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Two wireless charging standards are competing for market share as the next generation of resonant wireless technologies is nearing readiness. ABI Research forecasts that through 2020, 713 million Qi and 213 million Powermat/Rezence chargers will ship, along with a small number of proprietary technologies. The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), with its Qi standard, leads shipments … Read more
ABI Research expects the Wireless Power Consortium’s Qi specification to remain dominant through 2020. ABI expects 713 million Qi chargers to be shipped by the end of 2020, compared to 213 million Powermat/Rezence chargers (controlled by the Alliance for Wireless Power – A4WP). Qi is an inductive power standard, capable of transferring up to 15W … Read more
St Laurent, Quebec, Canada, October 6th, 2015 – AptoVision, a pioneer of game-changing AV chipset technology and winner of the 2014 Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ Jury’s Favourite prize, today announced that its BlueRiver NT chipset has won the Video Distribution Product of the Year award at the prestigious AV Awards 2015 event hosted by AV … Read more
Microsoft used an event in the USA to announce its first-ever laptop, which appears to have been well-received by market watchers. We have covered the product, as well as Microsoft’s other announcements, in more detail in ‘Microsoft Announces New Phone, Band, Tablet and Laptop in New York‘, but present a summary here. Called ‘the first-ever … Read more
Dolby Vision, Dolby’s high-end HDR format, has been installed in TV sets for the first time, thanks to Vizio (we saw these TVs in April: Vizio to Bring Dolby Vision to Home Theatre). We have written in more detail about the TVs here, which our paid subscribers can access. The new 64.5″ (RS65-B2) and 120″ … Read more
Mediatek has announced net sales of NT$20 billion ($617.6 million) in September, and NT$151 billion ($4.6 billion) for the January-September period. September sales are up 8% from 2014’s NT$18.5 billion ($571.4 million), but the January-September sales are down 3.85% from NT$157.6 billion ($4.8 billion).
Sharp has created a walking, talking smartphone called Robohon, which will go on sale in Japan in the first half of next year. Unveiled at Ceatec, the ‘smartphone’ (with a 2″ 320 x 320 display) is housed in a walking, talking robot. The Robohon can call a cab, dance, take pictures and more – and … Read more
NOS, the Portugese communications and entertainment group, has launched two trial UltraHD channels in the country, using Thomson’s Vibe VS7000 encoding/transcoding platform. The HEVC-encoded channels are for NOS’s own service, as well as one for satellite operator Hispasat.
Microsoft used an event in the USA to announce its first-ever laptop, which appears to have been well-received by market watchers. We have covered the whole event in more detail for our paying subscribers, who can click here for our analysis. Designed to challenge Apple’s Macbook, the Surface Book runs Windows 10, weighs 0.7kg (1.5kg … Read more
9to5Mac claims that Apple will launch a high-resolution 21.5″ iMac within the week. ‘Multiple reliable sources’ have told the site that the new model will feature 4096 x 2304 resolution. Separate rumours also suggest a wider colour gamut. The new iMac is likely to use Intel Broadwell chips, according to code discovered in OS X … Read more
SEMI, the global industry association serving the micro- and nanoscale electronics industries, has announced that the Flextech Alliance has become a SEMI Strategic (Association) Partner. As part of SEMI, the Flextech Alliance will continue to foster the growth of the flexible, hybrid and printed electronics industry – in which SEMI is attempting to strengthen its … Read more
Pyramid Computer GmbH has entered the UltraHD age with the announcement of the Polytouch 55 4k – a 55″ display for digital signage, which also incorporates embedded touch (10 points) with pressure-sensing. The LFD uses an Intel Skylake Core i7 processor (quad-core, 3.1GHz). This fast integration of the new platform is because Pyramid is an … Read more
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