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SDMC Ains Android TV Certification for OTT STB

by Bob Raikes

SDMC of China said that it has got Android TV certification for its DV8219 OTT TV box and said that it is only the third company in China to get the approval, after ZTE …

Tags:Android| China| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 35

MaxLinear Wins Order for Sky Q Wideband LNB Chips

by Bob Raikes

Semiconductor maker MaxLinear has won a deal with Microelectronics Technology Inc to supply its MxL80x RF downconverter to be used in a new wideband low-noise block (LNB) to support the Sky UK ‘Q’ service …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| SAT>IP| Satellite| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 35

YuMe TV SDK is Cross Platform

by Bob Raikes

YuMe Inc has released the YuMe Connected TV (CTV) SDK, designed to help publishers and advertisers engage audiences with TV-like, full screen ad experiences on connected devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Apple …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 35

LG to Peak in Smartphone OLED Supply in 2020

by Bob Raikes

The OLED Association published some interesting forecasts for OLED shares in the rapidly developing smartphone market. The Association forecasts that, over the forecast period to 2021, LG Display will reach a peak of 22% …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

8K is Closer than You Think

by Bob Raikes

I found a lot of people at IBC this week that believe that 8K is a long way away in the world of TV. I’m here to tell these content producers and distributors that …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Microcontroller Closes the Graphics Gap

by Bob Raikes

Microchip has created what it claims to be the first microcontroller unit (MCU) to combine a 2D graphics processor with integrated DDR2 memory. The three-layer graphics controller in the 32-bit PIC32MZ DA family drives …

Tags:Chips| CPUs| Graphics Processing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

SID Awards Display Week 2018 Business Track to DSCC

by Bob Raikes

The Society for Information Display (SID) has returned to DSCC and its partners for the organization and execution of its business conferences during its annual Display Week conference. SID’s 2018 Display Week will take …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Glō Orders G5+ MOCVD System for Micro-LED Production

by Bob Raikes

Aixtron said that it has received an order for an AIX G5+ platform from Swedish-American company glō-USA, Inc. which is focusing on the commercialization of microLED products based on its proprietary defect-free GaN nanowires …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 35

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Now Tested

by Bob Raikes

AMD has released its Radeon RX Vega 64 which is a replacement for the Radeon Fury X and Radeon Fury, the RX Vega 64 is manufactured based on the 14nm FinFet architecture, incorporating 64 …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

HDMI 2.1 Cable Goes on Sale

by Bob Raikes

We heard that the first HDMI 2.1 cables are becoming available from Apple. The Ultra High Speed HDMI cable costs $29.95 and supports up to 48 Gbps. Analyst Comment HDMI 2.1 supports the same …

Tags:HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

HbbTV Comes to Samsung in Italy

by Bob Raikes

It slipped by us at the show, but Tivù, Samsung and Yotta Media Labs showed the world’s first HbbTV 2.0.1 application at IBC 2017 which will be launched in the Italian market will be …

Tags:HbbTV| IBC 2017| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Strategy Analytics UX Expert Review: ZTE Nubia Z17

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics has made a review of the latest premium flagship smartphone from ZTE, the Nubia Z17, which comes with fashionable bezel-less design and high-end specifications for its hardware. The Nubia has a 5.5″ …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 37| ZTE