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Samsung In Running for A9 Orders

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Both Samsung and TSMC are competing for orders to produce Apple’s A9 SoC, according to reports from Asian media. Samsung was the main producer of Apple chips until a deal was signed with TSMC …

Tags:Apple| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| SOCs| TSMC| Vol 21 - Issue 44

SGP Chooses Extenso

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SGP Technologies has chosen Extenso Telecom to distribute its Blackphone Android smartphone in France.

Tags:France| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Sony Mobile Ends Agora Partnership

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Agora DMT is no longer distributing Sony smartphones in the Czech Republic.

Tags:Czech Republic| Distributors| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Sony/FES Watches Are One and the Same

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We recently covered a watch with an E Ink strap, by Japanese startup Fashion Electronics (FES). The same week, we noticed that a similar watch was under development by Sony. It has now come …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Rumor: Huawei to Release Honor Smartglasses in Late 2014

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With augmented reality glasses from Google still in an extended beta release for $1,500 a piece, the release of other augmented reality headsets, like the Vuzix M100 or Epson Moverio, is still a very …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Dolby High Dynamic Range Solution on Display at SMPTE Conference

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Dolby was at the SMPTE Fall conference in Hollywood demonstrating its High Dynamic Range (HDR) solution — from camera through post, distribution and to the home. HDR was a topic of great interest at …

Tags:Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| SMPTE 2014

Harmonic Explains Virtualization at SMPTE Conference

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Virtualization means different things to different people. At Harmonic, the idea is to move away from dozens of dedicated hardware boxes in a broadcast facility to a topology where the Harmonic IP and functionality …

Tags:Broadcast| Cloud Computing

SRI International Shows Visual Broadcast Test Methods at SMPTE

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SRI International offers test patterns that can look at bit depth, chroma sampling, frame rates, conversions, audio sync and much more – and provide visual feedback on compliance and errors. Driving the system is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

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Aries Epica Launches Autostereoscopic Products

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3DTV – The Aries Epic Group (Dubai) is a consortium of independent firms with global headquarters in the Middle East and subsidiaries in India and Singapore. Under the Aries Epica brand name, the company …

Tags:3D TV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

SiliconCore Shows 1.2mm LED at Gitex

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At Gitex 2014 in Dubai, SiliconCore showed the word’s first 1.2mm pitch LED display, enabled by its new driver chip which can drive 640 LEDs. Steve Scorse tells us about it and also about …

Tags:Gitex 2014| LED| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP