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Rovi Renews Patent License Agreement for Entertainment Discovery Portfolio with Sony

Rovi Corporation today announced that Rovi has renewed its worldwide license agreement with Sony Corporation. The multi-year agreement continues to provide Sony with a license to use Rovi’s entertainment discovery patent portfolio for its consumer electronics devices worldwide. Rovi’s patents power entertainment discovery to help consumers navigate content across multiple screens and devices. With more … Read more

Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera

Intel Corporation (“Intel”) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera Corporation (“Altera”), a leading provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The acquisition complements Intel’s leading-edge product portfolio and enables new classes of products in the high-growth data center and Internet of Things (IoT) market segments. “Altera is now part of Intel, … Read more

Fujitsu To Split PC & Phone Businesses

From February 1st, Fujitsu plans to spin off its PC (Company Split A) and phone businesses (Company Split B) as separate operations. The PC operation will be called “Fujitsu Client Computing Ltd”, while the phone company will be known as “Fujitsu Connected Technologies Ltd”. Analyst Comment This split will have relatively little impact immediately on … Read more

Wolf Achieves 4K60 at 4:4:4

Wolf Cinema has modified several existing D-ILA (LCoS) projectors to ready its lineup for the new year. Four models have been updated and two are ‘new’. The SDC-8, SDC-10, SDC-12 and SDC-15 projectors are the updated units. Wolf Cinema has changed them to support upcoming DCI-4k (4096 x 2160) consumer video content, with the addition … Read more

Korean Government Invests to Boost Digital Signage

Yonhap News Agency has reported that South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday that it will spend 78.9 billion won (US$67.3 million) over the period to 2018 to develop the digital signage industry in line with its efforts to “foster new growth engines”. The organisation will also encourage the elimination of unnecessary regulations. Just over 40% … Read more

Korean Government Invests to Boost Digital Signage

Yonhap News Agency has reported that South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday that it will spend 78.9 billion won (US$67.3 million) over the period to 2018 to develop the digital signage industry in line with its efforts to “foster new growth engines”. The organisation will also encourage the elimination of unnecessary regulations. Just over 40% … Read more

Samsung Addresses a Growing Mobile Health Market with Industry’s First Smart Bio-Processor

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it is addressing the growing trend of quantified health with an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market, the Bio-Processor. The Samsung Bio-Processor, now in mass production, is specifically designed to allow accelerated development of innovative wearable products … Read more

Panasonic Focuses Touch on Automotive

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Panasonic is seeking to transition its touch panel production completely to vehicle applications by 2020, say sources quoting Japan’s Nikkei newspaper. About 70% of Panasonic’s touch business is dedicated to vehicle applications today. According to Nikkei, Panasonic aims to generate ¥20 billion ($165.9 million) from the touch business by 2019.

Intel Completes Altera Acquisition

Intel has completed its acquisition of Altera, a maker of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).(Intel to Buy Altera for $16.7 Billion) Analyst Comment We have previously reported on the work that Altera was doing on the delivery of professional video over IP (Altera Shows how FPGAs can Deliver 4K Video over HDMI 2.0 or 12G SDI) … Read more

AR and VR Due at CES 2016

If you follow the buzz on the technology street, one of the hottest technologies anticipated at CES this year will be Augmented and Virtual Reality, better known by their AR and VR acronyms. From the future of consumer game console accessories, to high-end B2B car showroom virtual experience, this wearable display technology will be at … Read more