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Gatwick Goes Star Wars

London’s Gatwick Airport is backing up the launch of the latest Star Wars episode, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. In the departure lounge, Primesight set up a display of character costumes but there were also displays at gates and in arrivals. Disney partnered with the “World Duty Free” store. Analyst Comment Hmmm. Typical: I … Read more

Philips To Sell Lumileds to Private Equity

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Philips has agreed to sell its Lumileds business to a private equity group, Apollo Global Management LLC. The deal means that 80.1% of the company will be sold, with Philips holding the balance for at least three years (subject to conditions). The deal values the business at around $2 billion and Philips will receive $1.5 … Read more

Game & ESports Revenues to Grow

Digitimes Research in Taiwan forecast that the market for gaming hardware, software and services is projected at a CAGR of 6.6% from $99.6 billion in 2016 to $118.6 billion in 2019. In addition to gaming, global market value for e-sports in 2016 is estimated at US$891 million, for which, Asia, North America and Europe together … Read more

Peraso Releases W120 WiGig Compliant Phased Array Chipset

Peraso Technologies Inc., a leader in Wireless Gigabit (WiGig®) chipsets, today announced the availability of its W120 WiGig phased array chipset for consumer electronics. The W120 builds on the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WiGigTM W110 Chipset, with support for high-bandwidth applications such as wireless routers, VR devices and wireless displays. Key features of the Peraso W120 WiGig … Read more

Peraso Releases W120 WiGig Compliant Phased Array Chipset

Peraso has announced a new W120 WiGig phased array chipset for consumer electronics. The W120 builds on the WiGig W110 Chipset, with support for high bandwidth applications such as wireless routers, VR devices and wireless displays. Key features of the Peraso W120 WiGig chipset include: 4.6 Gb/s throughput 802.11ad STA, PCP and AP support Support … Read more

VESA Launches Full Compliance Test Spec for USB Type-C Devices Using DisplayPort Alt Mode

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced the completion of its compliance test specification (CTS) for products incorporating the USB Type-C™ connector and the DisplayPort™ Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) standard. The new CTS documents allow VESA members to have their products compliance tested through VESA’s Authorized Test Centers (ATCs) worldwide, or by completing self-testing … Read more

Zytronic Addresses Public Touchscreen Surface Contamination with Antimicrobial Corning® Gorilla® Glass

Zytronic, a leader in self-service Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT™ and MPCT™) touch sensors today announced the option of Corning’s Antimicrobial Corning® Gorilla® Glass to help prevent the spread of stain and odour-causing bacteria on self-service kiosks and other public-use touchscreens. The announcement follows the conclusion of an agreement between Zytronic Displays Ltd. and Corning Incorporated … Read more

FlexEnable‘s New 12.1” Plastic LCD Platform Delivers Large Area Flexible Displays for Next Generation Product Designs

FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, has developed a 12.1” glass-free, conformable organic liquid crystal display (OLCD) marking an important milestone in the commersialisation of large area flexible displays. The technology is compatible with existing LCD production lines, and is scalable to even larger area displays to meet the … Read more

Digital View Has 120Hz 4K Ultra-HD LCD Controller

Digital View has said that it has a new integrated SVX-4096-120 LCD controller that can support UltraHD content at 120Hz. This new controller model was designed for 4K Ultra-HD LCD panels, and supports both 8 and 16 lane V-by-One connectivity channels (60Hz and 120Hz connections.) The high resolution, multi-purpose SVX-4096-120 also supports motion smoothing and … Read more

Hololens in Retail

Essential Retail interviewed Leila Martine of Microsoft about the Microsoft Hololens and the plans in retail as the Hololens has started to ship in the UK. Martine (after correcting the augmented reality phrase to mixed reality!) highlighted the way that Lowes in the US is using the headset. The company is also working with Volvo … Read more