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Chinese website HellomotoHK has posted images that it claims are of the frame of the upcoming Moto X (2015) smartphone, from Motorola. Previous rumours had claimed that the phone would have a fingerprint sensor, but this is missing from the source’s images.
There are unconfirmed reports that Intel is planning a major reorganisation which could see jobs cut across the company. A US newspaper claims to have seen an internal Intel document which told employees that the company needs to reduce its overall spending in the second half of the year. Intel said it wants to keep … Read more
Click to enlargeAn image shared by Samsung on Twitter hints at a round smartwatch. The image, from the Samsung Exynos Twitter account, shows a circular heart-rate graphic. It was accompanied by the words, ‘Using your heart rate, your Exynos-powered wearable can deliver accurate training information to help you improve’. Both the Gear 2 and Gear … Read more
There will be delays in polariser mass-production due to safety inspections and safety measure implementation, Chimei Materials has said. The company was planning for its new facilities, in Kunshan, China, to begin production in Q4. However, the inspections will delay mass production until 2017, it was said.
Supply chain sources say that, due to bottlenecks with in-cell touch production, Apple may return to glass-on-glass touch. Touch panel makers are trying to create GoG panels that would enable future iPhones to be as thin as today’s models using in-cell touch, said the sources. TPK believes that it can reduce the current touch panel … Read more
Worldwide semiconductor sales rose almost 5% YoY in April, the Semiconductor Industry Association has said. Although a 0.4% fall MoM, sales were up to $27.6 billion, from last year’s $26.3 billion. The Americas, with double-digit growth, led all other regions. April’s result was the 24th straight month of rising semiconductor sales, largely thanks to the … Read more
Taiwan’s major ODM notebook manufacturers posted mixed results in May. Compal reported a 4.7% month on month increase in sales to NT$64.5 billion ($2.1 billion), though this was down 5% year on year. Year to date sales reached NT$324.5 billion ($10.5 billion), which was 9.7% up on the same period of last year. Compal shipped … Read more
Broadcom’s new chip, for home gateways and UltraHD STBs, is said to raise UltraHD video decode efficiency, with a 25% reduction in bandwidth use (compared to Broadcom’s previous generation). As well as raising decode efficiency, the BCM7445S supports Google’s VP9 codec at 60fps. Operators can thus leverage the chip to introduce UltraHD at high frame … Read more
UK-based outside broadcast service provider, Timeline, has built what it says is the first purpose-built UltraHD outside broadcast truck (OBT) in Europe. The company has won a four-year contract from BT Sport to provide its new OBT to the broadcaster. Timeline will launch the unit in August; it will be available for rental when not … Read more
Click to enlargeAfter trials at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (NHK tests 8k at World Cup), NHK has said that it will be capturing more sporting events in 8k this year. Several Major League Baseball matches and the 2015 Superbowl will be recorded using the format.
Sigma Designs Inc. narrowed its first quarter net loss to $382,000 from $9.9 million in Q1 of last year, while turnover increased 51.6% to $55.9 million from $36.9 million in the previous year.
The digital TV market grew by about 455 million homes between 2010 and 2014, according to Digital TV Research. The increase means that there are now more than 1 billion digital TV households across the 138 countries covered by DTVR. Penetration rose from 40.5% to 67.2%. 111 million of the new homes came from a … Read more
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