Vol 23 – Issue 32 – Page 2

Nikkei: Panel Prices Rising on Low Inventory

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper says that inventory shortages are causing the price of LCD TV panels to rise, especially in 42″ and smaller sizes. IHS has reported similar news in recent months. Prices for 32″ …

PMOLED Market to Grow, RitDisplay

by Isaac Oburu

D.C. Wang, C.E.O of RitDisplay, is optimistic about the PMOLED market. The company is expecting a 20% growth in the second half of 2016. Wang also said that the company is investing in flexible …

UBI Raises OLED Prediction to 1 Billion Displays

by Tom Allen

Samsung holds almost a 97% share of the mobile OLED marketUBI Research says that shipments of AMOLED mobile (4″-6″) displays will exceed 300 million units this year, and 1 billion by 2019. This year, …

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LG Investigates RGB OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Sources in China claim that LG Display is considering changing its WOLED TV structure. Currently, the company uses yellow and blue OLED materials to create a white OLED, but the sources claim that the …

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Marty Joins Clear Channel

by Tom Allen

Clear Channel has appointed Christoph Marty as the new CEO of its Switzerland branch. He will take office in November this year. Marty is currently CEO of advertising company Publicitas Switzerland, which he joined …

Cisco Cuts 7% of Workforce; More Layoffs Rumoured

by Tom Allen

Cisco, according to CRN, is about to make as many as 14,000 employees redundant, representing almost 20% of the company’s global workforce. The move would be made due to sluggish sales of switches and …

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Software Incompatibility Hits Sony/SkyQ

by Tom Allen

Owners of UltraHD Sony TVs from 2015 and 2016 have found themselves unable to use the new SkyQ UltraHD service. Trying to watch content results in so much judder as to make it unviewable, …

Analogix Claims First Single-Chip USB-C Switch for DisplayPort

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeAnalogix has launched a new DisplayPort chip series called the ANX7440/30 family. It is an integrated solution capable of switching DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 at 8.1Gbps and USB 3.1 (Gen 2) 10Gbps …

HP Cuts Android for Windows

by Tom Allen

VP Michael Park says that HP wants to provide a high-margin, premium product for office workers with its Elite X3 smartphone.HP Inc. is cutting its losses in the Android space in favour of Windows …

Nvidia Extends Full 10-Series to Notebooks

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has revealed at Gamescom that its new 10-series GPUs (GTX1080, 1070 and 1060) will be installed on gaming notebooks from major manufacturers. Normally, Nvidia produces less-powerful mobile versions of its cards (i.e. GTX …

Lenovo Installs FreeSync on First Monitor

by Tom Allen

The Y27f is Lenovo’s first free-standing display featuring AMD’s FreeSync technology. It is a curved 27″ monitor with a 144Hz refresh rate, for gamers. Lenovo claims that the 1,800R curve is one of the …

Innolux Focuses on Mid-Size at Touch Taiwan

by Tom Allen

Innolux has revealed what it will be showing at Touch Taiwan (24th – 26th August) this year: an event where, traditionally, panel makers in Taiwan demonstrate their newest developments. Notebooks are an essential facet …