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The PC market saw one of its lowest-ever growth rates in Q1’16 (PC Decline at Worst Point in Nine Years), but – says Gartner – profit opportunities still exist for PC makers. “Over the last five years, global shipments of traditional PCs (desktops and notebooks) have fallen from 343 million units in 2012 to an … Read more
Microsoft has announced that it will sell its feature phone assets to Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile Ltd and HMD Global, Oy. The deal is valued at $350 million. As part of the agreement, FIH will acquire Microsoft Mobile Vietnam, which includes Microsoft’s Hanoi-based manufacturing facility. Approximately 4,500 will transfer to or be able to join … Read more
Xiaomi’s first UltraHD STB, the Mi Box (previously available only in a Full HD version) will be available in the USA. The box has Google Cast and Android TV – only the second STB with the platform – built in. It features HEVC and VP9 decoding, 2GB of RAM, 8GB of storage and HDMI 2.0a … Read more
Ericsson and Turkcell have worked together to deliver a live streaming mobile experience, using LTE Broadcast, in Turkey. The demonstration took place at a basketball game, and was part of Turkcell’s deployment of Ericsson’s LTE Broadcast solution. Turkcell secured more spectrum than its competitors in the August spectrum auction, which will be used for future … Read more
ABI Research has forecast an UltraHD STB market size of 7 million units this year – up from 2 million last year – followed by annual growth of 46% to 2021. Despite this rise, the overall STB market is on the decline; ABI expects a 9% YoY value drop this year, to sub-$16 billion. Although … Read more
Tianma NLT USA has announced two new displays introduced by Tianma Micro-electronics Co. that achieve ground-breaking pixel pitch performance of 847 PPI. The new 5.2” and 10.4” units, with real 4K2K and 8K4K resolution, bring never-before-seen performance and clarity to popular smartphone and tablet display sizes. Tianma is currently exhibiting the demonstration units at Display … Read more
Today NComputing launches the , giving U.S. schools the ability to easily run Windows applications on their Chromebooks. More than half of all computers used in U.S. K-12 schools are Chromebooks, and now NComputing Chromebooks – with the vSpace client – provides easy, multi-user access to the Windows, Java or Silverlight applications often necessary for … Read more
One of the companies that attendees visited for a plant tour during Display Summit China was Seemile. The company is located a short distance from the Yixing Economic Development and Technological Zone headquarters building, where Display Summit China was held. Founded in 2012, the company has 10,000 sq. m of space in a modern building … Read more
The second company visited by attendees of the Display Summit China event was Jiangsu Zhongsheng Stereoscopic Display, which is just a short walk from the first site, Seemile. The company manufactures glasses-free 3D flat panel displays. The company’s Rambo Liu also gave a presentation at Display Summit China. This covered the basics of how glasses-based … Read more
On our recent trip to China, we took the opportunity to go to Nanjing to visit Nanjing CQ Laser Technology. It is named after CQ Xu, the chairman, who is also a professor at McMaster University in Toronto. Mr. Xu’s work in laser began with the development of periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide materials. … Read more
An entire hall was dedicated to automotive technology at CES Asia 2016 – a big increase over last year. Not all the auto makers were there, but a solid representation. For example, Chevrolet was showing its concept car and Mercedes Benz was showing a concept intelligent aerodynamic automobile which included a shroud that extended out … Read more
While 3D is hard to find at CES USA, it was quite visible and seemingly popular at CES Asia. As with many companies in China, it is often difficult to know who the true manufacturer is and who is a repackager or a reseller of the same basic technology. Many often showed the same content … Read more
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