Vol 23 – Issue 30 – Page 5

New Technologies Widen Touchscreen Opportunities

by Tom Allen

A quiet revolution is taking place in the projected capacitive touchscreen market. Rapid industry developments are delivering touchscreens that are thinner, more reliable, lower cost and offer higher performance. The impetus behind many of …

3D Cover Glass Will Dominate Revenue Share

by Tom Allen

The use of 2.5D cover lenses (replacing 2D) in smart devices has been growing since 2014, as a means of differentiation. In 2016 – says IHS in a research note – this glass is …

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Nanoco and Merck Sign QD Licence

by Tom Allen

Nanoco has signed a worldwide material supply and licensing agreement with Merck. Under the terms, Merck will immediately begin marketing Nanoco’s quantum dots, and will eventually establish its own production facility. Financial details have …

JDI Adopts New Backplane Simulator Tool from Silvaco

by Chris Chinnock

We don’t often talk about Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for displays, but they are essential to be able to model new designs and new processes. Probably the premier supplier of backplane modeling tools …

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Beyond Festival Focuses on Future Design

by Isaac Oburu

2016’s 3D Beyond Festival will be held on the 28th Sept – 2nd Oct 2016 in Karlsruhe, Germany. This year’s theme will be “Future Design Thinking”.

Amazon Result 29/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Amazon reported Q2 net profit of $857 million, up over 830% YoY from $92 million. Turnover was $30.4 billion, up 31% from $23.2 billion. For the six month period, net profit was $1.3 billion, …

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Sony Result 29/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Sony reported Q1 2016 net profit of 21.2 billion yen ($205 million), down 74.3% YoY from 70 billion yen ($676 million). Turnover was 1.6 trillion yen ($14 billion), down 10.8% YoY from 1.8 trillion …

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Microvision Result 29/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Microvision reported Q2 2016 net loss of $3.5 million, up 25% YoY from $2.8 million. Turnover was $4.15 million, up 2.7% YoY from $4 million. For the six month period, net loss was $7 …

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SES Has 16 UltraHD Channels

by Isaac Oburu

First half numbers for SES shows it now has 16 commercial UltraHD channels, from 0 last year. The Luxembourg-based satellite operator reports that its portfolio of 2,422 HD channels represents 32.7% of its total …

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SKY Perfect JSAT Chooses HLG for HDR

by Isaac Oburu

Japanese satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT is set to launch the world’s first publicly-available UltraHD HDR broadcast on the 4th October. The channel will be free of charge and accessible to anyone with compatible …

Asahi Glass Result 01/08/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Asahi Glass reported H1 2016 net profit of 29 billion yen ($287 million), down 18% YoY from 35 billion yen ($346 million). Turnover was 624 billion yen ($6.1 billion), down 5% YoY from 658 …

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Google Yet to Release Fast Play feature

by Milos Pavlovic

A report by Android Police indicates that Google will roll out a Fast Play feature for its Chromecast device, which will make videos load instantly. Google announced the Chromecast 2 in September 2015 (Second-Gen …