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Rory Read, AMD’s CEO, has detailed the company’s two-year roadmap at a presentation for Deutsche Bank in Germany. He said that 28nm would remain a major process for the company for some time, but added that AMD is planning to invest in 20nm and 16/14nm FinFET nodes – on certain products. For example, K12 and … Read more
A new quad-core SoC, supporting UltraHD, has been developed by Marvell. The Armada 1500 Pro 4K (88DE3214) uses an ARM CPU and a ‘multi-core’ 3D graphics processor. UltraHD content can be played at 60fps, using HEVC decoding. The SoC is intended for Smart TV and STB applications. SDKs include both Android and RDK.
At Intel’s developer forum (IDF), the company said that it is working to drive processes down to 7nm, without advances in lithography. EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography, rather than today’s deep UV lithography, is commonly thought to be required for 10nm and lower processes. Intel fellow Mark Bohr said that he is “very interested” in EUV, … Read more
Qualcomm’s newest mobile processor is aimed squarely at Mediatek’s core business: value devices. The Snapdragon 210 is Qualcomm’s first 4G chip for entry-level smartphones and tablets; it also supports 3G, LTE Broadcast, LTE Dual SIM and HEVC. At the same time as the announcement, Qualcomm said that it will begin to offer tablet reference designs … Read more
Amscreen has extended its partnership with Garmin in the UK, installing 50 of its DS40 40″ LCD display at Garmin’s head office in Southampton. Each screen has 1920 x 1080 resolution, 300 cd/m
Amscreen’s Aral network in Germany, which uses more than 1,000 displays, has been switched off. The small (10 displays) Esso network in the Rhine-Main area is also due to be shut down. A small screen size and location that is ‘no longer competitive’ were cited as the reasons for the shut-down, according to Invidis who … Read more
The digital screen network at Socar petrol stations in Switzerland has been expanded with the addition of 60 new Amscreen displays at 60 locations. The installation boosts Amscreen’s presence to 131 screens across the country. They are Amscreen’s DS19 products: a combination of a 19″ LCD display (1440 x 900, 300 cd/m
The OVAB Europe Digital Signage Business Climate Index in the DACH region rose slightly, to 54.55 points, in September and October, compared to the last Index in July and August (50.4 points). Additionally, Germany, Switzerland and Austria enjoyed ‘significantly’ higher revenues in the first six months of the year, compared to 2013.
An LG ShineOut display has been installed in the Jack Wolfskin store in Berlin’s Alexa shopping centre. As the interior of the building is very bright, the screen needed to be able to operate and be visible in such an environment. LG’s ShineOut series have an anti-reflection filter covering them and 700 cd/m
JCDecaux has won a seven-year tender, beginning in October, to operate advertising in Strasbourg Airport, Germany. The company will install new digital products as part of the process. These will include 4 70″ iVision LCD displays (1920 x 1080, 700 cd/m
Newad, a Canadian network operator, plans to have 2,000 screens installed across the country by the end of the year – and another 2,000 by the end of 2016. The screens, all 22″ portrait-orientation units, will mainly be located in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. By 2016, Newad will have invested more than … Read more
A new display has been added to Ocean Outdoor’s Grid network (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 36). The Screen @ Bullring South, in Birmingham, is 3.84m x 5.76m with a 10mm pixel pitch.
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