GE Lighting Exits Asian Market to Ensure Its Survival, Says TrendForce
GE Lighting’s decision to leave the Asian lighting market has sent another shock wave within the global lighting industry. LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, pointed out that less than 10% of GE Lighting’s total lighting revenue comes from China...
HDMI Releases Alternate Mode for USB Type-C Connector
HDMI Licensing, LLC today announced that it is releasing the HDMI Alternate Mode developed by the HDMI Founders for the USB Type-C Specification. This will allow HDMI-enabled source devices to utilize a USB Type-C connector to directly connect to HDMI-enabled displays, and deliver native HDMI signals over a simple cable without the need for cumbersome protocol and connector adapters or dongles...
Acer Announces World’s First Curved Screen Gaming Notebook
TAIPEI, Taiwan - There were some “World’s First” been announced by Acer in IFA 2016, here was one of them, and may be most interesting one. The Predator 21 X gaming laptop, the world’s first curved screen notebook. The Predator 21 X takes the flagship spot in Acer’s gaming notebook series and is advanced beyond anything on the market today...
Linde Establishes New Electronics R&D Center in Taiwan
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Technology company The Linde Group has opened their new Electronics R&D Center in Taichung, Taiwan on September 1st. The R&D Center is part of an ongoing expansion and investment in the Asia Pacific region for Linde Electronics...
Strong Demand for Fine-Pitch LED Displays Propel Prices of LED Chips and Packages
Prices of LED chips and packages in China rose again during the final week of this August mainly on account of the strong demand from the fine-pitch LED display market, reports LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. According to LEDinside, major China-based chip supplier San’an Opto and LED display package supplier Xinda Opto announced price hikes of 10% and 5%, respectively, around the same time in August...
Acer and Starbreeze Announce First Shipment of StarVR Head-Mounted Displays
Acer and Starbreeze AB announced yesterday at a global press conference in Berlin that they ter started to ship StarVR Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Displays (HMD) to IMAX Corporation in preparation for the highly anticipated opening of the IMAX VR Center in Los Angeles, expected later this year, and others in the near future...