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ViXS Gets More Funding

by Bob Raikes

Video SoC-maker, ViXS said that it has completed two private placings to provide C$6.9 million ($4.8m) that will be used to strengthen the company’s balance sheet. Analyst Comment ViXS has been through a lot …

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

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 05

by Tom Allen

The Microsoft Surface Book will be launched in Germany on the 18th February. An update to Android 6.0 is being rolled out to the Sony Xperia M5 smartphone now.

Samsung Shows Rink Hand Held VR Controller at CES

by Arthur Berman

Samsung Creative Lab is run by Samsung Corporation as an in-house incubator to let “company employees play with ambitious ideas and turn them into full-fledged startups.” Working at the CSL for a full year, …

Pixelworks Adds VueMagic Dongle

by Bob Raikes

Pixelworks was in the Westgate hotel, in a suite. The first product that we looked at was a dongle that supports the company’s VueMagic Media Pro technology when connected to the HDMI port of …

New DisplayLink Chip Supports Dual UltraHD Displays at 60P

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink was showing its DL-6950 chip which can support dual displays with UltraHD resolution and 60fps using the DisplayPort link in USB Type C. The company can also support that performance over HDMI 2.0 …

Casio Emphasises Reliability

by Tom Allen

A long-time proponent of solid-state lighting systems, Casio unveiled a new laser-LED hybrid projector at BETT. The Core XJ-V2 is an upgrade from the XJ-V1, which was launched at BETT 2015. The only difference, …

MHL Persevering with Alt Mode

by Bob Raikes

MHL was at the show to promote itself and was, like VESA, focusing on its USB Type C “Alt” Mod. However, the group started by telling us about the latest design win – the …

VESA Happy with Type C Progress

by Bob Raikes

The first meeting we had on the show floor was with VESA, which was highlighting DisplayPort. The big development over the last year has been the introduction of USB Type C interfaces that include …

Vivitek Targets Home Users

by Tom Allen

Vivitek is owned by Delta, which is primarily focused on thermal and power management. However, the company also owns several; consumer brands. Two new DLP projectors were on show: the H5098 and H1060. Designed …

HannStar Has Weak December

by Bob Raikes

Hannstar said that its sales were down 1% month on month, 41% year on year, in December at NT$1,216 million ($36.5 million). Large panel shipments (including HannsG monitors) were down to 51K, from 96K, …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Will Foldable Phone Arrive in 2016?

by Bob Raikes

HSBC has said that the pressure on Samsung’s smartphone business may lead the firm to bring forward its plans for a foldable OLED smartphone from 2017 to late 2016. (Rumors: Devices with Foldable Displays …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

PCs Fall Again in 2015

by Tom Allen

Gartner and IDC have released their PC shipment data for Q4’15. Shipments are thought to have fallen to 8.6% YoY, to 75.7 million (Gartner) or 10.6%, to 71.9 million (IDC). We cover the Gartner …