Vol 25 – Issue 04 – Page 4

Samsung Display Reduces Rigid OLED Production

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Display’s rigid OLED production lines are dropping their output by up to 50% according to a document from ETNews in Korea. Citing industry representatives, the document states that the company has reduced the …

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Visionox Developing a 814 PPI AMOLED for VR

by Andrew Fenn

An article on Taiwanese website Sina.com claims that Visionox has developed a new AMOLED display for VR applications with a pixel density of 814 PPI. The article mentions Black Cattle Food, which provided financial …

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Samsung Foldable Still On for 2018?

by Milos Pavlovic

In its financial results call, Samsung suggested that there are still some plans to introduce a foldable device, presumably a smartphone, within this year. The Korea Herald has already suggested that the design may …

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Hisense Announces Sharp-Branded TV with Alexa

by Andrew Fenn

Hisense in the US has announced it is launching a new range of Sharp-branded TVs, starting with the Q8000, with Alexa voice control, Ultra HD resolution and local dimming. The company also revealed the …

Murphy Named Senior VP at TechData

by Andrew Fenn

TechData has announced that it has appointed Miriam Murphy as its new Senior VP of Advanced Solutions Europe. In this role, Murphy holds regional responsibility for TechData’s Advanced Solutions’ go-to-market strategy, which includes products …

Digital Signage Summit Europe Moves from Munich to Frankfurt

by Andrew Fenn

Invidis has announced that its European Digital Signage Summit will move from Munich for the first time since 2006, to Frankfurt for 2018, although it will return to Bavaria in 2019. The conference will …

Corning Result 30/01/2018

by Vijaya

Corning Inc. announced results for fourth quarter and full year 2017. Q4 Net sales were $2.63 billion, representing a 7% growth rate compared to $2.48 billion reported in Q4 of 2016. Net loss in …

Philips Result 30/01/2018

by Vijaya

Philips reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2017. Q4 sales amounted to €5.3 billion ($6.57 billion) and net income was €899 million ($1.11 billion), representing flat sales and a …

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AMD Result 30/01/2018

by Vijaya

AMD reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2017. Q4 revenue was $1.48 billion compared to $1.11 billion reported in Q4 of 2016. AMD said a 34% year-over-year revenue growth was …

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Aledia Closes Round C Funding

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have reported before on Aledia, the French developer of LED displays, in “Aledia Uses Nanowires for MicroLEDs” and “IC06 Aledia Wants to Disrupt Displays” last year. The nanowire-based technology is promising higher brightness …

ESLs from Opticon and JDI at NRF

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In my visit to NRF’s Big Show reported in last week’s LDM/MDM, I missed (at least) one Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) vendor on the NRF show floor, Opticon. Like three of the ESL vendors …

Asus Promotes Chromebooks for Education

by Bob Raikes

Asus was at the show to promote, mainly, its client devices and professional systems. The main headline at the show for the company was a new Chromebook, described to us as a new 14″ …