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Zotac Has Mini-PC with 6 Outputs – and 12/24 on the Way

by Bob Raikes

Zotac is not a company that we have often spoken to. From a start making Nvidia-based graphics cards, which it was also showing at CeBIT (with all of the water cooling and other high …

CeBIT Reseller Hall Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Acer was on the API booth and was said that in monitors, it was currently a case of “Go bigger or go home”. It said that interest in 21:9 models is increasing and that …

The latest software update for Android Wear has been rolled out to the Asus Zenwatch 2 (WI501Q and WI502Q). This version adds speaker support; wrist gestures for control and screen dimming; and video and …

Omega Takes Samsung

by Tom Allen

Omega is now distributing all of Samsung’s brown goods, such as TVs, in Austria.

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 …

Sharp Deal Unlikely in March

by Tom Allen

The Taipei Times says that Foxconn and Sharp are (again) delaying finalisation of the takeover (Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid), as Foxconn looks into Sharp’s financial performance in the current quarter. Sources say that Foxconn …

Acer Changes LATAM Leadership

by Tom Allen

Acer has appointed Jorge Tunon and Francisco de Casto as co-general managers of Acer Latin America. Tunon and de Castro currently manage Acer’s operations in Chile through their distribution company, Netnow. While they will …

VEFXi Shows 2D to 3D Conversion Using a Neural Net

by Matthew Brennesholtz

A Display Daily colleague, Bob Raikes, visited the VEFXi booth at Mobile World Congress (MWC) recently to see a demonstration of their new 3rd generation 2D to 3D ASIC introduced last month. In the …

Galaxy S7 Features ‘No Ground Breakers’

by Tom Allen

IHS has called the Galaxy S7 a ‘ho-hum refresh’ to Samsung’s smartphone lineup, with some evolutionary improvements, but ‘no ground breakers’. In a teardown, the firm calculated that the 32GB version carries a BOM …

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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 …

CTA Begins Unveiled in Prague

by Tom Allen

The CTA has announced that CES Unveiled will return to Paris for the fourth consecutive year, in preparation for CES 2017 (5th – 8th January). A new event, CES Unveiled Prague, has also been …

COO Leaving Ingram

by Tom Allen

Ingram Micro’s president and COO, Paul Read, has decided to leave the company. This is because the buyout by HNA (HNA Group to Acquire Ingram Micro) disrupts his aim to succeed Alain Monié as …