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Intel has introduced four new Core M chips, which are faster than the original devices from IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). The news comes from CPU World, which claims that the chips will be available from Q1’15 – although Intel’s ARK database already shows them as ‘launched’. They are dual-core units supporting Hyperthreading … Read more
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says that its findings in the latest BRC-KPMG Online Retail Sales Monitor for October suggest another record online Christmas this year. Online sales represented 18.2% of total sales in the non-food category last month, its highest penetration level since Christmas 2013. The overall electrical sector performed strongly, though the AV … Read more
Glass-film-film and one-glass solution touch panels are increasingly being pressured by on-cell solutions in the lower-end of the mobile market. Reports from Asia indicate that Nokia and Motorola are placing large orders for the technology, while Innolux has seen its yields rise to 90%. Worldwide on-cell shipments are expected to reach 129 million units in … Read more
Plessey has signed a distribution agreement with Syscom Electronique to expand its European network with coverage in the France and Tunisia markets for its GaN-on-Silicon LED products.
Quantum Materials Corp has signed an agreement with the Science Technology and Research (STAR) Park in San Marcos, Texas, to massively raise its quantum dot (QD) production space. New offices are due to be completed in or before June 2015, quadrupling QMC’s available area.
A ‘rubber-like’ glass has been developed by researchers in Japan. Scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Asahi Glass have discovered a type of oxide glass that behaves differently when it is stretched from a supercooled, liquid state. The ‘mixed alkali metaphosphate glass’ possesses a molecular structure similar to that of organic rubber: long, … Read more
Sales in the week ending 6th December were up 10.8% YoY at John Lewis in the UK, to £160 million ($250.8 million). Week-on-week sales were down 10.6%, following the store’s biggest-ever trading week.
SeaChange, the US based software developer, has announced the SeaChange Rave video platform that addresses all types of deliveries for a premium OTT service. Rave allows for any consumer video preference for OTT services or TV. The software allows users to create new premium OTT video businesses and still be able to combine the service … Read more
An OTT platform has been launched by Sky Deutschland, which can be used to access the broadcaster’s premium content through the internet. Sky Online customers do not need a cable, satellite or IPTV subscription. The subscription takes the form of a rolling monthly contract and will be offered on a new ‘Sky Online TV Box’ … Read more
SolMateS, a Dutch company, has developed a new ITO deposition method for transparent OLED panels. The company says that existing methods, such as sputtering, are too aggressive and can damage the organic layers. The new ‘soft-landing’ method is referred to as pulsed laser deposition (PLD). It is a room-temperature process that can deposit a thin, … Read more
STMicroelectronics has created a set-top box platform using Android TV, based on Android 5.0. The company says that it is the first such product in the world. The platform, based on STM’s STiH412, features multi-decode HEVC; picture-in-picture support; an SoC architecture with offload processors, supporting 368 UIs and UltraHD decoding; transcode capability to send content … Read more
Work on a new supercapacitor has led a South Dakota State University researcher to develop a new plasma technology that will streamline display screen production. Qi Hua Fan was working on a less-expensive supercapacitor for storing renewable energy, using biochar: a by-product of a process that converts plant materials into biofuel. Biochar has the potential … Read more
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