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What Bob Saw on the Net 21/05/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) PS5: …

Tags:Arm| Augmented Reality| BOE| Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Investment| MicroLED| PlayStation| sony| TV Viewing| Video Processors| Virtual Reality

ARM Announces Mali-V76 with 8K Decode Support

by Damir Lokas

Over the last five years, we’ve seen CPU performance on smartphones increase an average of 20+ percent every year without compromising battery life. However, the same cannot be said for laptops, which have struggled …

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ARM VPU Mali-V76 Has 8K Support

by Milos Pavlovic

Arm has announced new CPU, a GPU and a VPU design for video processing. The Cortex A-76 is claimed to be 35% faster and 40% more power efficient than last year’s designs and the …

Tags:Arm| Chips| CPUs| GPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Confusion Arises Over Existence of ARM-Based MacBook

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this week, Digitimes’ sources are reported to have told the publication that Pegatron would soon be producing an ARM-based Apple MacBook, codenamed Star, with the series number N84. The report didn’t go into …

Tags:Apple| Arm| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Arm Has New Display Architecture

by Bob Raikes

Arm has created a new architecture, Komeda, to integrate its Mali-D71, CoreLink MMU-600 and Assertive Display 5 technology (acquired by Arm with the purchase of Apical last year). Assertive Display 5 technology is intended …

Tags:Arm| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 45

ARM Shows HDR-to-SDR Conversion

by Chris Chinnock

ARM was in the i-Zone showing off its HDR-to-SDR conversion technology. This is technology that was acquired via Arm’s purchase of Apical exactly one year ago. The technology is being aimed at HDR device …

Tags:Arm| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

ARM-Powered Windows 10 PCs to be Launched by Year End

by Alan Spencer

Following the speculation that Microsoft is to run Windows 10 on Qualcomm, it has now been confirmed by the chip-maker and ARM licensee, Qualcomm, that the first ARM-powered Windows 10 PCs will arrive before …

Tags:Arm| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16| Windows

Softbank to Sell 25% of Arm for $8 billion

by Alan Spencer

The Financial Times has reported that Softbank is about to sell 25% of Arm, equating to around $8 billion, to a new Saudi-backed $100 billion investment fund. It is only six months ago that …

Tags:Arm| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

ARM and SMI Collaborate on VR at GDC

by Bob Raikes

We missed an earlier report that Arm and Sensormotoric Instruments (SMI) were planning to collaborate on demonstrating at the GDC that a combination of the latest Arm Mali G71 GPU and SMI’s technology is …

Tags:AR/VR| Arm| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| SMI| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

SoftBank Acquires ARM, Promises UK Investment

by Tom Allen

Japan’s SoftBank Group has agreed to purchase ARM for £24.3 billion ($32 billion). The move underlines SoftBank’s desire to expand in the IoT. SoftBank plans to “at least double” the number of ARM employees …

Tags:Arm| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Deepoon Claims First Standalone Headset

by Tom Allen

A Chinese company called Deepoon has produced a VR headset that combines all of the elements – including the display and processors – into a single unit. VR headsets today are all, effectively, companion …

Tags:Arm| China| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 28

ARM Designs for AR and VR

by Tom Allen

ARM has announced a new CPU and GPU for flagship mobile devices, which will be available in 2017. The Cortex-A73 CPU and Mali-G71 GPU are designed to support VR and AR applications. The new …

Tags:Arm| Chips| CPUs| GPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 21