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Large Tablet Rumour Mill Points to Sony

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A 12″ tablet will be launched by Sony in Q1’15, say Taiwanese vendors. The sources said that the tablet will be supplied with a stylus and will have ‘high-end’ specifications, targeting graphics-intensive applications.

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US Demand Fuels Tablet Growth in Q3

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Worldwide tablet shipments were up 11.5% YoY in Q3’14, reaching 53.8 million units. IDC says that shipments were also up 11.2% QoQ, driven by back-to-school promotions and connected tablet demand in the USA – …

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Highlights from the SMPTE Fall Conference and HPA Symposium

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Display Daily was at the recent SMPTE Fall Conference and the pre-show Symposium put on by HPA (Hollywood Post Alliance). The event was held in the Loews Hollywood Hotel and in the famous El …

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Spire and Asus Extend Partnership

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Spire’s partnership with Asus has expanded to include the company’s gaming and networking products, in the UK.

LG to End PDP Production This Month

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We heard earlier this year that LG Electronics was committed to ending plasma TV production this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 Nos 35 & 39). Now, the company has provided a time-frame. In a …

Ludwig Pohl Inducted into German Research Hall of Fame

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Merck KGaA is a leading developer and supplier of LCD materials, without whom, the development of the LCD industry would have been very different. One of the drivers behind the LC development was Ludwig …

STMicroelectronics Result 30/10/2014

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STMicroelectronics swung to a net profit in the third quarter of the year of $72 million from a net loss a year earlier of $142 million. Turnover for Q3 of this year was $1.8 …

Shelf Share: A Revealing Research Tool

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Deirdre Kennedy, an analyst for Gap Intelligence, has written extensively about shelf share in the retail space. Her explanation of the term is comprehensive and her examples are particularly relevant to the display trade. …

Fitbit Slots in to Smartwatches

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Fitbit has revealed a fitness tracker that also acts as a smartwatch. Joining two other wearables (the Charge and Charge HR, with small AMOLED screens), the Fitbit Surge features an LCD display. It includes …

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Vivo Has Ambitious Smartphone Plan

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A posting on the ‘Chinese Twitter’, Weibo, has revealed that smartphone maker Vivo is planning to create a 3.8mm-thick smartphone. Yes, that’s 1.3mm thinner than the current record-holder, the ELife S5.1 from Gionee (Display …

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Is AVB Coming to Broadcast?

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Replacing SDI and distributing audio, video and data within a video production facility can be done using standard Ethernet protocols (IP) or using a modified version called Audio Video Bridging (AVB). At the SMPTE …

ARM’s Mali Media IP Brings Single-Core HEVC Support

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ARM has announced a suite of new media IP, which can be used to develop media SoCs for smartphone and tablet products. The suite is comprised of the Mali-V550 video accelerator (supporting HEVC), the …