Vol 22 – Issue 32 – Page 5

TPK Posts 36% MoM Growth

by Helen Vince

Unlike many Taiwanese component makers, TPK Holding posted a healthy 36% month on month growth in sales in July, to NT$9.5 billion ($294.9 million), though this was 10.3% lower than July 2014. For the …

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Good Month for Taiwan Chip Companies

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s major chip companies reported strong sales in July, with Mediatek achieving monthly revenue which was the highest in four months. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales rise 35% sequentially and 24.7% year on …

University of Stanford Shows Light Field Virtual Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

Gordon Wetzstein, assistant professor at the Stanford University Computational Imaging Group, and his team have developed a new virtual reality headset prototype they call “a light-field stereoscope”. They promise that their headset decreases motion …

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Rental And Staging Roadshow Report

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On July 29th, the Rental and Staging Roadshow came to New York. The focus was on professional AV products as used by the rental and staging (R&S) industry. Two panel discussions at the roadshow …

Gesture Control Rises With New Applications

by Tom Allen

Gesture-sensing control (‘gesture control’) user interface shipments are forecast to rise 10% YoY this year, to 1.8 billion units. IHS says that touchscreen technology is not suitable for some new and emerging applications, such …

Promethean Management Recommends Sale

by Helen Vince

Promethean’s directors have unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept Netdragon Websoft’s $130 million offer for the UK-based interactive display vendor and education provider. Netdragon announced its intention to acquire Promethean last month (China’s NetDragon …

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NEC Supports Four Sources

by Tom Allen

NEC has enhanced its range of professional displays with a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor, the P212. Available in with (P212-SV) or without NEC’s Spectraview II software, the monitor is designed for use in image …

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Polish IT Market Sentiment on the Rise

by Tom Allen

CEE market research company has written about the Q2’15 IT market in Poland. Both 2014 and 2015 have been perceived as positive years for the industry by the country’s largest IT companies – reflected …

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UDC Result 11/08/2015

by Helen Vince

Universal Display Corporation (UDC) swung to a net loss in the second quarter of the year of $11.7 million, from a net profit a year earlier of $20.4 million. Turnover in Q2 declined 9.4% …

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Panasonic Plans Plastic Touch Panel Mass-Production

by Tom Allen

At the end of September, Panasonic will begin mass-production of curved touch panels (5″ – 12″) for automotive use. The company says that the panel will be a highly sensitive capacitive-touch unit. Film sensors …

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TCL’s Smart TV Sales Rose 83% in July

by Helen Vince

TCL Multimedia achieved a significant increase in sales of smart TVs in July, which rose 82.7% year on year to 317,548 sets. Total TV sales for the month, however, dipped 1.3% to over 1.1 …

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UK TV Viewing Continues to Fall

by Tom Allen

A report from Ofcom shows that linear TV viewing continued to fall in the UK last year. There was a 1-minute rise in on-demand viewing, but a 12-minute fall in linear viewing. This led …

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