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Praxair to Supply Nitrogen to Samsung OLED Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Long-term Samsung partner Praxair, an industrial gas supplier from the US, has signed a new agreement to construct and operate an air separation plant that will supply 700 tonnes of nitrogen per day to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 41

MBO at LED Specialist ICT

by Bob Raikes

ICT AG of Germany, an LED specialist, have completed an MBO that means that the founders have sold to two management board members and the company, which has grown from 110 staff in 2013 …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 24 - Issue 41

IDC Looks at China’s eTailer Trends for Devices in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IDC released some data on the eTailer market in China. We have included a couple of charts, but if you are interested in printers, PCs and other categories, including VR and tablets, it’s worth …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Nvidia Halts Distribution of GeForce Cards to Server and HPC Clients

by Andrew Fenn

Nvidia has made a bold and controversial move, preventing distributors from selling GeForce graphics cards to their server and high-performance computer (HPC) clients, in favour of its professional—and more expensive—Quadro and Tesla products. Nvidia’s …

Tags:GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Close to GTX 1080

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia has introduced the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti which joins the Pascal gaming line up between the GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. Memory is 8GB and the board design is intended to be …

Tags:GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 24 - Issue 41

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Innolux Sees Strong Q3

by Yvette Raikes

Innolux saw Q3 net profits of NT$8.8 billion ($290 million), up from NT$3.1 billion ($101 million) a year ago, on turnover which rose to NT$79.5 billion ($2.6 billion) from NT$74.5 billion ($2.5 billion). For …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AU Optronics “Guardedly Optimistic” Going Into Q4

by Andrew Fenn

LCD panel-maker AU Optronics (AUO) is “guardedly optimistic” as it moves into the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes. Digitimes quotes AUO chairman Paul Peng as saying that the panel industry is stable …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AOT Offering Mini-LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Local sources say that Taiwan-based Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc said in its investor conference that it planned to develop mini LEDs for backlighting in TVs. Although the technology is likely to be more expensive …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Avast Ye Mateys! A Pirate’s Guide to Virtual Reality

by Len Scrogan

Imagine for a moment the weatherworn seafaring pirate of old. What distinguishing characteristic comes to mind? It’s the eyepatch, of course. But have you ever wondered why these fearless buccaneers wore eyepatches? While co-presenting …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Court Overturns Vodafone/Ziggo Approval

by Bob Raikes

The EU’s General Court has overturned the approval of the merger between Vodafone and Ziggo in the Netherlands, after an appeal by KPN. (Reuters: EC Will Approve Vodafone/Liberty Deal) The European Commission had approved …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Zwim Developing HUD for Swimmers

by Bob Raikes

Zwim from South Korea has developed a pair of goggles for swimmers and with an integrated HUD. The group has started an Indiegogo project and had raise $12,400 from a goal of $20,000 when …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 41

X-Rite Colour Management is Complete

by Bob Raikes

X-Rite Incorporated, the specialist in colour management and measurement technologies, announced i1Studio, a new colour management solution that is intended to deliver “expert” colour results from capture to print for photographers, filmmakers and designers. …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41