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Syndiant and Cremotech Develop Pico Projector Engine

by Tom Allen

Syndiant, a US-based LCoS microdisplay manufacturer, is working with Cremotech of South Korea to create a pico projector engine. The device is small (50.2 x 48.1 x 19.85mm) and uses RGB lasers, optics and …

Lenovo Adds Greek Distributor

by Helen Vince

Lenovo has added a third distributor for its consumer and professional products in Greece. Oktabit joins Westnet and Infoquest as agents for Lenovo.

LDM Product Roundup: Volume 22 No 4

by Tom Allen

Amazon is offering a discount on LG‘s 55″ EC9300 OLED TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 30). As part of a promotion around the NFL Superbowl (2nd February), the TV has been lowered from $3,500 …

CES Reaches Record Numbers

by Vanessa Browning

CES 2015 ended with record numbers in all areas, according to organiser the Consumer Electronics Association. President Gary Shapiro said that this year’s show “exceeded all [of] our expectations”. The number of visitors was …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Samsung Made Offer for Blackberry, Says Reuters

by Vanessa Browning

According to Reuters, Samsung is seeking to buy Blackberry to acquire the company’s patent portfolio. Blackberry was looking to sell in 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 31). Several rumours of interested parties – …

Gartner Lowers 2015 Semiconductor Growth Forecast

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor revenue will reach $358 billion this year: a 5.4% YoY increase, says Gartner, which is lower than the forecast made in Q4’14 of 5.8% growth. Application-specific standard products (ASSPs) in smartphones, as well as …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Efun Expects Rising Shipments on TV Replacements

by Tom Allen

Optical film maker Efun expects its shipments to South Korea and Japanese LCD TV makers to rise ‘significantly’ this year. Demand will be driven by rising sales of UltraHD TVs and replacements of older …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Intel Updates Convertible Reference Design

by Tom Allen

Intel has expanded the scope of its $350 – $400 convertible reference designs to cover a new size segment: 12.5″. Additionally, the reference design has been updated to adopt the new 14nm fifth-generation Broadwell-based …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

DisplayPort and DisplayStream Compression are Bullish

by Bob Raikes

The display shows the pixels that have been changed by 3X DSC compression, magnified by 16. At 1X the display was almost blank!We spent some time with the VESA DisplayPort group and there were …

DisplayLink Pushes UltraHD over USB

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink showed graphics over USB using an Android phoneDisplayLink was in a positive mood. The company’s “graphics over USB” technology has been widely adopted by PC vendors who are able to use the technology …

Imagination Scaling from Wearables to TVs

by Bob Raikes

Imagination’s image processing identifies people walking in an area and tracks their movements – ideal in retail environmentsImagination had a meeting room to demonstrate its latest ip cores. The company is, of course, well …

Acer Appoints New UK Manager

by Helen Vince

Acer has appointed Gavin Parrish as UK & Ireland country manager, replacing Marco Andresen who moves to take on a role within the European management team. The new appointment comes after the sudden departure of …