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Slidenjoy is a High-Quality Laptop Screen – Without a Laptop

by Tom Allen

Laptops – they’re designed to be portable, but the trade-off is a lack of screen real estate. Or is it? A new project on Kickstarter – which was funded less than three days after …

Imagining the Personal Companion of the Near Future

by Bob Raikes

Our friend, Dr Jon Peddie, sent us this article, which he sub-titled “My smartphone helps me get through the day, and night” Today’s PongThe fast developing potential for truly useful applications that can convert …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Flexenable Scientist Takes Faraday Medal

by Tom Allen

Henning Sirringhaus, of FlexEnable, has won this year’s Faraday Medal from the UK’s Institute of Physics. Sirringhaus won the medal for ‘transforming our knowledge of charge transport phenomena in organic semiconductors as well as …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Field Tests Demonstrate ATSC Benefits

by Tom Allen

Field tests of ATSC 3.0 signals are taking place in Cleveland, USA, over the summer. An experimental broadcast licence has been granted to Tribune Broadcasting’s WJW-TV by the FCC. WJW-TV will provide a transmitter, …

Tags:ATSC| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Have You Got America’s Ugliest Conference Room?

by Milos Pavlovic

Offices across the USA can now compete in ZTE’s “Ugliest Conference Room Makeover” contest, with a grand prize of a $50,000 room redesign. To enter, people can submit a photo of their ugly conference …

ASE Posts Record Q2 Sales

by Helen Vince

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) recorded its second-highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history in Q2, 8.6% higher than Q1 and 19.8% higher than the second quarter of last year at NT$70.2 billion ($2.2 billion). …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

IFA 2015: Samsung Takes CityCube and LG Moves Halls

by Tom Allen

Both Samsung and LG have confirmed their exhibit space for IFA 2015, says Germany’s Invidis. For the second time, Samsung has hired the CityCube, taking 6,000m² of show floor. LG, meanwhile, has moved from …

TSMC Sees Sales Dip in June

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales drop 14.5% sequentially in June, falling to NT$59.9 billion ($1.9 billion). Sales for the quarter were also down, falling 7.5% sequentially to NT$205.4 billion ($6.6 billion), while for …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Who is the Cable Cutter?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The cable companies and networks in the US have been facing a change in their business models over the last few years. As we have reported before, cable subscriptions are declining, while the use …

Phone Thoughts from Abroad

by Bob Raikes

This week, I’m writing my editorial from rural France as I take something approximating to a vacation. At least, the scenery around my computer is different! As usual, when I’m away, I have included …

Samsung Patents Large and Small Foldable Screens

by Tom Allen

Although patents are not normally an area that we cover, this one should be noted. Samsung has been awarded a patent by the US Patent & Trademark Office, for a flexible display for foldable …

Alliance Produces First 7nm Test Chips

by Tom Allen

An alliance of Globalfoundries, Samsung and IBM Research has developed the first 7nm node test chips with functioning transistors. The work, in the USA, could lead to the ability to place more than 20 …