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HP’s Pavilion Learns From Spectre

HP has released a slew of new products, slimming its convertible and laptop PCs while also raising battery life. The new Pavilion PC range includes the x360 convertibles and the more conventional Pavilion laptops. Both are thinner and lighter than previous generations. The new 11.6″ and 13.3″ Pavilion x360s are 12-14% thinner (19.3mm and 19.8mm, … Read more

Hitachi Now in Laser Projection

Hitachi’s first entrance into the solid state laser-phosphor market has been unveiled, in the form of the LP-WU9750B DLP projector. It is suitable for extreme use in 24/7 applications, such as digital signage. A sealed engine design keeps the projector free of dust. It is also maintenance-free, with no air filter. The light source will … Read more

Dell Renames After EMC Acquisition

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Dell has announced a name change, following its acquisition of EMC (Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC) last year. The part of the company selling PCs will still be known as Dell, while the part that sells to enterprise will be ‘Dell EMC’. The business dealing with Dell’s acquired brands and technologies, such as EMC, … Read more

March Ends Five-Month Chip Fall

Semiconductor sales were up very slightly (0.3%) in March, compared to February, at $26.1 billion, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). However, sales throughout Q1’16 fell 5.5% QoQ and 5.8% YoY, to $78.3 billion. The March result was the first increase in semiconductor sales in five months. However, growth was limited by a combination of … Read more

AUO Takes on New Staff for Capacity Expansion

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AUO is to take on 3,000 new employees in Taiwan – 1,000 of them engineers – to operate its new production capacity, say sources in the country. These include a new fab producing 27,000 glass substrates each month and a G6 LTPS fab in Kunshan (eastern China), which will come online in the second half … Read more

Guangzhou OED Teases Graphene ePaper Display

Guangzhou OED announced the development of a “graphene display”. The company is a manufacturer of electrophoretic displays very similar to E-Ink. The latest press release points at the use of graphene as the front electrode instead of Indium (ITO). For the display technologists this is a clear indication that they are using a graphene layer … Read more

LG Innotek Embeds Fingerprint Sensor in Front Glass

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LG Innotek has announced the development of a fingerprint sensor for mobile devices. While fingerprint sensors are widely used already in higher end smartphones and other products, they all rely on a sensor that is located in an area outside the display itself. The user has to put his finger in a specific area with … Read more

Google Patents Tearable Display

According to a patent Google received in the US, the firm is envisioning a display that can be physically separated by the user to provide information on the separated display portion. The patent was awarded on April 28, 2016 but was filed in October 2014. The image from US Patent #20160117288, shows how you can … Read more

Samsung Electronics Introduces the 2016 Galaxy A Series with Premium Design and Improved Features

Samsung Electronics today announced the latest smartphones in its Galaxy A Series (2016 edition), the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5, will be available to buy in the UK from the 5th May 2016. The new additions to Samsung’s smartphone offering provide a beautiful look and feel with a host of features including a sharp sAMOLED … Read more