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Thursday 24 April 2014
Huawei has preliminary ideas for 5G mobile, says vice chairman
China-based ICT solution provider Huawei Technologies has preliminary ideas of 5G mobile communication standards although the technology has yet to be definied, company vice chairman...
Monday 29 July 2013
5G development to integrate existing technologies to meet future mobile Internet-access demand, says METIS director
The development of fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technology will aim to integrate existing technologies and upgrade them to meet mobile Internet-access demand in the...
Thursday 12 July 2012
5G Wi-Fi: The 5th generation of Wi-Fi is here
The first generation Wi-Fi launched 15 years ago brought forth wireless LAN (WLAN) applications, and the newer Wi-Fi standards that ensued have been providing faster transmission...
Thursday 1 December 2011
HannStar Display cuts workforce at 5G line, says paper
HannStar Display has laid off about 5% of its employees at its 5G production line in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) affecting jobs of around 100 workers, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Tablet PC demand may cause notebook panel prices to rise in 2Q11
Mainstream notebook panels, such as 14- to 15-inch models, are expected to see supply capacity affected by strong tablet PC shipments in the second quarter of 2011, causing related...
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Korea panel utilization rate reaches over 90% in November, says DisplaySearch
Korea-based TFT-LCD panel makers' average utilization rates reached over 90% in November, while Taiwan-based panel makers were gradually increasing their utilization rates mainly...
Monday 6 December 2010
Most important fab for LCD TV panel production is 8G, says DisplaySearch
As panel makers expand, they are increasingly utilizing 8G fabs for LCD TV panel production, and the production of LCD TV panels at 8G increased to 41% in the third quarter of 2010,...
Friday 12 November 2010
China has 13 5G and advanced production lines at the end of 3Q10, says CVIA
China is actively developing its flat panel display (FPD) industry, and had a total of 13 5G or advanced TFT-LCD production lines at the end of the third quarter of 2010, according...
Tuesday 24 August 2010
China-based panel maker BOE invests 50 billion yuan in capacity expansion in 2008-2010, says report
China-based TFT-LCD panel maker BOE Technology has invested about 50 billion yuan (US$7.2 billion) building up its capacity in 2008-2010, China-based tech.sina.com quoted...
Thursday 10 June 2010
PVI color EPD products hit the market at the end of 2010
Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) is currently sampling its color e-paper to clients and expects products to hit the market by the end of 2010, according...
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Corning launches Eagle XG Slim LCD glass substrates
Corning announced the commercialization of its Eagle XG Slim, a new line of thin glass substrates, at Display Taiwan 2010 in Taipei on June 9. While the initial focus is on enabling...
Wednesday 5 May 2010
GTOC reaches high yield rates in making reinforced glass substrates
G-Tech Optoelectronics (GTOC), a member of the Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group, has attained satisfactory yield rates in the production of reinforced glass substrates at its factory at the...
Friday 12 March 2010
Taiwan to lose 30,000 jobs if panel makers move LCD fabs to China, says legislator
A legislator in Taiwan has questioned the government move to give LCD panel makers the green light to set up 5G and lower-generation plants in China, warning it may result in massive...
Friday 5 March 2010
LCD glass substrates 10% short of total panel demand
Global LCD panel glass substrate supply is currently 10% short of demand, with the shortage hitting 5G production the most, market sources said.
Thursday 21 January 2010
Sintek to raise 5G capacity for capacitive touch panels to 100,000 substrates in 3Q10
Color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic will have a monthly capacity of 24 million projected capacitive touch panels (3.5-inch equivalents) from its 5G plant in the third quarter...