Exertis Combines Businesses
Exertis Micro-P and Exertis Gem have merged into a single business. Going forward, they will trade under the combined name of Exertis (UK) Ltd.
Parade Brings DisplayPort SST to UltraHD Tcon
A new UltraHD timing controller, using embedded DisplayPort (eDP) v1.3, has been developed by Parade Technologies. The DP667 is said to be the first Tcon for UltraHD LCD panels that support the use of the DisplayPort Single Stream Transport (SST) protocol. Supporting UltraHD at 60fps, using 24- or 30-bit colour, the DP667’s eDP interface operates … Read more
Parade Extends Jitter-Cleaning to HDMI 2.0
To promote the use of the HDMI 2.0 standard, Parade Technologies has released a jitter-cleaning repeater chip called the PS8409. It is designed to remove clock jitter and data jitter/skew from an HDMI 2.0 signal. The 6Gbps data rate of HDMI 2.0 signals poses a challenge to system designers. Because of this, several HDMI 2.0 … Read more
Silicon Labs Claims Industry’s Smallest Tuner IC Footprint
Silicon Labs’ new Si2151 and Si2141 are the sixth-generation of the company’s TV tuner ICs. Developed for the global hybrid TV and digital TV markets, they support digital and analogue broadcasts and comply with both terrestrial and cable TV standards. The tuners are especially suited for use in the Chinese market, as they comply fully … Read more
Acer Achieves 2015 Carbon Goal Early
Acer America will manage to offset 100% of its carbon emissions this year, the company has announced – a goal it had set for next year. The purchase of more than 27 million kWh of green power, in the form of renewable energy credits, will offset emissions from Acer’s US facilities through to the end … Read more
Canatu Recognises CNI as Manufacturing Partner
China’s CN Innovations has been qualified by Canatu as a partner for the manufacture of carbon nanobud (CNB) touch sensors. The partnership will target brand OEMs in the mobile and wearable devices; home appliances; white goods; and automotive interiors markets.
Amazon Sticks It To Chromecast
Amazon already has its own set-top box (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14), but is now challenging the growing streaming stick market with the Fire TV stick. Streaming OTT services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Instant Video, the stick has 8GB of storage and 1GB of RAM, compared to Chromecast’s 2GB and 512MB. 1920 … Read more
Apple’s Warranty & AppleCare Programs:
Invitations have been sent out to an event on 9th September by Apple, effectively confirming the previously-rumoured iPhone 6 launch date. Unlike the company’s previous invitations, there is no hint of what will be shown (the iPhone 5’s event invitation was particularly in-your-face). However, Apple has a history of releasing its handsets in early autumn. … Read more
Headless Ghost Scares Up GPU
An interesting peripheral is seeking funding on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/ojljme3). The Headless Ghost is a display emulator, which can ‘trick’ a PC into thinking that a monitor is attached. Because many PCs disable their GPU when a display is not detected, to save power, resolution for users connecting remotely is often limited. Additionally, some software, such … Read more
Konica Forms Metal Mesh With New Inkjet Tech
A transparent conductive film, which can be made using a new inkjet technology forming a metal mesh structure, has been developed by Konica Minolta. The company showed the film at Display Innovation 2014 in Japan last month. The mesh is formed of metal lines, each of which are 5
LG Engineers Speak About Transparent and Flexible Screens
Two of LG Display’s chief research engineers have spoken about upcoming display technology with the Wall Street Journal (http://tinyurl.com/ps33cjw). Lee Bu-yeol is LGD’s chief research engineer for transparent displays and Park Weon-seo is the chief research engineer for flexible displays. Transparent smartphones would be difficult to produce, said Lee, as all components would need to … Read more
PCs, Not Tablets, Boost German IT Market
German tech industry association Bitkom has said that the country’s ICT market (including consumer electronics (CE), telecommuncations and information technology) will rise 1.6% this year, to be valued at
