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Sony’s Flagship 65” BRAVIA XR X95J 4K HDR Full Array TV Coming Soon

The X95J series is Sony’s current flagship BRAVIA XR 4K HDR Full Array TV and a winner of the CES 2021 Innovation Award[i], making full use of the new revolutionary Cognitive Processor XR™, which employs a completely new processing method going beyond conventional AI, designed to replicate the ways humans see and hear. When we … Read more

World First: WOLED Display with an a-Si Backplane

Of those things that are accepted wisdoms in the display industry, one of them is that a-Si (the standard backplane for 75% of the display industry) is simply not stable enough to drive AMOLED displays. AUO tried back in 2003 and came up with an RGB demo but ultimately failed. Since, more complex and costly … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Xiaomi Captures Top Position in European Smartphone Shipments for the First Time in Q2 2021  

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Xiaomi topped all vendors with 25% market share as European smartphone shipments posted strong growth +14% YoY to 50 million units. The smartphone market rebound was driven by the continued economic recovery, a healthy demand from consumers with aging devices and appealing value priced 5G devices. Boris … Read more

There’s a Lot Going on in Semiconductors

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What They Say We don’t cover semiconductors in any real sense, but a few stories caught my eye over recent weeks and suggest a shift in the ‘tectonic plates’ of the industry. AMD had another strong quarter under the leadership of Lisa Su since 2014 with revenues of $3.85 billion and operating income of $924 … Read more

Links Week Commencing 2nd August 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Panasonic’s first OLED TVs with HDMI 2.1 are now available Aldi testing stretch displays in Sydney, Australia (there is a video on the Invidis site but we couldn’t … Read more

Grass Valley Cements Leading Position in Live with Launch of New SDI/IP Solutions

Grass Valley reinforces its deep commitment to providing the media industry with tools for creating the highest quality content by releasing three new SDI/IP production solutions for cameras, switchers, and replay. These top-of-the-line tools not only provide the best images available, they also reduce complexity with a common workflow regardless of the format(s), simple set … Read more

Prowise Stimulates Creativity In Education With New Update For Touchscreens

Brainport Eindhoven – Market leader Prowise offers its interactive whiteboard users the space to unleash their creativity after installing the update of the integrated writing and annotation package ProNote. Now, the interactive whiteboards enable multiple teachers and pupils to write, erase and use educational whiteboard tools simultaneously. Prowise gives teachers and pupils the freedom while … Read more

Chromebook and Tablet Growth Continued in the Second Quarter Despite On-Going Supply Concerns, According to IDC

The second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) was another strong quarter for both Chromebooks and tablets with both device categories recording growth despite a challenging year-over-year comparison. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, Chromebook shipments grew 68.6% year over year with volumes reaching 12.3 million units. … Read more