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LGD Commits to Raising Flexible Capacity

by Tom Allen

LG Display has said that it will invest KRW450 billion ($391.4 million) to build production capacity for flexible OLED displays and lighting panels in South Korea. KRW310 billion ($270 million) will go towards increasing …

HP Designs Affordable Premium Chromebook

by Tom Allen

Chromebooks have for some time laboured under the stigma of being known as under-powered devices. There is a reason for this: they are primarily designed for education, which does not require premium processors, and …

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Radiant Prepared for OLED Adoption

by Tom Allen

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics plans to diversify its customer base, relying less upon Apple in the future. This is because Apple is expected to move its iPhone to using OLED displays, which …

Asus Will Not Split

by Tom Allen

Asus has denied that it is planning to separate its Open Platform and Systems business groups. These units are responsible for motherboards, graphics cards and monitor and peripheral product lines; and PC, smartphone and …

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Apple Beats Microsoft in Detachables

by Tom Allen

The global tablet market fell almost 15% YoY in Q1’16. A combination of the traditional low first quarter and a lack of consumer interest conspired to bring shipments down to 39.6 million units, says …

Vivitek is Ready for Sport

by Tom Allen

Vivitek is preparing for a summer of sport, releasing a projector that is focused on brightness and contrast ratio before the Olympic Games and Euro 2016 football tournament. The H1060 is a DLP model …

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AOC Lowers Display Lag

by Tom Allen

AOC’s new high-end gaming monitor, first in the new AGON line, features high resolution and refresh rate, coupled with a low response time and FreeSync-compatible Adaptive Sync technology. The AG271QX is a 27″ LCD …

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Dolby Laboratories Result 27/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Dolby Labs reported Q2 2016 net profit of $67.4 million, up 16% YoY from $58 million. Turnover was $274.3 million, compared to $271.9 million in the year ago quarter. Dolby Audio inclusion in the …

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V-Nova and Sky Win Best of NAB

by Tom Allen

Sky Italy’s IPTV platform, which is powered by V-Nova’s Perseus codec (Sky Takes V-Nova in Italy), won Newbay Media’s Best of Show award at NAB 2016. V-Nova also used the show to announce the …

Turnkey Solution Speeds Dual Screen Phone Creation

by Tom Allen

E Ink and Vanzo Technology have co-operated on a turnkey solution to support the development of dual-screen mobile phones using MediaTek chips. The solution combines E Ink ePaper technology with Vanzo’s software and app.

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UMC Result 27/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

UMC reported Q1 2016 net profit of NT$ 210 million ($6.5 million), down 94.7% YoY from NT$ 3.9 billion ($123 million). Turnover was NT$ 34.4 billion ($1 billion), down 8.6% YoY from NT$ 37.65 …

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Kyocera Result 27/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Kyocera reported year ending net profit of 109 billion yen ($968 million), down 5.9% from 115 billion yen ($1 billion). Turnover was 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion), down 3% from 1.5 trillion yen ($14 …

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