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The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced it has released version 1.2 of the Display Stream Compression (DSC) Standard. An extension to the feature set offered in version 1.1, DSC v1.2 was developed to support a wider range of display applications—in particular, externally connected displays such as PC monitors and televisions. A key feature … Read more
Regional distributors Data Modul and MSC Technologies will represent KOE at Embedded World 2016, which runs from the 23rd – 25th February in Nuremburg. They will show off a range of KOE’s industrialised ‘Rugged+’ TFT-LCD displays
AptoVision has announced 10 new design wins for its BlueRiver NT and NT+ chipsets. Aurora Multimedia; AvenView; Creator; C-Win Technologies; DVIGear; Go-Max Electronics; Grandbeing; IDK Corporation; iMAGsystems; and ZeeVee are all now using AptoVision’s BlueRiver products. They will be shown at ISE, where AptoVision will be in stand 10.P151. Analyst Comment I will be moderating … Read more
VESA has released v1.2 of its Display Stream Compression (DSC) standard (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 5), which extends the feature set of v1.1. A key feature is the ability for DSC v1.2 to provide native compression of the YCbCr 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 formats commonly used in digital TVs. DSC v1.2 was developed to support … Read more
UK electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has said that it is to close more than 130 stores in the UK and Ireland. There will be no job losses as part of the move. Dixons is closing the stores as it rolls out its ‘three-in-one’ format, which combines its three main brands (PC World, Currys and Carphone … Read more
THine Electronics has developed a 16Gbps ‘ultra-high-speed’ interface technology, which could be used as an internal interface in 8k TVs and other high-resolution applications. The new development is applicable to THine’s V-by-One technology, but also to other interfaces such as USB 3.1, PCIe 4.0 and Fibre Channel 16GFC. As well as 8k TVs, the technology … Read more
News is just now being released by VEFXi of a 3D conversion technology, embedded on a microchip, which it showed privately at CES this year. The chip takes 2D or stereoscopic 3D video and converts it to glasses-free (autostereoscopic) content. The conversion is done in real-time, and the chip can be used in mobile devices. … Read more
Densitron now has a plant in Taiwan that specialises in optical bonding of touch screens and cover glass. The company has announced that it can now add polycarbonate cover lenses to its array of bonding material. Densitron has managed to match the expansion curve of the polycarbonate lenses (which will often expand during temperature and … Read more
LG Display reported Q4 net loss of KRW 14 billion ($11.6 million), compared to a net profit of KRW 389 billion ($323 million) YoY. Turnover for the period decreased 10% YoY to KRW 7.5 trillion ($6.2 billion ) from KRW 8.34 trillion ($6.93 billion ). For the full year, net profit was reported at KRW … Read more
Barco, systems will be used in several virtual reality and art installations at the New Frontier exhibition with its large venue projectors and presentation switchers. The 2016 Sundance Festival will take place from January 21 – 31 in Park City, Utah
Apple reported flat Q1 net profit of $18.4 billion, up marginally YoY from $18 billion. Turnover was also flat at $75.9 billion, compared to $74.6 billion, up under 2% YoY. Apple claimed all time record sales of iPhones, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Gross margin went up from 39.9% a year ago to 40.1% this … Read more
MagnaChip said that since 2007 it has shipped over 160 million AMOLED driver ICs. Most of these ICs went to smartphones, but MagnaChip says they also shipped drivers to digital cameras and tablets. MagnaChip’s technology current uses 55-nm process nodes, and is developing sub 55-nm processes.
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