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What They Say Digitimes reported that Ennostar (the holding company for Lextar and Epistar) now has orders to keep itself busy until Q3 2021, with utilisation at 80% to 90%. More than 50% of its miniLED chip production capacity is said to have been booked by Apple for use in backlights. The report said that … Read more
MediaTek announced its new 4K smart TV chip, the MT9638, with an integrated high-performance AI processing unit (APU). MT9638 supports cutting-edge AI-enhancement technologies such as AI super resolution, AI picture quality and AI voice assistants, plus variable refresh rate (VRR) and MEMC (motion estimation and motion compensation) so graphics appear smoother. With its high performance … Read more
Vestel Visual Solutions, a leading global manufacturer of professional display solutions, announces the expansion of its display range with the arrival of the new Q Series family. Featuring four new 24/7 models – the 65” QN65, 55” QN55 and QP55, and 49” QP49 – the Q Series is built to meet the needs of businesses … Read more
What They Say Microdisplay maker Kopin Corp released its Q4 and full year results. Revenue was up 36% year on year to $40.1 million and Q4 was 60% up from a year ago. The company made a profit of $0.4 million, up from a loss of $2.9 million. Defence purchases were key, and were up … Read more
Sharp NEC Display Solutions, a global leader in the display market, announced its new MultiSync® Message Series, which features displays from the ME, M and MA Series. The new portfolio provides an ultra-high definition and commercially focused display lineup optimized for digital signage applications while also containing modular expandability to allow the flexibility to give … Read more
What They Say VividQ, who we reported on from AWE Europe a couple of years ago, has issued a white paper to talk about what it sees as the future of AR wearables with support for holography. What We Think VividQ is one of the few companies that breaks Alfred Poor’s rule of holography that … Read more
What They Say MediaTek has a new 4K smartTV chip, the MT9638 which includes an integrated AI processing unit for applications such as scaling with real time content and scene recognition, picture quality optimisation and voice control (using up to four microphones). The chip also includes VRR functions (via HDMI 2.1a) and MEMC. Other connectivity … Read more
What They Say Microsoft has announced its Mesh XR platform during its Ignite developer conference, based on its Azure platform. The app is designed as a shared platform for Microsoft’s AR HoloLens platform, Windows Mixed Reality, and other AR/VR devices, where users can interact together in a cross meeting space. While geared toward immersive applications, … Read more
Display specialist AOC launches a new monitor line – the V4 series – offering QHD and UHD resolutions with panel sizes of 23.8″ (60.5 cm), 27″ (68.6 cm) and up to 31.5″ (80 cm). With a simple yet attractive 3-side frameless design, these models are great candidates for budget-conscious home users with an eye for … Read more
What They Say Dell reported its full fiscal year result and saw 2% growth in 2020 to $94.2 billion with net income of $3.5 billion and operating income of $5.1 billion, up 96% on the previous year. Dell’s client Solutions Group shipped 50.3 million PC units during the year, its highest ever. It also claims … Read more
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. Sharp NEC Pulls out of ISE 2021 Research: 70% of Brits prefer streaming to broadcast Sony’s 2021 flagship OLED A90J starts at $3000 / €2600 / £2700 Military … Read more
What They Say Conviva said that in the last year the time spent streaming TV in Europe had grown 122% while globally there was an increase of 157% in viewing hours using SmartTVs. That was even higher in Europe at 203%. However, the growth in viewing on TVs was much less than the 607% increase … Read more
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