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Intel Foundation is to sell its 4.9% stake in UK-based chip maker Imagination Technologies, whose graphics processors have been a key component of Apple’s “iDevices” since the third-generation iPhone 3GS. Apple remains both a shareholder and licensee of Imagination, having originally acquired a 3.6% stake in the business in 2008, which it has steadily increased … Read more
SiliconCore Technologies (SCT) is the manufacturer of common cathode LED displays, which are said to be more efficient than common anode displays – they do not lose so much power to heat, the firm claims. Common cathode technology is key to SCT’s new anti-moire display method. A panel consisting of three films – a sun … Read more
We caught up with Iiyama at the show where the focus was completely on touch monitors. Although the firm has a mainstream desktop monitor business (with #11 ranking in the European market and sales of around 1.5 million units per year according to Meko’s DisplayCast service), it is more interested in developing its speciality monitors … Read more
French company Wiko has unveiled the Ridge 4G: a 5″ smartphone with dual SIM slots and – new for Wiko – a Qualcomm processor. The 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 processor is a quad-core device with 16GB of storage and 2GB of RAM. Memory can be expanded via Micro-SD (which shares a port with the second SIM … Read more
Toshiba’s newest ultrabook is the Satellite Z30-B-100: a thin (17.9mm) and lightweight (1.2kg) model, with a metal body and Core i5 Broadwell chip (2.2GHz). The Intel chip – running 64-bit Windows 8.1 – is responsible for the unit’s 16-hour battery life. A 256GB SSD provides storage, with 8GB of RAM. The ultrabook has a 13.3″ … Read more
Xiaomi is preparing to launch its products outside Asia – but that doesn’t include mobiles. Hugo Barra, VP of international at the company (and formerly head of product management at Google’s Android unit), said that Xiaomi will launch its Mi.com website in the USA and other markets “within a few months”. Products like fitness bands, … Read more
A helicopter installs a DVB-T antenna in MunichGermany’s federal cabinet has agreed to re-allocate frequencies in the 700MHz band, setting a time period for the introduction of DVB-T2. The new platform will be rolled out in 2017, with receivers in the same year. Tabea Rößner, a spokesperson for Germany’s digital infrastructure, said that the cabinet … Read more
Wistron and Compal have joined Apple’s supply chain, recruited to build iPads, according to Apple’s annual supplier report. China’s BYD has also joined the company as an assembler of accessories – making it one of only two non-Taiwanese Apple suppliers.
Asian sources claim that BOE has been promoting on-cell touch solutions to smartphone vendors by bundling free sensors with display panels. The move is said to be equivalent to reducing panel prices by between 10% and 20%. It will also bring the cost of the on-cell sensors down by 30% – 40% compared to glass-film-film … Read more
AUO and Innolux are optimistic about UltraHD LCD TV shipments this year, according to Taiwanese media. The companies are said to be predicting shipments of 23 million – 25 million units, reaching 13% – 15% penetration. 50″+ models will lead the way, representing 30% of AUO’s shipments; 40″ was the most popular size last year.
AU Optronics (AUO) has spent NT$4.4 billion ($140.5 million) to acquire a 100% stake in its colour filter affiliate, Toppan CFI. AUO purchased a 49% stake in Toppan in 2006, a company that was established in Taiwan in 2001 by Japan’s Toppan Printing. Toppan CFI has 4.5G, 5G and 6G facilities in Tainan and a … Read more
Atheer Labs (Mountain View, CA) has developed an interactive, 3D, augmented reality “platform” which combines immersive 3D augmented reality with “natural” gesture-based interaction. The so-called Atheer AiR platform consists of a virtual reality user interface called Augmented interactive Reality or AiR OS and the so-called AiR smartglasses. There is a bit of interesting history regarding … Read more
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