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Samsung Electronics has made a deal with Samsung Display Co. (SDC) to give it a loan of 20 trillion won ($16 billion) at an interest rate of 4.6%, according to Bloomberg. Samsung had already indicated that it would not relent on capex spending this year, despite the downturn, and that the company saw this year … Read more
It seems like the company was promoting its wares for the Indian market by announcing to the local press the Helio G36. The chipset is targeted at the affordable smartphone market. The G Series of chips is targeted at mobile gaming, in general, boasting better graphics throughput, power optimization, and display management, as well as … Read more
The people who make TVs are, for the most part, boomers. The people who watch TV are not. Yet, it is the boomers who represent the majority of people who want non-boomers buying TVs. However, data suggests, the emerging demographics of younger generations don’t want anything to do with past generations’ ideas of what TV … Read more
The continuing expansion of display performance requirements in mobile applications demands that a hybrid of software and hardware solutions come together to address the bandwidth requirements. Rambus is offering a platform to get to those every higher refresh rates and resolutions. Rambus MIPI DSI-2, VESA DSC, VDC-M IP solutions help designers manage the bandwidth requirements … Read more
VIRNECT, an XR technology solutions provider, has announced a strategic partnership with DigiLens, a leading developer of waveguide displays for augmented and mixed-reality devices. The partnership will allow VIRNECT to integrate DigiLens’ state-of-the-art technology into its XR solutions, delivering customers a new level of immersive experiences. Key benefits of the partnership: The partnership between VIRNECT … Read more
The Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards awarded 23 statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement during its thirteenth annual awards ceremony today at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The theme for this year’s show is “Behind the Legend,” celebrating the creative teams behind the scenes who are creating legendary stories and characters for audiences the world … Read more
According to the International Data Corporation ’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the India smartphone market exited 2022 with 144 million shipments (the lowest since 2019), with a 10% decline YoY (year-over-year). 4Q22 declined 27% YoY as shipments fell to 30 million units. Despite multiple price discounts and channel schemes, high inventory levels after Diwali restricted new … Read more
TikTok’s parent comapny, China’s ByteDance, owns a VR headset company, Pico, and despite the pressures that bear down on the company from western regulators, it is not backing away from a fight with Meta as both social media heavyweights keep slugging away at each other. This is a nice juxtaposition with an earlier story on … Read more
The social media giant will be designing the chips to be manufactured as part of its ongoing investment in the mixed reality displays. The expected timing for all this is 2025 to 2026. According The Elec, LG Display is relying on SK Hynix for the semiconductor wafter which it plans to produce at its oldest … Read more
The Chinese chipmaker’s recent earnings call said that prices for ICS used in displays and flash memory chips in smartphones have dropped by 30% but that it would be continuing to invest in capital expenditures. However, most of spending will be on mature technologies and increasing capacity for older generations and infrastructure for new plants. … Read more
Sales of smartwatches in India went from 12.22 million units in 2021 to 30.72 million units in 2022, according to IDC Research. The data tracks smartwatches inclusive of basic and advanced. Smartwatch ASPs continue to decline, at $42.5 (vs $61.2 a year ago) which is a reflection of the Indian market’s appetite for basic smartwatches … Read more
Dr. Jon Peddie has just written a three-volume The History of the GPU, published by Springer, tracing its history, the ecosystem and environment, and new developments in the industry. These are the first and only books to cover the entire history of the GPU, from the origins of concepts in the 1950s to the supercomputers … Read more
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