Vol 24 – Issue 12 – Page 2

Galaxy S8 Matches the Leaks

by Bob Raikes

It seems that the many leaks that we picked up and reported in Display Daily (Galaxy S8 To Support External Displays?) were quite accurate in setting out the details of the new Samsung S8 …

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Garmin Forerunner 935 Is Smartwatch for Fitness

by Bob Raikes

Garmin has a new Forerunner 935 training device that uses a transflective Memory-in-Pixel (MiP) display that is 1.2″ (3.4mm) diameter and has 240 x 240 pixels. Battery life in smart mode is up to …

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LG Ready to Ship Commercial Wallpaper OLED

by Bob Raikes

LG showed a commercial version of its Wallpaper display at ISE and at PTE (LG Demonstrates Wide Range of Displays) and has now said that it will start shipping in the US from April. …

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E Ink announced its FY16 Q4 result with revenue of NT$3,474 million ($114.6 million) and net operating loss of NT$ 48 million ($1.6 million). However, the results indicated a 24.2% jump in revenue on …

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JOLED Shows Displays at CeBIT

by Bob Raikes

The Monoist website (Japanese) reports that JOLED showed a number of OLEDs at the CeBIT 2017 show, including a 21.6″ UltraHD panel (204ppi) that is said to have a gamut of 130% of sRGB …

SID Announces Winners of Honours and Awards

by Yvette Raikes

The Society for Information Display has revealed the winners of its annual awards. The CTO of Huawei’s Japan Research Center, Hiroyuki Ohshima, is to receive the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize for his contribution to …

Exterion Media To Become Largest Transport Media Supplier

by Alan Spencer

Exterion Media believes it has become the largest UK supplier for outdoor advertising. Starting next month, the company will hold new advertising rights in the Glasgow public transport system. Following an invitation to tender, …

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Semiconductor Market Sees Some Recovery in 2016

by Yvette Raikes

Following a downturn in 2015, the semiconductor market saw some recovery in 2016 with 2% growth, according to IHS Markit. Worldwide turnover reached $352.4 billion, up from $345.6 billion. Part of the reason was …

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Compal to Partner LeEco

by Yvette Raikes

Compal is to purchase a 2.15% stake in Leshi Zhixin Electronic Technology, a TV-making subsidiary of LeEco. Compal will pay CNY700 million ($102 million) and Compal president, Ray Chen, says that this is to …

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MediaTek and Airoha Will Merge

by Yvette Raikes

MediaTek has already increased its holding in IC specialist affiliate Airoha Technology to 69.6%. The company will now buy the remaining shares and the two firms will merge. Airoha will be delisted from the …

Ericsson out of media?

by Bob Raikes

Ericsson is restructuring its business and may book charges of up to $1.7 billion in Q1 and the new CEO, Börje Ekholm, appointed in January, has said that it has been ‘spreading itself too …

Tags:Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 24 - Issue 12

One Media 3.0 and Saankhya Labs partner for ATSC 3.0 Chipset

by Bob Raikes

One Media 3.0, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced an agreement with Saankhya Labs, a developer of Software Defined Radio (SDR) chips, to accelerate the development of ATSC 3.0 chipsets. Under …

Tags:ATSC| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 12