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Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 625 processor which is built using 14nm technology and adds UltraHD HEVC encoding, allowing capture of UltraHD content at 30fps. Other features include an octa-core 64-bit CPU, an integrated X9 …
Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| SOCs| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
Oculus VR, owned itself by Facebook, has bought Irish start-up InfiniLed, of Cork, Ireland, (not to be confused with Infiled of China!) which is developing microLEDs. The Irish Times said that this is for …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
Eyevis said that it has upgraded the TOSIM (TOwer SIMulator) Green that is run by Skyguide in Dübendorf, near Zurich, Switzerland. Whereas previous upgrades used rear projection systems, the new upgrade used front projection …
Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
Samsung said that it has started the mass production of SoC chips, based on a 10 nanometer FinFET process. The company claims it will give a 30% increase in area efficiency compared to 14nm …
Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| SOCs| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
The Economic Daily News in China said that HTC is expected to sell 400,000 Vive VR devices this year, with 1.5 million forecast for 2017. Part of the increase may come from cost savings …
Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
Hannstar is close to achieving profitability according to reports from Asia as prices have got firmer, especially in markets such as low end smartphones and featurephones where a number of companies have dropped out …
Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
MSI is reported by Asian sources to be on track to ship 4.8 million graphics cards this year, with Gigabyte expected to get to 3.45 million units and MSI believes it is catching up …
Tags:GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
In the lead up to IFA, GfK highlighted that the gaming market segment of the global PC market was buoyant and it said that the desktop segment of the gaming market globally had increased …
Tags:| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
Withings, which is now owned by Nokia, has released the Activité Steel watch, a fitness tracker that has a simple analogue face and works with an app on a smartphone to track activity. The …
Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
Sony Pictures International (SPI) has added an UltraHD application to the Amazon Fire TV and also made the UltraHD channel on the Eutelsat Hotbird satellite neighbourhood at 13º East fully active. The channel on …
Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
The Korea Herald reports that Korean equipment company, TES, which is doing well from investments into NAND memory by Samsung and others, is also doing well from sales to EverDisplay and CSOT in China …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 23 - Issue 41
by Bob Raikes
Sony’s CEO, Kaz Hirai, has said at Mipcom, the annual TV content event in Cannes, that Sony will look beyond just gaming to exploit its PlayStation VR headset and technology. The company has already …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 41
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