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In a big shift from last year, when its stand was all about gaming, Nvidia focused on automotive applications at the 2015 show. Nvidia’s new Tegra X1 chip is a quad-core device using four ARM A57 cores and four A53 cores, as well as 256 GPU cores. The chip consumes 10W and is said to … Read more
This holiday break saw no really big stories this year – an unusual development. In most years, as soon as we have closed for the break, something big, usually a company story, breaks. So on our front page this week we’re concentrating on what we’ll see in displays at CES – there will be five … Read more
Ever so often one has the luck or the burden to be the first to voice one’s opinion. Here at Display Daily, 2015 is my chance to give my opinion first. My colleague contributors and I are all thinking about display technology and how it improves the electronic representation of images for the user. … Read more
A head-mounted gaming device will be launched by Microsoft this year, say supply chain sources. The product will be unveiled at E3 in June.
Members of Apple’s supply chain have started to produce components for a 12″ Macbook Air and the Apple Watch. Sources in the supply chain say that the Macbook will be launched in Q1’15, while the Apple Watch will enter production at that point. Quanta has been named as the Macbook manufacturer.
Panel makers in Japan have lowered quoted prices to Chinese vendors for smartphone panels, to compete with Chinese and Taiwanese companies. Sources in Taiwan say that Japan Display and Sharp have been cutting prices, while handset vendors such as ZTE, TCL and Huawei move to expand their makret shares in China and other emerging markets.
Sources have told Reuters that Google is preparing a version of Android that will be built directly into cars. Drivers will be able to access the internet without connecting a 3G device such as a smartphone, it was said. The next version of the OS (‘Android M’) is expected to be launched in about a … Read more
Argos’ MyTablet, a 7″ model introduced in late 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 40), has been followed by a larger, updated model. The 2014 edition is a Windows 8.1 with Bing model, which means that customers receive a year’s subscription to Office 365 Personal; 1TB of Onedrive cloud storage; and 60 minutes of Skype … Read more
According to an article in ETNews, Samsung has changed part of its production for the Galaxy Note 4 from using OCA (optically clear adhesives) to using OCR (optically clear resin). From the two names there seem to be only semantic differences, however OCA refers to a film based adhesive, while OCR refers to a liquid … Read more
The ‘KipstR’ is a new 3D-printed wearable, created at Manchester Creative Studio by two teenage students working with Virgin Media. The band links to a TiVo box and uses a pulse-oximeter to sense whether the wearer is asleep or awake. If they are asleep it will pause, record or resume a show, as appropriate. A … Read more
Comcast has launched its Xfinity app on Samsung’s 2014 UltraHD TVs in the USA. Customers using the app, with a 15Mbps or higher connection speed, will be able to watch UltraHD content (lower resolutions will be available at lower speeds). Xfinity has been launched with full current seasons of TV shows from NBC and USA … Read more
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