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Dialog Semiconductor plc (“Dialog”) hereby announces that, today, its board of directors has determined not to revise its proposal to acquire Atmel Corporation (“Atmel”). On January 13, 2016, Atmel published that it had determined that the unsolicited acquisition proposal received from Microchip Technology Inc. constitutes a “Company Superior Proposal” and that it intends to terminate … Read more
Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Universal Display its 2,000th patent, U.S. Patent No. 9,231,218 (the ‘218 Patent) for a new family of “Phosphorescent Emitters”. Additionally, UDC’s 2,001st patent was issued on the same … Read more
NVIDIA today unveiled a VR-ready program to help gamers navigate their way to great virtual reality experiences. The company has partnered with PC and notebook makers and add-in card providers to deliver “GeForce® GTX® VR Ready” systems and graphics cards that deliver an immersive VR gaming experience. The program minimizes confusion regarding which equipment is … Read more
Atmel has received an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Microchip Technology. The company says that this represents a ‘Company Superior Proposal’, and that it will terminate its merger agreement with Dialog Semiconductor (Dialog to Buy Atmel) to accept Microchip’s offer. Dialog has said that it will not revise its own offer for Atmel. The company has … Read more
EET Europarts has signed a new distribution agreement with Kramer Electronics. EET was already distributing Kramer’s pro-AV products in Sweden, and will now also cover Denmark and Finland.
Bang & Olufsen has appointed Martin Kofler to be its new sales director in the DACH region. Kofler joined B&O in May 2014, where he has been leading sales in Switzerland. B&O decided to move him to DACH in line with its focus on a new scalable store concept.
The Sony Professional Roadshow will return to Germany this year. Partners can visit to learn about Sony’s new developments in the fields of home entertainment, digital imaging and audio. The event will start in Berlin (10th-11th February), and move on to Dusseldorf (16th February), Münich (22nd-23rd February) and Hamburg (9th March).
China’s Qihoo 360, an online security services provider, has launched a VR head-mounted display (described as ‘helmet display’ by Shanghai Daily). Details are scarce, but Shanghai Daily did note that the HMD is being launched alongside a new phone, and will cost CNY400 ($60), while the phone will cost CNY3,000 ($455) – so this sounds … Read more
TSMC’s Co-CEO, Mark Liu, has said that he expects the company to post a 5%-10% YoY revenue increase in 2016, compared to 2% growth in the semiconductor market. Smartphones will continue to provide growth momentum for the firm, which has predicted 8% shipment growth for the category overall. Global shipments of PCs, tablets and CE … Read more
LG Display expects its UltraHD OLED TV panel utilisation rates to reach between 80% and 90% this year, say sources in Asia. The company has already reached ‘similar’ rates for 1920 x 1080 units (which it has confirmed in its quarterly investor calls – Man. Ed.) OLED TV panel shipments are forecast to reach 18-20 … Read more
The NBA, with BT Sport and Rogers Communications, ran its first public UltraHD broadcast during a game in London’s O2 Area on the 14th January. BT used its UltraHD production truck and specialised cameras for the event. An NBA game was shown in UltraHD last year, but only to a select audience of executives from … Read more
Yes, CES has been over for almost a week already and I am still suffering from the content overload that CES creates in almost every tech writer on the planet. We each have our areas of interest and area we have to cover and when running around on the show floor it makes for some … Read more
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