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Samsung Starts 10nm SoC Production

by Bob Raikes

Samsung said that it has started the mass production of SoC chips, based on a 10 nanometer FinFET process. The company claims it will give a 30% increase in area efficiency compared to 14nm …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| SOCs| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Global Semiconductor Sales Will Improve

by Yvette Raikes

By the end of this year, semiconductor turnover will have reached $332 billion, down 0.9% YoY, according to Gartner. But the researcher still thinks that the outlook is improving, thanks to stock replacement and …

SPIL, KYEC grabs orders for MediaTek 10nm chips

by Bob Raikes

Unconfirmed reports from Taiwan say that Mediatek’s next AP, the Helio X30, will be made by TSMC with a 10nanometre process. The chip has two ARM Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.8 GHz, four ARM …

Toshiba Launches Video Processor for High Resolution Automotive Panels

by Milos Pavlovic

Toshiba has announced the “TC90175XBG,” a new addition to its line-up of video processors for high resolution automotive displays. Sample shipments start today, with mass production scheduled to start in the first half of …

Tags:Automotive| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Analogix Claims First Single-Chip USB-C Switch for DisplayPort

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeAnalogix has launched a new DisplayPort chip series called the ANX7440/30 family. It is an integrated solution capable of switching DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 at 8.1Gbps and USB 3.1 (Gen 2) 10Gbps …

TI’s Minidock Design Carries USB and Power

by Tom Allen

Texas Instruments has introduced a USB-C and Power Delivery minidock (51 x 102mm) reference design, which can support USB data, power, video and audio signals. The reference design can take power from a USB-C …

Actions Designs for Personal 3D HMDs

by Tom Allen

Actions Semiconductor, of China, has released a chipset called the V100 for personal 3D cinema headsets. It is an all-in-one chip, featuring a MIPS32 processor, an integrated video engine, display subsystem and audio engine. …

Actions Semiconductor Develops 360° Chips

by Tom Allen

Chinese fabless semiconductor company Actions Semiconductor has released two new 28nm chipsets for VR, through its subsidiary Actions Technology. The S900VR is designed as an all-in-one solution for 360° panoramic VR devices. It has …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Qualcomm Shares Next Step in Snapdragon 800 Family

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has announced the successor to its Snapdragon 820 chip called the Snapdragon 821. Like its predecessor, the 821 is intended for use on mobile devices. It is intended to deliver faster speed, higher …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| SOCs| Vol 23 - Issue 27

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 …

Verimatrix Certifies UHD Chips

by Tom Allen

Verimatrix has launched a new ‘Ultra Security’ certification for chipsets and devices at NAB. Products so certified will be able to run Verimatrix’s ViewRight software security implementations, which meet UltraHD content guidelines set by …

Intel Moves Away From Moore’s Law

by Tom Allen

A regulatory filing by Intel has shown that the company intends to slow the rate at which it launches new chip-making technology. Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors in an IC will …