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Arris Result 01/05/2018

by Vijaya

Arris International plc announced its financial results for first quarter 2018. Revenues for Q1 2018 were $1.578 billion, an increase of 6%, compared to $1.483 billion in Q1 2017. Net loss for Q1 2018 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

ViewSonic Named Best-Selling Collaboration Display Brand of 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Visual display solution provider, ViewSonic, took a 41.4% share of unit sales through distribution during the first quarter of 2018, according to The NPD Group. The company’s ViewBoard interactive flat panels also earned two …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| USA| ViewSonic| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Analog Devices Results 30/05/2018

by Vijaya

Analog Devices, Inc. announced its financial results for second fiscal quarter ended May 5, 2018. Revenue for Q2 2018 was $1.51 billion, an increase of 32%, compared to $1.14 billion in Q2 2017. Net …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

DSCC Expects Samsung OLED Revenues to Recover

by Bob Raikes

DSCC said in a blog post that it expects Samsung Displays’ fab utilization rate will continue to improve as it builds up volumes to meet the demands for flexible OLEDs for Apple, Samsung and …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Applied Materials Helps to Sustain Moores Law

by Bob Raikes

We don’t normally report on general technical developments in the semiconductor business, displays keep us more than fully occupied. (I mis-typed that as fooly which might be accurate!). However, we spotted that Applied Materials …

Tags:Applied Materials| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Amazon Releases UHD Streaming Media Player with Alexa Voice Control

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon has announced Fire TV Cube, a hands-free Ultra HD streaming media player with built-in Alexa voice control. The device uses multi-directional infrared technology, cloud-based protocols and HDMI CEC that — combined with Alexa …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 22

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Acer Result 09/05/2018

by Vijaya

Acer Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter 2018 with net revenues of NT$54.8 billion ($1.84 billion), a decrease of 2.2%, compared to NT$56.1 billion ($1.88 billion) in Q1 2017. Net income …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

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Amazon Acquires Premier League Rights

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has bought the rights to screen 20 games in each of the next three seasons from the English Premier :League. Analyst Comment This is the first time that a broadacaster other than Sky …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Apple Announces New File Format for AR at WWDC 2018

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the just finished WWDC 2018 Apple introduced a new AR Kit 2 including a new file format for AR content. So far, every developer has created their own AR content within a software …

Tags:3D Formats| Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Strategy Analytics: Smart Home Device Sales to Exceed Smartphones by 2023

by Andrew Fenn

Global demand for smart home devices will exceed sales of smartphones by 2023, according to Strategy Analytics. Consumers worldwide bought 664 million smart home devices in 2017 and this will increase to 1.94 billion …

Tags:Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

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Team Develops a Backplane Material Better than LTPS

by Ken Werner

In February a team of researchers from Binghamton University (Binghamton, New York), Blue Wave Semiconductors (Baltimore, Maryland), and Solar-Tectic LLC (Briarcliff Manor, New York) published an article in Elsevier Material Letters reporting “the growth …

Tags:Amorphous TFT| LTPS TFT| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Acorn TV Now Available on Roku in Mexico

by Andrew Fenn

Roku users in Mexico can now subscribe to Acorn TV for 89 pesos (about $4.30) per month. The programmes will be spoken in English with Spanish subtitles available. Acorn TV is commercial-free and features …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 22