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IHS has predicted 9.4% YoY growth in worldwide semiconductor revenue for 2014. Broad-based growth across multiple segments is due to drive the market to its best result since the 33% boom in 2010. Total semiconductor revenue will reach $353.2 billion, IHS believes, from $322.8 billion in 2013. 22 of the 28 sub-sections tracked by IHS … Read more
The prestigious COMPUTEX d&i awards, executed by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) in cooperation with the International Forum Design (iF), revisited Las Vegas, the United States for International CES. Las Vegas is the third stop on the d&i awards world tour following their unveiling at COMPUTEX TAIPEI. The award-winning products on display include … Read more
Giroptic offers a low cost ($500) 360-degree capture camera aimed mainly at consumers. Display Daily Comment It showed the innovative product at CES 2015, but the firm needs to improve its stitching technology.
According to a statistical analysis by Statista, there was a jump in the popularity of the phablet during the holiday season. Statista looked at new device activations during the holiday season as defined by the time frame between December 19 through to 25. The result shows that over the last few years the phablet is the only mobile device … Read more
The industry has seen the capabilities of Multi-touch Projected Capacitive Touch (MPCT) panels improve quite considerably during the past few years. Nonetheless, it was a recent product press release by Itron that made clear to me just how far the state-of-the-art of this technology has progressed. The company calls its latest technology MPC Touch. Itron, a subsidiary of Noritake Japan, is … Read more
Virtual reality headsets fall into two categories so far; there are the dedicated headsets and then the smartphone plug-in cases that provide a cheap way to get a first VR experience for the consumer. Now Sensics and Razer have announced the Open-Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), that offers not only an alternative way to get your … Read more
Corning has been a leader in the display glass material market for many years and the company has worked hard to stay ahead by adding new and improved materials. The latest addition is Iris, a high transmissive glass aiming to provide an alternative for plastic light guide panes. According to Corning’s press release, Iris is a … Read more
Imacwear showed off its new smartwatch at an event in Times Square this month. The Sparta M7 watch is an IP67-rated watch with 3G cellular connectivity and is waterproof. It features a 1.54″ LCD display (240 x 240) with capacitive touch; a Mediatek processor; 512MB of RAM; 4GB of storage; and Android 4.2.2. The watch … Read more
SMPTE, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, has announced the launch of its 2015 Section Seminar series, with the topic ‘Navigating the Ultra High Definition (UHD) Ecosystem’. The seminars, which will take place worldwide, will begin at SMPTE UK, in London (9th February) and Salford (11th February). The seminar will exmaine the potential impact … Read more
Gigabyte’s premium gaming notebook brand, Aorus, has been expanded with 13.9″ (X3) and 15.6″ (X5) models. Specifications are still lacking, but what we do know looks very interesting. The Aorus X5 is the top-end version, using Nvidia’s new G965M mobile chip – two, in fact, in an SLI configuration. Why does it need this much … Read more
Quantum Materials has announced that it is to increase production capacity to 2000 kilograms of quantum dots and nanoparticles per year in the second quarter of this year. The company said that it is able to leverage short development timelines to plan for increasing quantum dot production and anticipates further production expansion during the rest … Read more
Eizo has added Comptek to its network of distributors in Russia.
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