Allen

The 78XT920 is a new TV for the Chinese market, from Hisense. The LCD set is 78″, with UltraHD resolution, local dimming (between 240 and 288 zones) and an ‘expanded’ colour gamut’. It is …

Ingram Micro Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Ingram Micro Inc. reported a 72% increase in net profit in the first quarter of year at $43 million, compared with a net profit of $25 million in Q1 of the previous year. Turnover …

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