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Apple® announced M1, the most powerful chip it has ever created and the first chip designed specifically for the Mac®. M1 is optimized for Mac systems in which small size and power efficiency are critically important. As a system on a chip (SoC), M1 combines numerous powerful technologies into a single chip, and features a … Read more
What They Say Huawei is reported by Reuters and others to be planning to sell its Honor budget smartphone brand to a consortium for around $15 billion. Members of the consortium include handset distributor Digital China and the government of its home town of Shenzhen, Reuters said. The all-cash sale will include almost all assets … Read more
What They Say LetsgoDigital, the Dutch website, has done a good job again with making renders from patent submissions. This time, it has some great images of a new concept from Samsung with a very impressive looking wrap-around display. What We Think As always, a patent application doesn’t assure a product, but in this case, … Read more
What They Say An article on investment site ‘The Motley Fool’ suggests that the inclusion of Lidar in the iPhone 12 Pro is a bigger deal than many have recognised. The technology can create an accurate depth field that can be used to manipulate images and significantly improves the performance of augmented reality applications. The … Read more
What They Say Apple has launched three new Macs that use its own chips, rather than those of Intel, which it has used since 2006. The architecture will be based on Arm technology. Arm, of course, is in the process of (probably) being acquired by Nvidia. The chips are reported to be fabricated by TSMC. … Read more
What They Say The article points out that HDR is a mess with five incompatible formats HLG (for broadcast) HDR10 (open, based on PQ) HDR10+ (open, based on PQ with dynamic metadata) Dolby Vision (proprietary, based on PQ with dynamic metadata) Technicolor (one workflow for HLG/HDR10/HDR10+) It also includes a report that the iPhone 12 … Read more
What They Say MPEG said that it has completed a verification test assessment of the new Versatile Video Coding (VVC or H.266) standard for ultra-high definition (UHD) content with standard dynamic range. According to the organization, it showed that VVC “provides a compelling gain over its predecessor, the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard produced … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that Hannstar Display has bought production facilities, previously used for touch sensors, from HannsTouch Solutions for $95.5m. The facility will be used to make miniLED and microLED displays. What We Think Hannstar has proved remarkably resilient in reacting to changes in the display environment since it completed its G5 fab, … Read more
What They Say Scientists at the ITMO University in Russia have developed an approach based on perovskites that exploit the concept of metasurfaces (Developments in Metasurface Technology May Enable Ultra-Thin Lenses) to potentially create nanostructures that minimise the internal reflections in perovskite films. The pattern was created with nanometer precision using ion nanolithography. “Perovskite films … Read more
The Indian traditional PC market inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations delivered a strong quarter with 9.2% year-over-year (YoY) growth in 3Q20 (July-September 2020), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. 3.4 million units shipped during the quarter, as the demand for e-learning and remote working … Read more
What They Say Video advertising platform Unruly has announced a global partnership with LG Electronics that enables advertisers around the world to access native smart TV ad placements through its supply-side platform (SSP), UnrulyX. LG will also use Unruly’s self-service platform to manage and optimise its own sold campaigns globally. What We Think The SmartTV … Read more
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), introduced the new 120″ class (diagonal) 8M-B120C 8K Ultra-HD Professional LCD display, designed to convey unparalleled lifelike image detail and quality, for brighter, livelier big-screen images. The 8K monitor packs in 33 million pixels, four times more than a 4K … Read more
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