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Toshiba Pushes Two Signals At Once

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s semiconductor division has developed a dual-picture video processor, for high-resolution automotive displays. Mass production of the TC90195XBG chip is scheduled to begin in June. The processor supports a single 1920 x 720 display. …

Tags:Automotive| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Socionext Decodes 8k

by Tom Allen

Socionext has introduced a single-chip SoC that can process decoding of 8k HEVC video. The SCH801A was developed with Japan’s NHK, and has successfully decoded 8k test streaming data. Existing digital TV SoCs will …

Qualcomm’s SDK Simplifies VR Development

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon VR SDK for its new Snapdragon 820 chips. Developers can use the SDK to access ‘advanced’ tools, which will simplify development of VR applications and raise power efficiency. The …

Lattice and MediaTek Drive UHD Over USB

by Tom Allen

Lattice Semiconductor and MediaTek have jointly released reference designs to drive UltraHD video over a USB-C connector. Lattice’s USB-C port controllers and MHL transceivers can be paired with MediaTek’s Helio X20 mobile processor. Power …

SiBeam has WiGig Reference Design

by Tom Allen

SiBeam has developed a USB 3.0 adaptor reference design, supporting the WiGig (aka IEEE 802.11ad) standard. Vendors can thus add wireless gigabit connectivity to computers. The system is designed to be interoperable with Qualcomm …

Qualcomm’s 820 Will ‘Dominate’ Android

by Tom Allen

Asian supply chain sources have said that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 is likely to ‘dominate’ Android smartphones in the first half of 2016. The processor is being used by firms including Samsung, LG, HTC, Xiaomi, …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 09

THine Brings 8k in Q3

by Tom Allen

THine Electronics, creator of the V-by-One internal interface, has announced that its V-by-One US technology will be released in Q3’15. V-by-One US is capable of handling 16Gbps speeds per lane (THine Claims 16Gbps Interface), …

Qualcomm Boasts of UltraHD Download Speeds

by Tom Allen

A new LTE modem chip from Qualcomm enables much faster internet speeds for smartphones: fast enough that a 100GB UltraHD film could be downloaded in less than 15 minutes (network-dependent). The Snapdragon X16 enables …

AptoVision Boosts AV Extension to 250m

by Tom Allen

AptoVision has announced an integrated chipset for processing and extending UltraHD, 60fps, 4:4:4 AV signals: the BlueRiver 400. The chipset features Plethora, AptoVision’s new engine for AV signal processing. It also delivers what is …

Intel’s to Adopt 10nm from 2017

by Isaac Oburu

A report from financial website The Motley Fool via PC Perspective, says that Intel is planning to release three processor families at the 10nm node. The release schedule for Intel’s 10nm line currently includes …

Barco Validates VC-2 IP Core

by Tom Allen

Barco Silex has validated its new hardware solution IP core against the SMPTE 2042-3 reference. The core is now ready for integrated in ASIC and FPGA designs and can be used to transport UltraHD …

Tags:Barco| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

ARM Supports 4K in Mobile and Optimises with BOE

by Bob Raikes

Arm of Cambridge in the UK, has announced the Mali DP650 display processor which can support multiple composition layers for graphics and video at 1920 x 1080 resolution, while avoiding a big impact on …