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What Bob Saw on the Net 20/2/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Panasonic …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Aviation| Desktop Monitors| MWC 2019| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Thunderbolt| Virtual Reality

What Bob Saw on the Net 21/01/2020

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) LG …

Tags:Digital Signage| Display Drivers| Financial Data| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| Thunderbolt| USB

Cypress USB-C Power Delivery Controller Qualified for Thunderbolt 3 Designs

by Bob Raikes

Cypress Semiconductor Corp has announced that its EZ-PD CCG5 two port USB-C controller with Power Delivery (PD) has been qualified by Intel for use in Thunderbolt 3 systems. Reference designs are now available to …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Thunderbolt| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Apple Says No New Mac Pro Until 2019

by Andrew Fenn

In an interview with TechCrunch, Apple’s Tom Boger revealed that the new Mac Pro will not be released until next year. “We want to be transparent and communicate openly with our pro community, so …

Tags:Apple| External GPU (eGPU)| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Thunderbolt| Vol 25 - Issue 14

New Thunderbolt 3 Dock Supports Dual Monitors

by Bob Raikes

StarTech has introduced a Thunderbolt 3 docking station that supports dual 4K displays, one through a DisplayPort output and another via a ThunderBolt interface. It can also support a 5K display. As well as …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Thunderbolt| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Intel Fixes Thunderbolt 3/USB-C Compatibility

by Bob Raikes

We were a bit late to spot it, but in January (probably during the CES overload!), Intel released new ‘Titan Ridge’ Thunderbolt Controllers that add DisplayPort 1.4 and USB-C Host compatibility. The new controllers …

Tags:Chips| External GPU (eGPU)| Intel| Interface Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Thunderbolt| Vol 25 - Issue 07

Lenovo Smart Display

Lenovo Maintains Innovation at CES

by Bob Raikes

We saw Lenovo at a couple of the evening events and also in the Aquaknox restaurant in the Venetian Hotel. At the evening events we got to see the new Lenovo Smart Displays, which …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2018| Convertible PCs| External GPU (eGPU)| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Thunderbolt| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Samsung to Show QD Curved Monitor at CES

by Bob Raikes

Samsung will show its first Thunderbolt 3-equipped QD LCD monitor at CES. The CJ791 curved monitor has a 34″ diagonal and supports 3440 x 1440 in 21:9 format. The Thunderbolt 3 interface means that …

Tags:CES 2018| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Thunderbolt| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Articles Feature Information about DisplayPort

by Isaac Oburu

We recently saw a number of interesting articles about DisplayPort, and published by hub-maker StarTech. The first article gives a brief overview of the DisplayPort Alt-Mode. A second article covers the MST mode that …

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Articles Feature Information about DisplayPort

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw a number of interesting articles about DisplayPort, and published by hub-maker StarTech. The first article gives a brief overview of the DisplayPort Alt-Mode. A second article covers the MST mode that …

Tags:DisplayPort| Thunderbolt| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Apple to Support External GPU & VR

by Bob Raikes

As part of its announcements at the WWDC 2017, Apple said it would support a development kit that is an external GPU enclosure, with an AMD Radeon RX 580 that can connect to PCs …

Tags:Apple| GPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Thunderbolt| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Gigabyte Adds Thunderbolt Box, Front HDMI and UHD Blu-ray on a PC

by Milos Pavlovic

At Computex, Gigabyte was showing the Aorus brand, which it is now using for its high end gaming PCs. The brand was run separately from the firm’s OEM/ODM business, but it is now being …

Tags:GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Thunderbolt| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 21