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ARM Designs for AR and VR

by Tom Allen

ARM has announced a new CPU and GPU for flagship mobile devices, which will be available in 2017. The Cortex-A73 CPU and Mali-G71 GPU are designed to support VR and AR applications. The new …

Mediatek Expects to Hit Forecast High End

by Tom Allen

Mediatek has stuck to its current forecast of a 10% YoY revenue increase this year. Speaking at a media briefing, COO Jeffrey Ju said that the company expects revenues of about NT$71 billion ($2.2 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Asus is Firmly in Phablets

by Tom Allen

Asus used its press conference to introduce several new products, including a robot called ‘Zenbo’. Set to be launched at the end of September for $600, the robot is a home service unit that …

NSR has shared more details from its ‘UltraHD via Satellite’ report (More Satellite UHD Expected Over Next Decade), asking, “Will UltraHD boost the bottom line?” NSR previously forecast that there will be around 300 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Foxconn Absorbs Smart

by Tom Allen

Smart Technologies has agreed to an acquisition offer by Foxconn, for $4.50 per share (a 21% premium over the average trading price). The deal is worth $200 million.

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Jon Peddie on Virtual Reality in the GTX1080

by Tom Allen

Our friend Jon Peddie has written an interesting report in his latest TechWatch newsletter, highlighting some aspects of Nvidia’s GTX1080 (Nvidia Reaches 240Hz With 16nm) which we only briefly touched upon. First, you need …

UHD TV Sales Accelerate in North America

by Tom Allen

Strategy Analytics expects one in eight homes in North America – more than 11 million – to own an UltraHD TV by the end of 2016. As the price of UHD models fall and …

Ricoh Enters Home Theatre

by Tom Allen

Ricoh’s first-ever home theatre projector is the PJ HDC5420: it’s a DLP unit with a six-segment colour wheel, MHL connectivity and very fast set-up. Portability is key to the unit, and Ricoh promises that …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Infocomm 2016| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Matrox Drives Walls at Computex

by Tom Allen

Matrox’s C900 graphics card has been used by Shuttle Inc. at Computex 2016, to drive a 3×3 video wall of 1920 x 1200 displays. It was used with Shuttle’s SZ170R8, part of the XPC …

Wall AG Breaks Billboard Milestone

by Tom Allen

Wall AG, part of the JCDecaux Group, has announced that it now owns almost 90,000 billboards in 60 German cities. These are a combination of static and digital sites. In total, the company operates …

Tags:Digital Signage| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Invidis Analyses Video Walls

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Invidis has published a new guide to video displays in digital signage. As well as case studies and interviews, the material includes articles on the latest trends in the field of video walls. …

Tags:Digital Signage Data| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

BenQ Honours Warranties After Steljes Administration

by Tom Allen

Following Steljes, BenQ’s sole distributor, entering administration (Steljes Goes Under), BenQ has announced changes to its support and sale of IFPDs. The firm is unable to comment on the status of onsite warranties and …