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ARM Supports 4K in Mobile and Optimises with BOE

by Bob Raikes

Arm of Cambridge in the UK, has announced the Mali DP650 display processor which can support multiple composition layers for graphics and video at 1920 x 1080 resolution, while avoiding a big impact on …

Tags:Arm| BOE| Chips| GPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Smart Simplifies with “Classroom as a Service”

by Bob Raikes

First, we heard that the firm has made a significant new initiative in the way it offers its products and services to the market. New at the show is a special “Classroom as a …

Tags:BETT 2016| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 23 - Issue 03

CTA Looks Beyond the “Magnificent Seven”

by Bob Raikes

Dubravac of the CTA. Image:Meko LtdAs usual, the CES press events kicked off with a market briefing and “Technology Trends” talk by the CTA which runs CES. This year, the event was in a …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Consumer Electronics Industry| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

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Samsung Display Raises the Contrast Bar

by Bob Raikes

We managed to squeeze into the Samsung Display suite at the end of its sessions and we had to speed around, as the exhibition contractors started dismantling the displays at 5:30 on the dot …

Tags:AMOLED| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 02

USB-IF Pushes Type C

by Bob Raikes

The USB Implementors Forum (USB-IF) was in a hotel suite in the Venetian hotel and was promoting Type C connectivity. We met with Rahman Ismail who is employed by Intel, but works on the …

Tags:CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 02

ViXS Pivoting to Unlock Value and Looks to Vidity

by Bob Raikes

ViXS has been through something of a traumatic year. We met with Perry Chappell, VP of Worldwide Sales who filled us in on recent developments. The company has not been bringing in revenues in …

Tags:CES 2016| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| ViXS| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Lattice Promotes MHL and Snap

by Bob Raikes

Lattice Semiconductor took over the space previously occupied by Silicon Image, which Lattice acquired earlier this year (Lattice Semiconductor Closes Acquisition of Silicon Image). The company was promoting SuperMHL (although the MHL group had …

Tags:CES 2016| HDBaseT| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| MHL| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Broadcom Pushes Wireless to Extremes

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Broadcom, which is in the process of being acquired by Avago Technologies (a deal that should be complete by 1st February). However, the setup was the same as previous years …

Tags:Broadcom| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02| WiGIG

Imagination Working on Foveated Rendering

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies had a meeting room in the South Hall as it has had for several years. It had lots to talk about. The firm bought ray tracing company, Caustic Technology (Display Monitor Vol …

Tags:CES 2016| GPUs| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| ray tracing| Vol 23 - Issue 02

LG Display Overloads with 8K, OLED, Ultra Stretch, Concave, Convex, Transparent, Flexible, Touch Displays! Phew!!!

by Bob Raikes

LG Display (LGD) moved from its hotel suite location this year to the North Meeting Rooms which seems to have meant an overloading of the press sessions as more journalists tried to find out …

Tags:CES 2016| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Oxide TFTs| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Tianma Addresses Mobile & Automotive Apps

by Bob Raikes

Tianma had a suite in the Westgate to talk to potential clients for its small/medium displays. First, we had a look at the 4.9″ and 5.5″ FullHD OLED displays that the company can make …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Autostereo 3D| CES 2016| In-cell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tianma| Vol 23 - Issue 02

ASU Brings Big Backers, but Fails with Us

by Bob Raikes

We went along to the launch of a new “projection wearable” by Chinese company, ASU. The company made the launch alongside representatives from ST, Qualcomm, Foxconn and Amazon – an impressive lineup for a …

Tags:CES 2016| Embedded Pico Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 02| Wearables