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Acer Reports September Consolidated Revenues of NT$29.51 Billion, Record High in 72 Months

What They Say Acer reported that its revenues for September at NT$29.51 billion ($1.024 billion), the highest for six years and up 27.3% YoY. Year-on-year revenue growth for Pan America was up by 70.7% Year-on-year revenue growth for the gaming line was up by 69.9%, for Chromebooks by 94.4%, and for commercial notebooks by 86.6% … Read more

Traditional PC Market Delivers Another Quarter of Double-Digit Growth in Q3 2020, According to IDC

As the global pandemic rages on and many countries around the world enter the second wave of COVID-19 infections, continuity of business and online schooling remain at the forefront of every economy. This led to double-digit growth in the traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, as global shipments grew 14.6% year over … Read more

Plasmonics is Under Development as a Means to Enhance OLEDs

This Display Daily article has several starting points. The first is the fact that technology based on plasmonics has not yet been used in any large scale commercial applications. A second starting point is that it is desirable to simultaneously improve the efficiency and stability of OLED device technology. This article will report on a … Read more

Pixel Artworks Paints a Rainbow of Hope above Greenwich

Pixel Artworks, the award-winning specialists in light and pixel technology, lit up the skies above London’s Greenwich with the colours of the rainbow as it harnessed cutting-edge creative technology to fly London’s very first drone light show above a regal residency. Additionally, the trailblazing company now holds exclusive permissions to hold further drone displays over … Read more

Commission accepts Broadcom commitments for set-top chips

What They Say The European Commission has been taking action against Broadcom over issues of competition policy. In April the firm said it would not make new agreements with similar terms and the Commission has now accepted this undertaking. The conclusion of the anti-trust investigation follows an alleged abuse of dominance by Broadcom in SoCs … Read more

Reinvesting in the Entertainment Landscape

What They Say The Stinger Report has an interesting update on a new category (to me) of VR location-based entertainment, ‘Arena-scale’ VR or ‘Free Roaming’ or ‘Walking Attractions’. Players have backpack PCs and VR headsets and are able to move freely over an area to play games. What We Think As stand-alone headsets get better, … Read more

OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock review: Affordable dock offers connectivity for two 4K external displays

What They Say OWC has a Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock that can support dual HDMI outputs at up to UltraHD at 60Hz. The mini-dock is just $119. What We Think Not the biggest story, but Thunderbolt really helps multidisplay support and to see relatively low cost devices must help. Note that the device doesn’t supply … Read more