Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Monday, May 12th, 2008
by Charles Annis, Vice President, Manufacturing Research
On April 28 the Japanese press reported that Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will spend ¥30-40 billion (around $300-$400 million depending on the volatile exchange rate) to build a Gen 8 color filter fab for IPS Alpha’s planned line in Himeji, Japan. In General, Japanese ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
Several news stories and our own survey of Q1’08 panel shipment results suggest a new trend in the LCD TV supply chain.
Wistron (TPE 3231, sales of $8,842 million in 2007) intends to acquire inventory, equipment, intellectual property and personnel associated with PC monitor assembly from ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
By Luke Yao
Building LED backlight units (BLU) in notebooks can offer three major benefits: low power consumption, slim product design and a more environmentally friendly product (due to the absence of mercury in LEDs as opposed to its presence in CCFLs). We are convinced that LED light sources will largely ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
OK, I know you were expecting me to blog on “Helicopter Ben Plays Whack-A-Thon.” I almost did. Lucky for you, I discovered a more interesting topic with an equally catchy title.
At our US FPD Conference, I was impressed by a keynote from Dr. Chung ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
by David Hsieh, Vice President, Greater China Market
At the end of February, Sony and Sharp announced that they will form a joint venture to build a Gen 10 TFT LCD fab, targeting large size LCD TV panels of 40” and above. Sony and Sharp will invest ¥100 billion and ¥380 ...
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