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HannStar Fourth Quarter Shipments up 18.6%

According to Digitimes Research, HannStar Display shipped 313 million small to medium-sized panels in the last quarter of 2016. HannStar Display ...

Brands Line Up for ISE

This week, we’ve been bombarded with releases and announcements from brands in the build up to ISE. Rather than covering them ...

LETI & Fraunhofer Announce Collaboration

Fraunhofer’s Hubert Lakner and LETI’s Marie-Noelle Semeria held a press conference to announce the collaboration between the two institutions. Semeria said ...

In-House AP Use Rising in China

Huawei and Xiaomi will use more in-house developed application processors in their smartphones in the future, say Asian sources. Huawei’s subsidiairy, ...

Atmel Shows Force Sensitive Touch Screen

Atmel demonstrated their touch controller line for automotive and other applications at CES, which allows input with moisture / water present ...

Apple Updates TV Box with UHD & HDR

As well as its new phones and smartwatch, Apple announced a new version of its TV streaming box, the Apple TV ...

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Hannspree’s Android Box Available from Entatech

by Helen Vince

Hannspree’s Android Box, which turns a normal PC into an Android device, is now available in the UK through Entatech. The Android Box was built to partner with HannsG touch screen monitors.

Tags:Android| Distributors| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 12

IHS: Wearables and Vehicle Displays to Lead Touch Market

by Tom Allen

Worldwide small, medium and large touch panel demand has increased by double- or triple-digits in recent years. It is forecast to have risen 19.1% YoY in 2014 and will grow 15.1%, to 2.1 billion …

Tags:IHS Markit| In-cell| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| On-cell| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 13| Worldwide

Tag Heuer Becomes First Swiss Smartwatch Maker

by Tom Allen

Tag Heuer, the Swiss watch manufacturer, has announced a partnership with Intel and Google to launch a smartwatch based on Android Wear. The watch will be launched this year. Jean-Claude Biver, president of Tag …

Tags:Android Wear| Apple| Google Glass| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Switzerland| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Barco Signs Ingram Micro

by Helen Vince

Barco is now offering its Present-P and Present-C Series business projectors, along with ClickShare, through a US distribution agreement with Ingram Micro.

Tags:Barco| Business Projectors| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Sharp Rebuts Latest Rumours

by Helen Vince

Sharp has issued a further denial to reports in Nikkei this week that it is planning job cuts, capital enforcement and a revised earnings forecast. Nikkei had claimed that Sharp was seeking a ¥200 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Pascal is Nvidia’s Newest, Fastest GPU Architecture

by Tom Allen

Nvidia’s GPU technology Conference took place in the USA recently, with a new flagship GPU (see Product News) announced as well as a brand new architecture. Maxwell is Nvidia’s 10th-generation GPU architecture, and will …

Tags:GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 22 - Issue 12

E Ink’s New Killer App

by Ken Werner

E Ink still sells a lot of electrophoretic displays (EPDs) for eReaders but, despite the recent introduction of new and significantly improved eReaders, that is now a mature market. So the company is looking …

Tags:DSE 2015| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Vol 22 - Issue 12

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Gartner Predicts Strong Growth for Head Mounted Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

At a press event in Taipei, Gartner research director Brian Blau stated that the total unit sales for virtual reality, augmented reality and other smart glass apps will grow to 2 million units by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 12

HSA Finalises 1.0 Specification for Power-Efficient Computing

by Tom Allen

The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation has released the HSA 1.0 specification, bringing the technology industry one step closer to true heterogeneous computing on platforms spanning mobile devices, desktops, high-performance computing (HPC) systems and …

Tags:CPUs| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 12

More Germans Aware of UltraHD, But UK Tops Penetration

by Tom Allen

SES’ annual survey of TV reception in Europe shows that Germany – followed by the UK – leads the region in awareness of UltraHD. However, UltraHD TV ownership is (apparently) higher in the UK. …

Tags:Cable| Europe| France| Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Spain| UK (United Kingdom)| Ukraine| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Luminit’s Uniformity Tape Spreads Light to Reduce Hot Spots

by Tom Allen

Wide-spaced LED lighting can suffer from several issues, including hot spots and non-uniform characteristics, said Luminit. These artifacts can become visible on the edge of LED-backlit TVs. Adding more LED lights is an option, …

Tags:Diffusers| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Microsoft Takes Over Android Phones

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is testing Windows 10 with select users of Xiaomi’s Mi 4 smartphone – which normally runs Android. According to Techcrunch’s sources, Windows is provided as a flashable ROM that effectively overrides Android, turning …

Tags:Android| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 12| Windows