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Qualcomm to Sell All of Its 10-Nano APs to Samsung?

by Bob Raikes

ETNews has reported that Qualcomm has committed to supply all of its 10 nanometre production of its next Snapdragon 830 application processor to Samsung for the next (S8?) Galaxy smartphone. The paper reports that …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Cynora Combines Efficiency with Long Life in TADF

by Bob Raikes

Cynora’s labCynora of Germany has released new data on the development of its TADF OLED materials that are claimed to combine both high efficiency and long lifetime, for blue emission and keeps the company …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| TADF| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Google Supports Dolby Vision in Ultra Puck

by Bob Raikes

Google had a busy week at its Pixel developers’ conference this week and said it would start to deliver video content in UltraHD to its ‘Google Play Movies & TV’ service in November. The …

Tags:4k| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 39

SPIL, KYEC grabs orders for MediaTek 10nm chips

by Bob Raikes

Unconfirmed reports from Taiwan say that Mediatek’s next AP, the Helio X30, will be made by TSMC with a 10nanometre process. The chip has two ARM Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.8 GHz, four ARM …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 39

NHK Bonds Channels to Put Super Hi-Vision over Cable

by Bob Raikes

At the Ceatec show, Japanese broadcaster, NHK, said that has developed a set top box (STB) that allows the display of UltraHD or 8K signals by exploiting and bonding multiple cable channels to give …

Tags:4k| Ceatec 2016| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Irystec Aims to Optimise Displays to People

by Bob Raikes

I’m fond of saying that ‘A display without a person has no purpose’. However, I can get through quite a lot of time at display technology events without anyone talking about perception or vision. …

Tags:Automotive| Human Visual System (HVS)| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Survey on VR Shows Disconnect

by Bob Raikes

Reportlinker.com has conducted a survey among consumers in the US on VR and suggests that there is a disconnect between the views of consumers and the enthusiasm of VR marketeers. Half of respondents were …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

3D Mapped Displays Used for Uggs

by Bob Raikes

Projection Artworks has completed a project for Ugg boots to promote the brand. The mapping was performed in presentation cases and also in store windows. There’s a short video that shows some interesting effects …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| Retail| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Dell

Dell Still Keen on Channel in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Michael Dell has told resellers at the Channels Forum run by Canalys in Barcelona that the level of indirect business that Dell does in Europe is “up to you”, and he said that his …

Tags:Dell| Distribution| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Lenovo Rejects Windows Phone Option

by Bob Raikes

At the Canalys Channels Forum event in Barcelona, Gianfranco Lanci of Lenovo has ruled out the possibility that Lenovo would ever make a Windows OS smartphone. Lanci, who is great to listen to as …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39| Windows

UBI Forecasts Flexible OLED to reach $40 billion

by Bob Raikes

A forecast from UBI Research in Korea, quoted by olednet.com, suggests that by 2020, the flexible OLED market will be worth $40 billion by 2020, effectively a 70% compound growth and reaching over $20 …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Touch Panel Monitors Used for Paperless Meetings

by Bob Raikes

Eizo global said that its touch monitors are being used in the offices of Daikin Industries, a manufacturer of air-conditioners. As part of the company’s shift to a paperless meeting system, 59 EIZO FlexScan …

Tags:Back Panel| Eizo| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 40