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Toshiba says that its new TC358860XBG is the industry’s first embedded DisplayPort (eDP)-to-MIPI dual-Display Serial Interface (DSI) converter IC. The chip supports video format conversion and compression technology for video inputs at resolutions up to DCI-4k at 60fps. Resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 can be transferred uncompressed. Suitable for use in handheld devices and … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has paid $85 million to acquire a factory in northern Taiwan from Qualcomm. TSMC said in a filing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it has bought the plant for “production purposes”.
Sri Peruvembra of Cambrios (he is marketing for them one day a week, while also running a consulting business now) introduced silver nanowire technology from Cambrios. As we have reported, metal mesh technologies were introduced last year and grew, but Peruvembra said that problems with moiré had meant that the technology has lost some momentum, … Read more
At the Next TV Summit one panel discussed the future of broadcasting with a look at programmatic video. The panel included Lauren McKinnon (Samba TV), Robert Dalven (Videology), Sean Downey (Google), Jay Prasad (TubeMogul), Aaron Radin (NBCUniversal) and Frank Sinton (Beachfront Media) discussing how programmatic online video and mobile are reshaping the advertising landscape. Programmatic … Read more
Adi Abileah is, these days, an independent consultant in display technology, although readers may know him from his time as Chief Scientist at Planar Systems. He gave a very interesting talk on special vertical display application requirements including automotive, aviation, medical and defence. Each of these applications has special requirements. Automotive displays are based on … Read more
There was an exhibition area as part of the Forum event and much of it was dominated by servers, SANs and a large area by POS solutions and equipment. Clearly retail systems are a big application for Fujitsu. It’s interesting to see how cultural issues affect technology. A sales person started to explain Fujitsu’s latest … Read more
Sony discussed its Crackle OTT offering at the Next TV Summit. Sony stated that networks have become more equal in the eyes of the consumer through the use of apps. At the same time, the on demand behavior changes the amount of money consumers are spending on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD. As a response to … Read more
Antonio Hélio Castro Neto gave a talk on graphene at the event. He started work on the material in the US but has now moved to Signapore to further the research. The level of committment of the government of Singapore to R&D is very impressive (see my editorial article in last week’s issue for more … Read more
There was a further panel discussion on the future of video everywhere and the measures needed to improve the delivery on every screen. The title of the session was “Technology Improving Video Delivery on Every Screen and Device”. The panellists were Jeff Baumgartner (Multichannel News), Jeff Allen (Clearleap), Michael Bishara (Synacor), Yosi Glick (Jinni) and … Read more
Paul Breddels spoke for the Holst Centre in Eindhoven which is a research centre working on the integration of electronics in and on flexible foils. Applications are in lighting, display, solar, medical and automotive sectors. Applications include integrating drive electronics for a simple segment OLED onto the film that the OLED is made on. The … Read more
Jennifer Colegrove is from Touch Display Research and talked about touch and touchless input. She started by talking about “what’s hot” in the market, including non-touch areas. Colegrove said that she was one of the first analysts to look at the touch market, when it was around $2 billion in 2006, but she believes that … Read more
Ken Werner of Nutmeg Consultants has been involved with Latin Display for some years, but a last minute problem with his visa meant that he couldn’t attend, so our own Bob Raikes presented his talks. The first focused on the question of whether we really need UltraHD displays. He looked at how acuity is measured … Read more
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