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Marvell started by showing us the PXA1928 which is the application processor/SoC that is being used in Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone (The Project Ara Smartphone Moves Towards Implementation). The chip is based on the Cortex-A53 Arm design running at 1.5GHz in a quad core configuration and supports LTE radio architecture. Staff told us that … Read more
Lenovo had lots to show us and we had a whistlestop tour of the booth. The Mgo 300 is an entry level 8″ Windows tablet running Windows 8.1 and using an Intel BayTrail processor. It sells for $149 and is said to have a 7 hour battery life. There were a couple of nice tablets, … Read more
In the OLED Display Technology Shoot-out published today, Displaymate Labs said Samsung once again has leapfrogged its generational OLED display performance with its new flagship flexible curved screen Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy S6 2.5K QHD smartphone displays. Samsung Galaxy S6 Image Contrast and Intensity Scales closely match the standard Gamma 2.2 scale as illustrated … Read more
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
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
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 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 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 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, 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’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
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
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