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BenQ Showcases Brilliance in Quality and Design with Latest Visual Display Innovations at ISE 2016

BenQ, the internationally acclaimed innovator of digital signage and projection technology, today announced the advanced solutions to be unveiled at ISE 2016. BenQ will be exhibiting for the seventh consecutive year from February 9th to 12th at ISE Booth 4-U24 in Hall 4. In addition to hardware, BenQ will utilize ISE as a launchpad to … Read more

NEC Showcases Retail and Digital Signage Solutions at NRF16

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NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading technology provider for advanced IT, communications and networking solutions, today announced that it will feature new retail solutions that integrate a wide range of NEC technology, including point of sale (POS), biometrics, digital signage and analytics, during the National Retail Federation’s Big Show, Jan. 17-20, 2016, at New … Read more

Dialog Semiconductor Declines to Revise Bid for Atmel

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 Announces Issuance of Its 2,000th OLED Patent

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

Global PC Builders Rally Around NVIDIA to Deliver VR-Ready PCs and Add-in Cards

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

Dialog and Atmel End Merger Agreement

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

Sony Readies for Roadshow

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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).

Security Company Branches Into VR

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 Expects to Outperform Chip Market

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 Expects to Reach Full HD Levels of Utilisation

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