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Quanta Computer Result 21/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Quanta Computer posted a net profit in Q1 of NT$3.7 billion ($121.5 million), down 32.1% sequentially and 21.5% year on year, while turnover was down 18.5% quarter on quarter and 4.9% YoY at NT$205.2 …

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Wistron Result 21/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Wistron Corporation recorded a net profit of NT$723 million ($23.7 million) on turnover of NT$15.1 billion ($496 million) in the first quarter of the year. The company’s net profit was 111.4% higher than Q1 …

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Quanta Ready to Handle Apple Watch Demand

by Vanessa Browning

Quanta has commented on the rumours that Apple is considering outsourcing Apple Watch production to other companies (WSJ Confirms Taptic Engine Limiting Watch Supply). Vice chairman CC Leung has said that production is ‘no …

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CPT Focuses on New Small-Size Panels

by Tom Allen

Chunghwa Picture Tubes is preparing to strengthen development and production of panels for industrial computing devices and automobiles, to raise value and margins. The company said that it shipped 101 million small- and medium-size …

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MSI Denies Lenovo Interest

by Helen Vince

Micro-Star International (MSI) has strongly denied reports that it is in talks with Lenovo to sell its gaming notebook business. Rumours had been circulating suggesting that Lenovo was interested in acquiring the unit to …

TDF to test DVB-T2  in France

by Tom Allen

French telco TDF has been given permission by the French TV regulator, the CSA, to trial a new platform. TDF is currently trialling the DTT service B2M (Broadcast Mobile Multimedia), and will modify the …

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An SID Display Week iZone Sneak Peek

by Steve Sechrist

Word on the street is that this year’s iZone (short for Innovation Zone) at the upcoming Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week will feature some hot new micro display module technology from Korea-based …

SID Display Week Key for Staying Informed

by Bob Raikes

This year, I’m celebrating my 21st SID Symposium(*) attendance without missing one. In an article on the Display Week microsite, I look back to the LCDs that were shown in Orlando in 1995, when …

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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 21

by Tom Allen

LG has launched a cashback promotion for its UltraHD TVs in Germany. Until 11th July, customers purchasing 55″ or 65″ models of the UF9509, or 55″, 60″ or 65″ models of the UF8569, UF8559, …

IMAX’s New Laser Projector is Unique in Design – and Performance

by Chris Chinnock

I had a chance to visit with Imax in Toronto last Autumn where we discussed the laser projector that was in development. But the firm did not want to reveal very much about the …

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WayRay Announces Holographic Head Up Display for Later This Year

by Norbert Hildebrand

WayRay, a three year old Swiss based developer in the connected car space announced that it will be releasing its first two products later this year. In the middle of 2015 the company plans …

Kim Dae-hyeong (IBS, Korea) Develops Flexible QLED Cell

by Norbert Hildebrand

Kim Dae-hyeong, a researcher at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has developed a flexible LED cell called QLED that refers to a “quantum dot light emitting diode”, as reported by The Korea Times. …

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