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SiTune Releases Tuner for 8K Broadcasts

by Bob Raikes

SiTune Corporation of San Jose has said that it has developed the STN6528, the first tuner capable of supporting the new Advanced Wide Band Digital Satellite Broadcasting Standard (ARIB STD-B44) for broadcasting 8K digital …

Tags:Broadcast| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Casio’s Smartwatch Can Take a Beating

by Tom Allen

For the last two years, Casio’s press conference has been disappointingly light on display news – so we were happy to see a new smartwatch being announced, called the WSD-F10. Kazuhiro Kashio, president and …

Tags:Casio| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 02| Wearables

Top Chip Vendors Beat Market Downturn

by Tom Allen

Semiconductor revenue totaled $333.7 billion in 2015, a 1.9% YoY decrease from $340.3 billion a year earlier. The top 25 vendors’ combined revenue rose 0.2% and accounted for 73.2% of total market revenue. The …

Tags:Gartner| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Samsung Expects Profits Rise, Misses Estimate

by Tom Allen

Samsung has released its earnings guidance for Q4’15, estimating consolidated sales of KRW53 trillion ($43.5 billion), and operating profit of KRW6.1 trillion ($5 billion). The profit represents a 15% YoY rise, from KRW5.4 trillion …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 01

STMicroelectronics Has Sky Design Win

by Tom Allen

STMicroelectronics’ Cannes/Monaco family of SoCs are being used to power the Sky Q set-top boxes. The STBs will be available early this year. (Sky Shares UltraHD Launch Plans)

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Sky| STBs| STMicroelectronics| Vol 23 - Issue 01

And Finally – Vol 23 No 02

by Tom Allen

The frog will haunt my dreams…It wasn’t all displays at CES: lots of news focused on the IoT. From smart wigs to smart socks, we’ve already seen lots of development in the space. But …

Tags:Back Panel| CES 2016| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

SiliconCore Enhances Common Cathode

by Tom Allen

SiliconCore has unveiled three new technologies to enhance its common cathode LED architecture. It has been working on them for more than two years. The first is a new LED driver chip called the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED Drivers| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Haier Sticks to 50Hz

by Tom Allen

Three new TV ranges joined Haier’s line up, including two Android TV models. The first of these, and the flagship, is a 75″ TV called the 75H9000U. The H9000U is an UltraHD set with …

Tags:CES 2016| Convertible PCs| Haier| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Ingram Takes Canon

by Tom Allen

Canon projectors are now being distributed by Ingram Micro, in France.

Tags:Canon| Distribution| France| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 01

New Partnerships for Also

by Tom Allen

Also has signed three new deals in Switzerland. The distributor will now handle Pocketbook eReaders; tablets and mini PCs from Trekstor; and home automation products from Fibaro.

Tags:Also| Distribution| eReaders| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Switzerland| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 01

OLED-A Predicts More, Cheaper OLEDs in 2016

by Tom Allen

The OLED Association (OLED-A) has released its data for 2015, and some interesting projections for the year ahead. 2015 was a ‘great year’ for OLED displays, with shipments rising 53% YoY, to almost 275 …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| OLEDA (OLED Association)| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Dell Slims Bezels on Redesigned Monitor

by Tom Allen

Dell has revealed the successor to its U2414H desktop monitor, using an ‘InfinityEdge’ design. The U2417H has extremely thin bezels of 5.3mm on each side, and 8.83mm on the top and bottom. This is …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 01