Vol 21 – Issue 44 – Page 7

UltraHD on my Lenovo

by Raverstead

I had a joyous moment this week. My Lenovo T440S was rated to support a maximum 2560 x 1600 resolution when I bought it at the end of last year. I had assumed that …

AUO Capex Budget for Expanded G8.5 Production

by Raverstead

AUO will expand TV panel production at its G8.5 facilities next year, say Asian news sources. According to reports, capacity will rise by about 10,000 substrates a month in the second half of 2015.

Acer Claims ‘Zero Frame’ For Large Monitor

by Raverstead

Acer’s G277HU 27″ LCD monitor boasts a ‘Zero Frame’ design, with a 2.2mm bezel to the left, right and top. It is a monitor for home users, and can tilt between -5 deg and …

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Imagination Customers to Create ‘Kepler’ Competitor

by Raverstead

Imagination Technologies has said that it is working on coherent interconnect technology; this would enable Imagination’s newest multicore MIPS processors to be combined with ‘large arrays’ of its PowerVR GPUs. The intent is to …

Chip Sales Outperform Predictions in Q3

by Raverstead

Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $87 billion in Q3’14, a 5.7% QoQ and 8% YoY increase, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The result outperformed the latest World Semiconductor Trade Statistics industry forecast. Sales …

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Hannstar Display Result 2/11/2014

by Bob Raikes

Hannstar Display Corporation announced turnover in Q3 of NT$5.6 billion ($183 million), down 32.8% year on year from NT$8.4 billion ($274.6 million). The company reported a net loss for the quarter of NT$580.4 million …

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OnePlus Breaks Half a Million Sales on Sub-$500 Budget

by Raverstead

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has been hailed as 2014’s success story. Since launching its first device, the OnePlus One, in April, more than 500,000 units have been sold, co-founder Carl Pei told Forbes. These …

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Share Multiple Devices With Epson Projectors

by Raverstead

Epson’s new short-throw projector line-up is aimed at education environments. Teachers can use the bundled Moderator device management software and an optional wireless module to connect the projectors with up to 50 devices. Content …

VESA Seeks Input on DSC Revision

by Raverstead

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) is examining a refinement to its Display Stream Compression (DSC) standard (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 5). DSC reduces bitrates to enable higher resolution content to be played …

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AX800 Gains UltraHD Streaming

by Raverstead

Panasonic’s AX800 TVs are now able to stream UltraHD content from Netflix. The firmware update has been rolled out to the USA already and will be available in Europe this month.

Acer Expands Professional Resolution

by Raverstead

Acer has added a new model to its professional monitor series, the B6 line. The B326HK is a 32″ UltraHD LCD model with Acer’s ‘ColorPlus’ technologies. ColorPlus is a suite of software to provide …

New Core M Chips Speed Range

by Raverstead

Intel has introduced four new Core M chips, which are faster than the original devices from IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). The news comes from CPU World, which claims that the chips …