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Samsung Launches CJG5 Curved Gaming Monitor at Gamescom 2018

Samsung Electronics unveiled its new CJG5 curved gaming monitor at Gamescom 2018, held from August 21 to 25. Samsung is exhibiting its advanced gaming monitor line-up equipped with super ultra-wide CHG90 experience zone under the theme, “Wider View. Winning Play.” Held in Cologne, Germany, Gamescom is one of the world’s largest gaming trade shows that … Read more

HTC Confirms September Launch and Pricing for Vive Wireless Adapter

HTC’s wireless Vive adapter, announced earlier this year, will launch in September, priced at $300 in the US. What we also now know is that Vive Pro owners will need to spend another $60 on an extra compatibility device in order to use their headset wirelessly. Bundled with the adapter is a PCIe card that … Read more

Swiss Approve Tamedia’s Takeover of Goldbach

Last December, media group Tamedia and the Goldbach Group announced their plan to enter a strategic partnership. After an in-depth review, the Swiss Federal Competition Commission, COMCO, has now approved the takeover without any requirements or conditions. The execution will take place by the end of August. With their strategic partnership, Tamedia and Goldbach say … Read more

Digitimes Research: Shipments of 5G Smartphones Won’t Pick Up Until 2021

Digitimes Research says that shipments of 5G devices like smartphones, consumer premises equipment and Wi-Fi devices are unlikely to reach the one-million-unit mark until 2021, two years after initial shipments begin in 2019. The firm went on to predict that in 2022, 97% of 5G device shipments will be made up of smartphones and 5G-enabled … Read more

LDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #32

Acer was among the companies that confirmed that its Predator Orion PCs for gamers would support the new Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards. The Orion 5000 is designed for the serious gamer, while the Orion 3000 is aimed at users entering the world of serious gaming, and the Orion 9000, with top-of-the-line Nvidia GeForce RTX … Read more

Seven of the Top-15 SC Suppliers Register At Least 20% Gains in First Half of 2018

Samsung has extended its number one semiconductor ranking and sales lead over Intel to 22%, according to IC Insights. The top-15 worldwide semiconductor sales ranking for the first half of 2018 includes seven suppliers headquartered in the US, three in Europe, two each in South Korea and Taiwan and one in Japan. All but four … Read more

Top-Five Notebook Firms Saw Shipments Improve by 11%

The top-five global notebook vendors saw their combined shipments drop by 24% month-on-month but grow 11% year-on-year in July 2018, as inventory preparations for the back-to-school rush were complete in May and June, according to Digitimes Research. Dell saw shipments fall by 16% month-on-month, while HP’s shipments went down by almost 30% month-on-month but grew … Read more

Nvidia Changes the Game in Ray Tracing

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang gave a long talk at the Siggraph show and after showing a great set of images from computer games and PC renderings over the years, he pointed out that this year was the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of Pixar’s Renderman, which transformed the graphics and cinema industry. Their ‘relelentless pursuit of … Read more

Dolby Laboratories Partners With Wanying Cinema Line To Extend The Spectacular Dolby Cinema Experience In China

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) and Wanying Cinema Line (Shenzhen) Company Limited, the high-end cinema exhibitor wholly owned by China Resources Land Limited with the brand MIXCINE, announced a partnership to extend the spectacular Dolby Cinema experience to more moviegoers in China. With the partnership, the first location is expected to be open at Wanying’s … Read more

Dolby Laboratories and Wanying Cinema Line to Open More Dolby Cinemas in China

Dolby Laboratories and Wanying Cinema Line have announced a partnership to extend the Dolby Cinema experience to more moviegoers in China. The first location is expected to open at Wanying’s flagship site in Shenzhen, with more locations to open in Southeast China in the following two years. A Dolby Laboratories spokesperson said, “The Dolby Vision … Read more