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Imagination Customers to Create ‘Kepler’ Competitor

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Imagination Technologies has said that it is working on coherent interconnect technology; this would enable Imagination’s newest multicore MIPS processors to be combined with ‘large arrays’ of its PowerVR GPUs. The intent is to …

Crocus Senses Flexing

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Crocus Technology, based in Switzerland, has developed a sensor solution for flexible displays, built on its Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) technology. MLU is a CMOS-based architecture using magnetic fields. The new solution can detect …

Charge Transport Enhanced With Graphene

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A more efficient way to transport electrical charge has been discovered by a team of researchers. Led by David Barbero of Sweden’s Umeå University, it was discovered that semiconducting polymers, placed on a layer …

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Yota Upgrades From LCD to AMOLED

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The YotaPhone 2, from Russia’s Yota Devices, has received an upgrade from the original handset (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 50) – notably in screen technology. Like the original, the second-generation smartphone features both …

Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 49

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The Iconia Talk S is Acer’s first 4G tablet. With support for voice calling and two SIM slots, it is intended to fully replace a smartphone. A quad-core Snapdragon processor runs Android on the …

MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 No 48

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The Blackberry Classic smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) is now available for pre-order in the UK. It is listed for £290 ($455). The world’s thinnest tablet – Dell‘s Venue 8 7000 (Display …

zzz MDM Product Roundup4

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The Tab 8W from Acer (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is now available in Europe, starting at £135 ($210). The company has also started to sell the Liquid Leap smartband (Display Monitor Vol …

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Actions Semi Builds for Midrange Mainstream Devices

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A quad-core SoC, with many applications areas, has been introduced by Actions Semiconductor. The ATM7059 is primarily designed for mid-tier Android tablets; however, it can also be used in set-top boxes, smart monitors, ultrabooks, …

AMD Enters ASMedia Partnership

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ASMedia, in Taiwan, has signed contracts for a partnership with AMD. Details of the relationship have not been disclosed, except to say that it is related to next-generation chipset technology.

Ams Supports Eight-Direction Gestures

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Ams AG has released a new family of chips that integrate six sensing functions, including gesture detection and Mobeam barcode emulation. The chips are part of the TMG399x family. They are intended for use …

Apple Hides UltraHD Feature

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The developers of a Mac video upload app, Waltr, have found that the A8 processors in Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can playback UltraHD video. Apple has not even mentioned this feature; …

Apple Warranties Become More Even-Handed

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Analysing Apple data over the last 11 years, 369 Week has concluded that the company is ‘giving its customers a break’. Apple is paying more 369 claims and keeping extended 369 prices steady, resulting …

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