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Rambus Inc. said that fourth quarter turnover was down 2% year on year at $72 million, which the company attributed to lower royalty revenue from Samsung and nVidia, offset by the royalty revenue from Qualcomm and Micron Technology. Rambus recorded a net profit in Q4 of $7.8 million, having posted a net loss in Q4 of … Read more
US-based Izon has licensed its own glasses-free 3D technology to W.A. Howell & Associates of California, to be used in healthcare software development for portable medical devices, such as tablets and mobile phones. Comment The 3D system is different to the Ultra-D technology, which Izon is licensing from Stream TV Networks. Ultra-D is for TVs, while … Read more
AMD may be preparing a new APU series codenamed ‘Godaveri’ – a refresh to the existing Kaveri platform. Swedish website Sweclockers claims that the platform will be launched in the summer. As a (supposed) refresh, Godaveri will be built on the same architecture as Kaveri, with the same CPU and GPU cores (32-bit Steamroller and Graphics … Read more
Axiomtek’s newest digital signage media player, the OPS883-H, is an OPS-compliant model that supports UltraHD resolution. Driven by a dual- or quad-core Core i3/i5/i7 Haswell processor, the media player can be used in multi-display and large-venue applications. It measures 200 x 119 x 300mm and can connect to an OPS display via a JAE TX-25 connector. An internal … Read more
The global market for tablet application processors rose 16% YoY in Q3’14, to $1.4 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung were the top tablet processor vendors in terms of revenue. Apple led with a 30% share, followed by Intel at 19% and Qualcomm at 14%. Over the 12 months to Q3’14, Strategy Analytics estimates that … Read more
Seabear is an Austrian company that is “developing devices that are rugged, waterproof and reliable – for research, professional and recreational diving” and is bringing two new diving-related products to the market. The first is the smartwatch H3 and other is an update to its dive head up display HUDC S1, which is coming soon. … Read more
The European Commission has granted an exemption to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS 2) Directive for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) to QD Vision for its cadmium-based quantum dots. The EC stated, ‘Colour-converting LEDs using quantum dots have significant advantages regarding energy efficiency and colour performance… The use of quantum dots in displays has a positive overall … Read more
Chinese company Dasung has gone in a new direction with desktop monitors, creating one using an E Ink display. The Paperlike is powered by USB and intended to act as a portable secondary screen, displaying information that users need to refer back to without refreshing it often, such as charts and graphs (without colour). The … Read more
A survey of TV viewing habits in the UK has been conducted by the BBC, as it considers moving to UltraHD broadcasts. The results showed that only 10% of viewers would benefit from the move, rising to 22.9% if people were able to buy the size of TV that they desired (i.e., a larger one). … Read more
Hisense has moved some of its TV production to Africa (photo: WSJ)Bing Zhang, research director for Greater China at DisplaySearch, has posed the question: is China’s TV industry slowing down (http://tinyurl.com/pwy6yen)? Zhang’s question was prompted by results from two of China’s leading TV makers, Skyworth and TCL. In 2014, Skyworth’s shipments grew just 1% in … Read more
JCDecaux Airports has taken on the contract to operate interior and exterior advertising displays at French airport Golfe de Saint-Tropez. All displays will be newly installed, including a large-format unit visible from the runway. However JCDecaux had no more details to share at the time of writing.
To combat rising obesity levels in Mexico, officials in Mexico City are offering free tickets on the metro trains to passengers who indulge in some light exercise. Thirty ‘health stations’ have been installed at 15 subway platforms, which will dispense a ticket for a free ride to people who perform 10 squats. Each station has … Read more
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