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x Series Intel Atom Processors Aim at Phones & Tablets

intel Atom x series

Intel was, unsurprisingly, highlighting the Spectre X360 on its booth. The company was also talking about its support of EMBMS and Multicast video which it can support via its 7260 modem platform. It was demonstrating the technology in collaboration with Ericsson’s core network group and had three services and live communications running simultaneously. The main … Read more

Imagination Video Encoding is High Quality

We spoke to Imagination Technologies at CES, but the company still managed to have plenty of news at MWC. The first news was support by Imagination of the Vulkan low level API that has been developed by open source organisation, Khronos. (Although more sophisticated APIs such as OpenGL can make programming easier, those that want … Read more

Optoma Re-Uses Chassis in Business and Education

Four new DLP-based projectors have been introduced by Optoma, for the business (W350, X350) and education (W351, X351) markets. They are differentiated by their resolution, brightness and throw ratios, but other features and specifications are the same. Each projector is networkable via RJ45, and is compatible with Crestron, AMX and PJLink systems. Energy-saving is key … Read more

Fujitsu Looks to Industrial Apps and Iris Recognition

Fujitsu had a prototype HMD for industrial applicationsFujitsu was showing a prototype HMD that is designed for professional augmented reality application. The headset includes a camera as well as a display and the unit is waterproof, dustproof and ruggedised so that it can be used in quite hostile industrial environments. There was a demonstration of … Read more

Cypress Introduces Next Gen Touch Controller

Cypress showed that its latest touch chips can work with thick glovesCypress is a chip company that is now on its 6th generation of touch controller technology. It has a number of major design wins including the Samsung Galaxy 5 mini. The latest generation of chip uses a combination of mutual and self capacitance so … Read more

Broadcom Looks at 60GHz, Charging & Wearables

Broadcom wearable platform has gone into generation 2Broadcom was mainly talking about radio chips at the show and we started by looking at 60GHz technology. The company told us that it doesn’t expect to see 802.11ad in mobile handsets in production until 2016 or 2017 partly because there are real challenges in developing the beam … Read more

ARM Shows Mali GPU Running Unreal Engine 4

Arm, the IP core supplier from the UK, was talking about the latest variations of its Mali GPUs – it claims to be the top GPU design supplier globally with 550 million sales. The company was keen to emphasise that from its base in CPUs, it has now developed very solid businesses in GPU and … Read more

Acer Busier than 2013 or 2014.

Acer’s Switch 12 has an easel mode with a detachable keyboardAcer had plenty to show and was noticeably more busy than last year and a lot busier than two years ago. That reflects more presence of the brand in the mobile space, especially in emerging markets. We have been reporting on Acer’s cloud-based “Bring your … Read more

Move Along at ShowStoppers – Not Much to See

The Emporia “senior” phone has a fold away keyboard. Showstoppers is a traditional event for us to attend – it’s a press-only event with exhibitors showing at tables. The free food and drink (usually very good) gets the press along and often it’s a convenient place to meet product managers and staff from big companies … Read more

NCS Technologies’ Cirrus LT PCoIP Zero Client Laptop Now Available in UK

NCS Technologies, Inc. (www.ncst.com), an innovative American computing systems manufacturer, today announced UK availability of the Cirrus LT zero client laptop. Cirrus LT is highly secure and delivers all the functionality PC users demand. The laptop has a 14-inch screen, 6-cell battery, available docking station, integrated smart card reader and Wi-Fi options – optimized for … Read more

Epson to Showcase Smart Glasses and Fitness Wearables Partners at Wearable TechCon 2015

Epson America will showcase partners offering value-added software for the Epson Moverio™ smart glasses and Epson Active fitness and sports wearables at Wearables TechCon in Silicon Valley this week, March 9-11. Metaio, a world leader in augmented reality (AR) software and solutions, will demonstrate a new optical calibration tool that enables precise 1:1 matching of … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 42″ Full HD LCD Public Displays V22 Issue 11

This week we are highlighting Public Displays in the 40″ and 42″ Full HD LCD category with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are 10 brands featured in the advertising. NEC Displays is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, LG is second and Samsung is third. In France, LG and … Read more