AnyTiles from IAdea wins Tsai Ing-wen Award
Presented by the Taiwan president, IAdea’s AnyTiles won the Tsai Ing-wen digital signage award. The system is a video wall technology that uses a distributed control architecture.
Audi Customer ‘Driving’ in the Showroom
myAudi Sphere, a virtual reality application from Audi has been incorporated in the recently reopened Audi Forum at Munich airport which has been closed for renovations. Developed by Macom, myAudi Sphere lets customers see their dream Audi car on VR glasses and ‘drive’ it. The experience has been dubbed ‘the Audi Walking VR experience’.
Sharp Multi-board Helps Connect Bigger Work Area
Sharp has launched new software; Advanced Multi-board, that lets up to 6 users use Big pads simultaneously. Three adjacent Big pads can be mounted together to achieve a 5.4 m width thanks to the new software. The Big pads have a display of 5,760 pixels x 1,080 pixels. The Advanced Multi-board is available from Sharp … Read more
Asustek to struggle to reach 2016 smartphone shipment target
Taiwanese news reports suggest that Asus will not be able to reach its target smartphone shipment volume of 25 million, a target that had already been reduced from 30 million in Q1, following a delay in new model shipment (Zenfone Shipments Lowered). The big factor in the miss is said to be competition from Chinese … Read more
Heraeus Claims 1mm Radius for Flexible Touch
As planned, Hereaus showed its Clevios-brand conductive polymer film at the recent Touch Taiwan event (Heraeus Celebrates Intego Partnership). The technology was developed in collaboration with ITRI of Taiwan (Heraeus and ITRI Collaborate on Touch Screens). Heraueus reported that the film can withstand bending to a radius of 1mm with up to 300K repetitions.
MSI Ships 2 Million Graphics Cards in Q1″16, Targets More
Industry Sources have revealed that Micro-Star International (MSI) has shipped 2 million graphics cards in Q1 16 and is likely to ship 3 million more by the end of 2016. Additionally, sources also indicated that the company is aiming to ship 1.2 million gaming notebooks by the end of the year.
Innolux & AUO Agree on Tight Supply
Taiwanese sources report that the CEOs of both Innolux and AUO both said at Touch Taiwan that they expected panel supply to be tight until the end of 2016. Panel makers have restricted supply and both LG and Samsung have closed or disposed of older fabs. Chinese makers remain behind the technology curve. The long-standing … Read more
Gallant to see EPS double in 2016
Chinese sources say that semiconductor and LCD equipment supplier, Gallant Precision Machining, is doing well with doubled earnings this year as local panel makers are investing in their 8.5G fabs.
Romania’s RCS & RDS picks Irdeto for digital TV CAMs
Irdeto, a world leader in digital platform security, today announced it will provide security solutions and services to RCS & RDS, the largest cable and satellite television operator in Romania. Software-based Irdeto Cloaked CA, integrated with the SMIT conditional access module (CAM), will enable RCS & RDS to deliver secure video entertainment services to digital … Read more
Romania’s RCS & RDS Seeks Irdeto’s Security
RCS & RDS recently transitioned from analogue subscriptions to a digital platform in their Digi TV cable network and needed protection against piracy threats and have contracted with Iredeto -a digital platform security company- to provide them with their security services and solutions.
Streaming Video Customer Satisfaction Highest When Paired with Pay TV
Overall satisfaction with paid streaming video service is highest among cord stackers—customers who subscribe to a traditional cable/satellite service in addition to streaming video service—according to the J.D. Power 2016 Streaming Video Satisfaction Study,? released today. The inaugural study measures overall satisfaction among customers who have used a subscription- or transaction-based streaming video service within … Read more
Customer Satisfaction Highest when Streaming Paired with Pay TV
JD Power said that its 2016 Streaming Video Satisfaction Study showed that the those with the highest customer satisfaction were ‘cord stackers’, that is to say, customers who subscribe to a traditional cable/satellite service in addition to streaming video service. The study measures customer satisfaction by examining six key measures (listed in order of importance): … Read more
