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Google Tensor Could be an Exynos

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SamMobile reports that the ‘Tensor’ SoC that is reported to be in the next Google Pixel smartphone (Google Uses a New Processor) is in fact a version of a Samsung Exynos …

Tags:Application Processors| CPUs| Google| GPUs| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones

Roku Reaches 55M Active Users as Total Streaming Hours Fall Behind

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Just after I published the article on Roku’s customer, TCL (TCL Electronics Bullish on First Half of 2021), yesterday, I spotted an article in the Hollywood Reporter that highlighted that Roku …

Tags:Financial Data| Roku| Streaming Video

Bloomberg Doesn’t Think Much of the Apple TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Power On subscriber newsletter looked back at the development of the Apple TV box and although it can see why previous versions were developed and sold, it sees little point …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| STBs| Streaming Dongles

Links Week Commencing 9th August 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. sixteen-nine.net highlights projection mapping at the Olympics …

Tags:Consoles| Financial Data| Glass| LED| Projection Mapping| Samsung| Sports and Stadiums

Sigmaintell Updates on Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell said that demand for monitors by consumers remains firm although supply has been hit by shortages of components and rising monitor panel prices. However, the firm thinks that demand will …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Market Data| Pricing

Beamr Celebrates 50 Granted Patents

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Image technology specialist, Beamr, posted a blog claiming that it has now got 50 granted patents. It’s first business was in optimising images for more efficient compression while maintaining the subjective …

Tags:Codecs| Patents

TCL Electronics Bullish on First Half of 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL reported profits up 122.9% for the first half of the year at $133 million. Revenues were up 103.7% for the year to $4.49 billion. TCL smartTV sales rose to 11.27 …

Tags:Europe| Roku| TCL

Auto Displays: Bigger, Brighter, More Numerous

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Semiengineering took a look at the development of displays in automotive applications. Among the topics covered were the unique challenges of automotive, the lack of a single standard for connections with …

Tags:Automotive| Interfaces| Semiconductors

Global PC Shipments up 15% YoY in Q2 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research released its global PC data for Q2 and saw growth of 15.1% year on year to 80.1 million. For the year, the firm expects double digit growth, but with …

Tags:Apple| Europe| Lenovo| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market

Samsung Promotes Odyssey Neo G9

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a Korean language video (with English subtitles), Samsung gave some background about the the development of its Odyssey Neo G9 miniLED gaming monitor. The video highlighted: the small sized LEDs …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| MiniLED| Samsung