360 Deg Cameras Becoming More Popular
With the maturation of augmented and virtual reality, the need for 360 deg content is increasing. Users want to immerse themselves in a world that is different in every direction. To do this in CG is one thing
Chinese Display Makers Form Alliance
According to the Xinhua News Agency, Chinese FPD makers have formed an alliance to boost their global competitiveness. The alliance, which has not been named, was launched on 11th October. The launch event saw stakeholders discuss mergers between domestic and overseas players and the establishment of industrial clusters and national laboratories. Two members of the … Read more
India Will Beat Chinese Growth
GfK has predicted that – contrary to common belief – the Indian technology market will outstrip China’s next year. Sales of technology devices in India will reach $34.8 billion in 2015, up from $30 billion this year. China’s market – expected to grow $1.8 billion (1% YoY) – will still be the second-largest growth market … Read more
Innolux Doubts DisplaySearch Prediction
Innolux has disputed DisplaySearch’s claims that it would drop to sixth place in the automotive display market (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39). The company claims that it shipped more than seven million automotive displays in Q1 and Q2’14 to hold second place in the market (16.8% share). Market statistics have not yet taken Innolux’s … Read more
IP to Blame for Broadcom OIC Exit – Apparently
The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) has not been around for long – it was established this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28). It could be seen as a bad sign, therefore, that founding member Broadcom has left the group over an IP disagreement. Stacey Higginbotham of Gigaom broke the news after noting that Broadcom’s … Read more
Mitsubishi Chemical Doubles OLED Panel Life
Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 13), Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer began to mass-produce OLED lighting modules, made with a wet-coating system. However, these had a lifespan of 15,000 hours. Mitsubishi has now developed panels with twice the lifetime – 30,000 hours – by changing the composition of the panel’s materials. OLED materials … Read more
Osram Takes on Nanoco QDs for LEDs
Nanoco has signed a 12-month agreement with Osram, to supply quantum dots (QDs) for LED lighting. LED lights are generally less ‘warm’ than incandescent bulbs, but are very long-lasting. QDs are a way to solve this, but their use of a toxic heavy metal, cadmium, has prevented their use. Nanoco’s QDs are produced without any … Read more
Samsung to Market 60GHz Wireless in 2015
Samsung has said that it will commercalise 60GHz wireless products next year. Data transmission speeds are as much as five times faster than today’s Wi-Fi (4.6Gbps). A 1GB film can be transferred in ‘less than three seconds’. Display Daily Comments Samsung implied that the technology, based on the 802.11ad standard, was new and developed in-house. … Read more
Samsung’s 14″ OLED Panel Suggests Laptop at IMID
The International Meeting of Information Display (IMID) exhibition took place in Korea recently, with a range of products on show from both LG Display and Samsung Display. According to local media, SDC was due to show a particularly interesting panel: a 14″ OLED unit, covering 100% sRGB. It was said to have 2560 x 1440 … Read more
Core-M Arrives on Lenovo’s Yoga Lineup
Intel’s latest chip series, the Core-M line (previously known as Broadwell-Y, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 1), is designed to make convertible laptops thinner and lighter. Lenovo’s 13.3″ Thinkpad Yoga 3 is one of the first models to use the technology, with a chassis that is 14% lighter and 17% thinner than the previous generation: … Read more
Dell Boosts Laptop Speeds for Gamers
Dell’s Alienware brand targets gamers: an audience emphasised by the new Alienware 18 laptop. Overclocked to 4.4GHz (Intel Core i7 Haswell processor), the product runs very quickly. A new thermal solution (copper heatsinks and three exhaust vents) was developed to handle the heat output. Intel’s Smart Cache shares the cache memory in the CPU and … Read more
Amazon Chooses Mediatek for Fire HD
Amazon’s new Fire HD tablets use Mediatek processors, it has been announced. The Fire HD 6, Fire HD 7 and Fire HD Kids Edition (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) use the MT8135 SoC and MT6628 connectivity chip.
