Vol 21 – Issue 46 – Page 5

EC Looks to Limit Display Power Draw

by Raverstead

The European Commission has published a working paper proposing new energy standards for large-screen TVs and monitors, which would cap their energy use. TVs in Europe are currently ranked according to the internal efficiency …

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Ingenic SoC Supports Two Screen Technologies

by Raverstead

China’s Ingenic has developed an asymmetric, dual-core MIPS-based chip for 301, as well as a 15 x 13mm development kit. The Newton2 dev kit includes the new processor (M200), eMCP memory, power management controller, …

Werner Asks If We Really Need UltraHD?

by Raverstead

Ken Werner of Nutmeg Consultants has been involved with Latin Display for some years, but a last minute problem with his visa meant that he couldn’t attend, so our own Bob Raikes presented his …

E Ink Result 19/11/2014

by Raverstead

E Ink Holdings reported a third quarter net profit of NT$100 million ($3.2 million) on turnover of NT$4 billion ($129.4 million), which compares with a net profit of NT$510 million ($16.5 million) on turnover …

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Macroeconomics in Russia & Germany

by Raverstead

I’ve spent the last two days in Munich and I’m writing this 343 on the late Easyjet flight home. I was thinking over the last couple of days of attendance at the Fujitsu Forum …

Wearable Sensor Meets Fabric Displays

by Raverstead

Most analysts would agree, the age of wearables is upon us and many are looking to fancy new flexible LCD and OLED displays to drive adoption into the mainstream. But BeBop Sensors (Berkeley, CA) …

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Fire TV Arrives In Time For Christmas

by Raverstead

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) has been launched in the USA. It costs $40.

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Nanobattery Promises Longer Life, Faster Charging

by Raverstead

A tiny structure called a nanopore ‘could bring about the ultimate miniaturisation of energy storage components’. Invented by University of Maryland researchers, the nanopore is a tiny hole in a ceramic sheet. It holds …

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Toshiba Claims First eDP-to-MIPI DSI Bridge IC

by Raverstead

Toshiba says that its new TC358860XBG is the industry’s first embedded DisplayPort (eDP)-to-MIPI dual-Display Serial Interface (DSI) converter IC. The chip supports video format conversion and compression technology for video inputs at resolutions up …

Werner Questions OLED TV

by Raverstead

The second talk that Ken Werner was due to give was about quantum dots and their impact on the prospects for OLED TV. One of the claimed benefits of OLED TVs compared to LCD …

Eizo Raises Professional Monitor Pixel Count

by Raverstead

The newest addition to Eizo’s Flexscan series is the EV2730Q – an LCD monitor with an unusual size and resolution. The unit is 26.5″ with 1920 x 1920 resolution (1:1), providing 78% more pixels …

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Merck Team Secures Meyer-Galow

by Raverstead

A team at LCD materials maker Merck has received the 2014 Meyer-Galow Prize for business chemistry. The prize was presented for work on display advancements in smartphones and tablet PCs.