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Chips Grow in Multiple Categories

by Tom Allen

IHS has predicted 9.4% YoY growth in worldwide semiconductor revenue for 2014. Broad-based growth across multiple segments is due to drive the market to its best result since the 33% boom in 2010. Total …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 02

Statista Sees Move Towards the Phablet

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to a statistical analysis by Statista, there was a jump in the popularity of the phablet during the holiday season. Statista looked at new device activations during the holiday season as defined by the time frame between …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| phablets

OSVR Virtual Hardware and Software Project

by Norbert Hildebrand

Virtual reality headsets fall into two categories so far; there are the dedicated headsets and then the smartphone plug-in cases that provide a cheap way to get a first VR experience for the consumer. …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 02

Imacwear Debuts Waterproof Cellular Smartwatch

by Vanessa Browning

Imacwear showed off its new smartwatch at an event in Times Square this month. The Sparta M7 watch is an IP67-rated watch with 3G cellular connectivity and is waterproof. It features a 1.54″ LCD …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Wearables

SMPTE Kicks Off UltraHD Seminar in The UK

by Vanessa Browning

SMPTE, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, has announced the launch of its 2015 Section Seminar series, with the topic ‘Navigating the Ultra High Definition (UHD) Ecosystem’. The seminars, which will take place …

Gigabyte Focuses on Displays in Premium Gaming Laptops

by Vanessa Browning

Gigabyte’s premium gaming notebook brand, Aorus, has been expanded with 13.9″ (X3) and 15.6″ (X5) models. Specifications are still lacking, but what we do know looks very interesting. The Aorus X5 is the top-end …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Quantum Materials to Increase QD Capacity to Two Metric Tons

by Vanessa Browning

Quantum Materials has announced that it is to increase production capacity to 2000 kilograms of quantum dots and nanoparticles per year in the second quarter of this year. The company said that it is …

Samsung to Reduce Smartphone Line-up

by Helen Vince

In the same week that Samsung forecast its first fall in annual profit for three years, the company also unveiled plans to streamline its smartphone line-up, cutting new releases this year by 25-30% from …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 02

Intel Devises Smart Spider Dress

by Tom Allen

Simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, the Smart Spider Dress is the result of a collaboration between Intel and designer Anouk Wipprecht. The dress – which is 3D-printed – uses Intel’s Edison platform, embedded inside, and reacts …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Wearables

Intel Gives a Keynote – and Might Have Convinced us About Realsense

by Bob Raikes

Intel’s Brian Krzanich gave a keynote address for the second year in a row. Intel also had a booth with its partners. In his keynote, Krzanich said that we are on a wave of …

Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements

by Vanessa Browning

Few of the tier one and two firms showed new mobiles at CES – many were waiting for MWC in March. Asus was one that did, introducing a convertible series and two new smartphones. …

AUO’s 2014 Sales Fell 2% YoY

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales for 2014 fall 2% year on year to NT$408.2 billion ($12.8 billion), though in December and the final quarter of the year, sales improved slightly YoY. AUO’s sales in …