Qualcomm has agreed to invest up to $120 million in struggling Japanese firm Sharp, with the two companies to work together to develop low-power displays for mobile devices. Qualcomm will invest half of that amount by Dec. 27, with the ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced a fingerprint recognition and face detection development kit based on its real-time DSP which comes with biometrics analysis software, preloaded. The C6748 DSP development kit incorporates the firm's C6748 ...
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Japanese display maker Sharp said Thursday it is ramping up production of a screen technology rumored to be favored by Apple for its new devices, even as its yearly outlook plunged toward another large fiscal loss. The Osaka-based ...
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Sharp is displaying for the first time tablet displays based on its IGZO technology at the CEATEC electronics show outside of Tokyo, amid persistent rumors Apple will use the displays in its upcoming tablets. The Japanese manufacturer, ...
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Japan's Sharp, one of the world's largest makers of LCD panels and a supplier of displays for Apple products, has taken the rare step of mortgaging its factories and buildings to secure an emergency loan from its main banks, a spokeswoman ...
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Apple has continued to dominate the Japanese smartphone market in recent months,new data shows,and analysts say it is likely to stay strong through the new year. New shipment numbers released by IDC on Wednesday put Apple firmly ahead of ...
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Japan's output of vinyl acetate monomer in October rose 3% month on month to 38,137 mt, but was down 26% from a year earlier, data released Thursday by the Japan VAM and PVOH Industry Association showed. VAM inventory at the end of ...
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Shares of technology companies finished up for the third quarter Friday, but face economic uncertainty for the rest of the year. The Nasdaq Computer Index closed Friday at 1,675.51 compared to 1,580.13 at the end of June. However, they ...
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Dry cement may look like a hodgepodge of soot and gravel when it pours out of the bag, but each package is the result of a carefully calculated process. With more than a dozen possible components – which can differ based on the ...
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The market for phosphors used in high-brightness LEDs is set to grow rapidly as solid-state lighting becomes a mainstream technology,and reach $1 billion by 2015. That is the prediction from analysts at France-based Yole ...
As LG has been contracted to supply 60% of the LCD screens used in iPad minis, TSMT is tantamount to filling most of iPad minis need for backlight light bars with LG's contracts. AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) supplies the remaining 40% of the ...
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Both firms will co-operate in developing next-generation displays for mobile phones and tablet computers US based chipmaker Qualcomm will invest about JPY9.9bn ($121m) in the struggling Japanese electronics firm Sharp which could be used ...
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Australia Lexus, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor, has unveiled the LF-LC Blue hybrid concept car at the ongoing Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. The new LF-LC Blue concept is powered by ...
In the late '90s, when most of us could only dream of having a thin, widescreen TV, several manufacturers were fixing prices on the LCD screens that were about to revolutionize the industry. More than a decade later, consumers who bought ...
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Japan's Sharp,a major supplier of LCD displays to Apple and other manufacturers,has warned that it may not survive if it can't turn around its business,an admission that caught few off guard. The Osaka-based manufacture said there ...
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