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ASU Brings Big Backers, but Fails with Us

by Bob Raikes

We went along to the launch of a new “projection wearable” by Chinese company, ASU. The company made the launch alongside representatives from ST, Qualcomm, Foxconn and Amazon – an impressive lineup for a …

Tags:CES 2016| Embedded Pico Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 02| Wearables

Cambrios Focusing on AIOs – and Winning!

by Bob Raikes

Cambrios, which makes silver nanowire materials for procap touch and other applications, was in the Westgate hotel. The company has found a segment of the market, All-in-one (AIO) PCs, that need the performance of …

Tags:Cambrios| CES 2016| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Osram Promotes Projector LEDs – Quiet on QDs

by Bob Raikes

We have had a couple of interesting news announcements from Osram in recent weeks. The first was a new LED that was announced a couple of weeks ago that puts a red phosphor layer …

Tags:CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| LED| LED Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Osram| Vol 23 - Issue 02

The Interest is in the Details at CES

by Bob Raikes

We’ve had a number of “balls in the air” this week as we have been pressing on with our CES report while trying to catch up on the news for the last couple of …

Tags:CES 2016| Consumer Electronics Industry| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Dialog and Atmel End Merger Agreement

by Tom Allen

Atmel has received an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Microchip Technology. The company says that this represents a ‘Company Superior Proposal’, and that it will terminate its merger agreement with Dialog Semiconductor (Dialog to Buy …

Tags:Atmel| Dialog Semiconductor| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Sony

Sony Readies for Roadshow

by Tom Allen

The Sony Professional Roadshow will return to Germany this year. Partners can visit to learn about Sony’s new developments in the fields of home entertainment, digital imaging and audio. The event will start in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Security Company Branches Into VR

by Tom Allen

China’s Qihoo 360, an online security services provider, has launched a VR head-mounted display (described as ‘helmet display’ by Shanghai Daily). Details are scarce, but Shanghai Daily did note that the HMD is being …

Tags:China| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 02

TSMC Expects to Outperform Chip Market

by Tom Allen

TSMC’s Co-CEO, Mark Liu, has said that he expects the company to post a 5%-10% YoY revenue increase in 2016, compared to 2% growth in the semiconductor market. Smartphones will continue to provide growth …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Sony

Sony UK Holds Technology Days

by Bob Raikes

Sony Professional in the UK is holding technology training on 20th and 21st January at Pinewood Studios. The course will have four half day sessions and cover 4K and HDR Production, the use of …

Tags:Back Panel| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Intel Keynote Highlights Curie

by Bob Raikes

Krazanich was very relaxed before his keynote Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel gave the main CES keynote this year. When we arrived, on the seat was a wristband (the Pixmob) that had LEDs in …

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

Samsung to Boost OLED Production

by Bob Raikes

The ET Times of Korea has reported that Samsung will invest $7.4 billion in new OLED production capacity to support a switch by Apple from LTPS to flexible OLEDs. The paper said that the …

Tags:AMOLED| Investment| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Google Starts New VR Group

by Bob Raikes

Google has created a VR computing division and has appointed Clay Bavor, previously Product Manager of apps including Gmail, Google Drive and Google Docs, to run it. Google has already set up “Jump”, which …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Recruitment & Appointments| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 01