Empowering display industry professionals with cutting-edge insights and analysis
Sharp has issued a further denial to reports in Nikkei this week that it is planning job cuts, capital enforcement and a revised earnings forecast. Nikkei had claimed that Sharp was seeking a ¥200 billion ($1.6 billion) capital injection from its main banks,Mizuho Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, which was ¥50 billion ($410 million) … Read more
Nvidia’s GPU technology Conference took place in the USA recently, with a new flagship GPU (see Product News) announced as well as a brand new architecture. Maxwell is Nvidia’s 10th-generation GPU architecture, and will be succeeded by ‘Pascal’ in 2016. According to Nvidia, Pascal is as much as 10 times faster than Maxwell. Pascal’s design … Read more
E Ink still sells a lot of electrophoretic displays (EPDs) for eReaders but, despite the recent introduction of new and significantly improved eReaders, that is now a mature market. So the company is looking at other categories – such as smartwatches, smartphones and signage – to fuel future growth. There have been interesting design wins … Read more
At a press event in Taipei, Gartner research director Brian Blau stated that the total unit sales for virtual reality, augmented reality and other smart glass apps will grow to 2 million units by 2016 and 5 million in 2017 followed by 8 million in 2018. This includes all head mounted displays. They conclude that … Read more
The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation has released the HSA 1.0 specification, bringing the technology industry one step closer to true heterogeneous computing on platforms spanning mobile devices, desktops, high-performance computing (HPC) systems and servers’. HSA is an architecture that integrates the CPU and GPU on the same bus. Both are used for compute tasks, … Read more
SES’ annual survey of TV reception in Europe shows that Germany – followed by the UK – leads the region in awareness of UltraHD. However, UltraHD TV ownership is (apparently) higher in the UK. More than 1 billion people worldwide now receive TV through SES: 312 million homes wordwide. Of these, 125 million are satellite, … Read more
Wide-spaced LED lighting can suffer from several issues, including hot spots and non-uniform characteristics, said Luminit. These artifacts can become visible on the edge of LED-backlit TVs. Adding more LED lights is an option, although this makes the display or lighting fixture more expensive. California-based Luminit, which specialises in lighting diffusers, has developed a lower-cost … Read more
Microsoft is testing Windows 10 with select users of Xiaomi’s Mi 4 smartphone – which normally runs Android. According to Techcrunch’s sources, Windows is provided as a flashable ROM that effectively overrides Android, turning the phone into a Windows handset. According to a statement, Microsoft is also planning to launch this service for more mobile … Read more
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 will be released this summer. The update will be free for users of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 for the first year – and yes, that includes non-genuine copies. The move is thought to be an attempt to address the huge number of pirated copies of Windows … Read more
Korea’s UBI Research is to hold the first OLED Korea Conference – an international event highlighting the present and future outlook of OLED technology – on 2nd April. The event will take place at The Korea Science and Technology Centre in Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu. Flexible OLEDs, OLED TVs, OLED production and improving LCD displays will be … Read more
SymbolShifters was claiming a new method of connecting traditional TV broadcasts to digital devices, and was seeking partners to commercialise the technology. Briefly, SymbolShifters’ method embeds a scannable code – which can be invisible to the consumer – into the video stream. Data linked to the icon is automatically recorded and stored locally, making the … Read more
Fujitsu today makes it easier than ever for its channel partners to quickly and effectively propose to their customers the 2 in 1 devices, notebooks or desktop PCs that best meet their needs. As part of its well known value4you program, Fujitsu is re-classifying its portfolio of client computing devices for channel partners into three … Read more
Jon Peddie Research
4 St. Gabrielle Ct.
Tiburon, California 94920
415-435-9368
© 2025 Jon Peddie Research
