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MediaTek Sets up ‘The Bomb’

Reports from China claim that Mediatek is working on a processor with ten (deca) or twelve (dodeca) cores, neatly bypassing the 64-bit octa-core processors that are being released today. According to GizChina, the new chipset is code-named ‘Bomb’ and will use an ARM architecture. Comment Adding more cores introduces issues, such as higher battery consumption … Read more

LDM Product Roundup: Volume 22 No 3

A range of UltraHD products has been added to Crestron‘s DM 3.0 lineup. These include the DM-RMC-4K-SCALER-C (a 60Hz scaler); HDBaseT input (DMC-4K-C/DMC-4K-C-DSP) and HDMI output (DMC-4K-HDO) cards; plenium (DM-CBL-ULTRA-P) and non-plenium (DM-CBL-ULTRA-NP) type CMR HDBaseT cables; and 1×2 (HD-DA2-4K-E), 1×4 (HD-DA4-4K-E) and 1×8 (HD-DA8-4K-E) HDMI distribution amplifiers. MSI‘s 15.6″ GE62 laptop takes on industrial design elements … Read more

Pepcom Highlights OLEDs, QDs and HMDs

Corning glass samples

The second of the pre-CES press events, Pepcom/Digital Experience was also the largest this year, with an ’80s theme. I felt like Wade Watts stepping inside the room, which was festooned with Rubik’s cubes, sweatbands and leg warmers. There were also themed cocktails – if you ever get the chance, try the Flux Capacitor. The Alliance for … Read more

Toshiba Focuses on Concepts

Toshiba’s stand was largely full of conceptual devices, although there were only a few product announcements. Security is more and more of a concern these days, so Toshiba has developed the Toshiba Zero Client Secured (TZCS) solution. It is a laptop-form factor zero client using a proprietary BIOS to increase security – although the ‘laptop’ … Read more

Panel Maker Targets Rise, Switch From Monitors to TVs

All LCD panel makers are increasing their business target for 2015, according to a survey by DisplaySearch, writes analyst Peter Su in a recent blog post (http://tinyurl.com/nzvumy9). Strong demand for LCD TV panels, rising TV variety and aggressive pushes of leading brands like Samsung, Sony and LG are behind the confidence. Collectively, panel makers are aiming … Read more

HP to Sell zSpace 3D Monitor – adds 5K and Curved Models

HP Zvr 3D Display is based on technology from zSpaceAt the Pepcom Digital Experience event, we got a chance to look at the HP Zvr 3D display. The 23.6″ monitor uses passive 3D technology to allow the user to see a 3D scene, behind the screen. The system uses a stylus to “point” to objects … Read more

Quanta December revenues highest in 2014

Quanta Computer reported its highest monthly sales for 2014 in December of NT$88.8 billion ($2.8 billion), increasing almost 10% from November but 6% down on December 2013. December’s result brought sales for the fourth quarter to NT$251.6 billion ($7.9 billion), 3% higher sequentially but a drop of 7.3% year on year, while sales for the … Read more

Chilean Satellite Overtook Wired Pay-TV in 2014

At the end of Q3’14, Chile had gained almost 200,000 satellite subscribers (up 16.1%), to more than 1.4 million, according to the Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel). Cable and IPTV subscribers rose from 1.26 million to 1.35 million (up 6.6%). Total pay-TV subscribers were just below 2.8 million, up 11.3% YoY.  

Huawei Reports Slower Growth

Chinese phone maker, Huawei, reported a slowdown in growth last year as the company begins to increase investment in its smartphone business. Huawei said that it expects its operating profit to be between $5.46 and $5.53 billion for 2014, marking an increase of 16.4% to 17.8%. In the previous year, the company had reported a … Read more