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MSI Mobilises VR

MSI had a lot to show off, including a ‘niche of a niche’ – a backpack PC for VR (it was actually announced just before HP’s Omen X: Everything Optional on HP’s Omen Laptop). There was little in-depth detail about most of the products – possibly because there were so many! Unlike HP, though, it … Read more

Intel Looks to Video Delivery

According to Cisco, video is expected to approach 80% of all internet traffic in the coming years. This makes it important to be able to deliver such content quickly and efficiently through the cloud. Intel showed a new processor family to enable just such a solution, called the Xeon processor E3-1500 v5 series. These combine … Read more

AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost

AMD is planning a series of new Radeon RX Series graphics cards, based on its Polaris architecture, designed for VR-ready PCs. The RX 480 series is designed to be financially accessible, starting at $200. The series uses 14nm GPUs built with a FinFET process. More information will be released soon, and the cards will be … Read more

AMD Showcases New High-Performance Solutions at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2016

?Building off its legacy of innovation, AMD today highlighted multiple updates about the company’s upcoming high-performance compute and graphics solutions. “We entered 2016 with a great product lineup and growing momentum for AMD’s technologies,” said AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. “Today’s launch of our 7th Generation A-Series mobile APUs, to be followed closely … Read more

Asus Corners Computex Awards

Asus’s Computex products (Asus is Firmly in Phablets) won four Best Choice awards and 12 Design and Innovation awards at the show. The Zenfone 3 Ultra took a Best Choice Golden Award, while the Zenbook 3, Zenbeam GoE1Z and ROG GT51 PC each won a Best Choice Award. The Zenbook and GT51 also won D&I … Read more

Everything Optional on HP’s Omen Laptop

Omen, HP’s gaming brand, has been refreshed with high-resolution laptops and a 32″ monitor, which reaches a refresh rate of 75Hz. In addition, HP plans to introduce the Omen X platform this summer. There is little information, but one of the products will be a (currently concept) high-end PC carried in a backpack, for virtual … Read more

Canatu and E Ink Work on Wearables

Canatu and E Ink are working together to produce flexible touch displays for wearables. The first product, combining a 6.3″ E Ink EPD with Canatu’s One-Plastic (OPS) Touch, will be available in July. The product is bendable and 0.162mm thick. Analyst Comment For more on this development, see our SID report on Canatu. (Canatu Integrates … Read more

BenQ Focuses on Verticals

Displays were not a significant focus for BenQ at Computex. The company concentrated on vertical solutions, dividing its stand into four zones: Smart Café, Smart Factory, Smart Health Club and Smart Classroom. Although this did include projectors and LFDs none of them, as far as we are aware, were new. (There may be some new … Read more

Vedavi Provides Hands-On Anatomy – in VR

Swiss firm Vedavi is a medical animation studio, working with the University of Zurich to bring VR to students. The VR Human Anatomy software is similar to the zSpace tool, except that it uses VR rather than standard stereo 3D. Students can use the Oculus Touch controllers to take apart pieces of the human body … Read more

Panasonic Leaves TV Panel Production

Panasonic has decided to stop producing LCD TV panels, due to high competition from firms in China, South Korea and Taiwan. Production at the Himeji plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan will cease by the end of September, sources told the Nikkei newspaper. Corporate clients have already been informed. The Himeji plant began production in 2010, … Read more