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DisplaySearch: iPhone Panel Demand to Exceed 100 Million

by Super User

According to a blog post by NPD DisplaySearch’s David Hsieh (http://tinyurl.com/lgjjegh), panel makers need to ramp up production of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus panels quickly. DisplaySearch estimates that Apple has ordered more than …

Tags:Apple| Display Supply & Demand| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Nanomarkets: LCoS May Overtake LCD as Common Mobile Display

by Super User

Nanomarkets has published a new report on the components and subsystems markets for smartglasses (http://tinyurl.com/p9gy3kg). The firm estimates that there is an opportunity in the market worth $3.2 billion, for makers of sensors, lightguides, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Skyworth Takes Hillcrest

by Super User

Yet another TV platform has signed up to use Hillcrest’s gesture control technology. China’s Skyworth has joined TCL, Lenovo, LG, Hisense and Roku in using the Freespace Motion Engine technology.

Tags:Back Panel| Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Spanish Pay-TV Grows With Multi-Play

by Super User

Pay-TV adoption in Spain is being boosted by combination packages, which roll five services (mobile and landline phone; mobile and fixed internet; and TV) into a single product. According to Spanish regulator the CNMC, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

NEC Display Trends Forum Is Positive

by Super User

NEC Display Solutions held its annual Display Trends Forum in Cannes this year. Now in its fifth year, the event brings around 100 of the company’s top distribution and VAR partners in EMEA together …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market| NEC| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Mixed Results for Taiwan’s Chip Firms

by Super User

There were mixed results for Taiwan’s main semiconductor companies last month, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) reporting sequential sales increases, while MediaTek’s monthly results were lower than market expectations. TSMC …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Semiconductor Market| Taiwan| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Cambrios Achieves Single-Layer Multitouch

by Super User

Silver nanowire-producer Cambrios has launched its next-generation ClearOhm material, for use in touch sensors. Products using Cambrios’ new silver nanowire ink will feature higher performance than the previous generation and can be built with …

Tags:Cambrios| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pcap (Procap)| Silver Nanowire| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Xiaomi Signs Agora in Czech Republic

by Super User

Xiaomi has chosen Agora in the Czech republic as a new distributor for its smartphones.

Tags:Czech Republic| Distributors| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21| Xiaomi

Samsung Owes Microsoft Over $1 Billion

by Super User

Back in 2010, Microsoft started bringing legal action against Android stakeholders, which resulted in various licensing deals. The company refused to announce what was being licensed to the stakeholders – 25 of them, including …

Tags:Android| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Coretronic Shipped 26 Million BLUs Last Month

by Super User

Coretronic’s revenue for last month slipped 5.2% from August to just over NT$7 billion ($230.2 million), though this was 9.1% higher than September last year. Sales for the third quarter grew 3% from Q2 …

Tags:Coretronic| DLP Projectors| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Silicon Core Scores a World First

by Super User

There were two big topics for us when we met up with US small pitch LED specialist, SiliconCore Technology (SCT). The company said that it would show the world’s first 1.2mm LED display, but …

Tags:Gitex 2014| Large Display Monitor| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

UltraHD in an HD World

by Super User

SMPTE’s Annual Technical Conference, in Los Angeles, event will take place between 20th and 23rd October. 3M’s Jimmy Thielen will present a talk on using quantum dot films to cover the Rec.2020 colour gamut …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SMPTE| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21