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UMC Result 30/01/2015

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported its best quarterly net profit in seven quarters in Q4, thanks to a one-time license fee from Fujitsu. Net profit for the quarter reached NT$4.5 billion ($142.3 million), while turnover was NT$37.2 billion ($1.2 billion). For the year, UMC’s net profit was NT$12.1 billion ($382.7 million) on turnover of NT$140 … Read more

UltraHD Sport Broadcast Live in Japan

Japan’s Wowow satellite TV station has successfully broadcast two UltraHD programmes: a tennis match in Tokyo and a boxing match in Yokohama. The events were broadcast live from the company’s studio for Belle Salle Akihabara Event Hall in Tokyo, for public viewing on an UltraHD 355″ LED display. Wowow used the Barnfind Barnone BTF1-07 WDM system for … Read more

Pay-TV Rises in UK but TV Ownership Falls

According to UK regulator Ofcom, 61% of adults in the country take a pay-TV service, an increase from 58% in 2013. DTT coverage is ‘almost universal’ (98.5%), although there was an increase in non-ownership of digital TV (from 2% to 4%), which was most notable amongst 16-24 year-olds. 83% of households have internet access and … Read more

Computer Graphics Drive Display Applications

French designer Benoît Dereau has produced a striking example of the capabilities of computer graphics (CG). His Unreal Paris video (embedded below) created using Unreal Engine 4 illustrates for me the manner in which advances in computer graphics drive display applications in gaming, architectural rendering and more. I watched Unreal Paris at my desktop computer monitor and found that the overall design, … Read more

Vuzix Delivers Working Enterprise Smart Glasses Solution to DHL for Warehouse Picking

Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI) (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, commercial and entertainment markets, announced that its M100 Smart Glasses along with warehouse “vision picking” software developed by Ubimax, a leading wearable computing solutions company has successfully delivered hands-free warehouse solutions for DHL, the world’s … Read more

Lattice Semiconductor To Acquire Silicon Image For Approximately $600 Million

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), a leading provider of programmable connectivity solutions, and Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leading provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement, pursuant to which Lattice will acquire Silicon Image in an all-cash tender offer of $7.30 per share, representing an … Read more

Microsoft Reports Q4’2014 Results Signaling a New Direction

The last financial results from Microsoft for the 4th quarter of calendar year 2014, which is the 2nd quarter of the Microsoft fiscal year, are showing a positive development overall. The following chart shows the top level view. Source: Microsoft The total revenue grew by 8% over the same period a year ago, while the … Read more

Protec Projection Maps on Moving Surfaces

BlackTrax Chart connection

Object tracking technology supplied by CAST BlackTrax Ltd (Toronto, Canada) was used by Production Technology LLC (Protec, Dubai, U.A.E.), at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) in late 2014. Protec is said to be the largest live events production and equipment rental company in the Middle East and the fifth largest of this type … Read more

Sensio Announces 4K 3D TV Distribution Format

On January 5th, Sensio  (Montreal, Québec, Canada) announced a new 3D format at CES 2015 for streaming 3D content to UHD televisions called the Sensio 3D/4K format. According to the company, this format is compatible with all video compression codecs including HEVC. The format makes it possible to distribute 3D HD content without any stereoscopic compression loss, … Read more

SMI has partnered with OmniVision

Eye tracking: bringing back jamjar specs one face at a timeSensomotoric Instruments has teamed up with Omnivision to develop a new eye-tracking platform, for both consumer and professional applications. The platform combines OmniVision’s imaging solutions and SMI’s iView NG eye tracking software. It will be available to manufacturers this year. A video is available at http://tinyurl.com/pjc6rgd.   … Read more