Vol 21 – Issue 46 – Page 9

TSMC Buys Qualcomm Plant

by Raverstead

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has paid $85 million to acquire a factory in northern Taiwan from Qualcomm. TSMC said in a filing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it has bought the plant for …

LEDs Coming for Lighting

by Raverstead

Daniel den Englesen is a veteran of Philips who is now working with ABInfo. Although based in the Netherlands, he also does some work in Brazil and is also an Associate Professor at Brunel …

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MHL Enables USB-C Support

by Raverstead

MHL has developed a new Alternate Mode for the USB-C specification. The MHL Alt Mode will enable a USB-C connector and cable to support MHL 3.0.

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4K Cameras from Canon at CCW

by Raverstead

Canon provided an update on its 4K and HD cameras at CCW, but the star of the Canon show was not a camera but a wide zoom ratio 4K lens for cameras with a …

Ocean’s ‘Hybrid’ Screen Arrives in Westfield

by Raverstead

Ocean Outdoor has extended its ‘Face @ Westfield’ screens. East Face @ Westfield is 15m x 9m and towers over the West Cross route, the main approach to the shopping centre. It is surrounded …

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QR COdes Used for 3D Image Transfer

by Raverstead

A team of optical engineers at the the University of Connecticut has developed a way to securely display 3D images by scanning a QR code. The QR codes store compressed, encrypted images that can …

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20th HbbTV Workshop Takes Place in December

by Raverstead

The 20th HbbTV Interoperability Workshop will take place in Munich, Germany, on 9th and 10th December. All HbbTV application developers and manufacturers of HbbTV products are invited to attend. More details can be found …

N1 is Nokia’s Android Surprise

by Raverstead

The Nokia brand is known for Windows and Windows Phone products – especially since the acquisition of the smartphone unit by Microsoft. Now the Finnish company has surprised everyone by releasing a high-end Android …

4K Cameras from Blackmagic and Red at CCW

by Raverstead

Blackmagic Design was showing its new 4K URSA camera, which was introduced at NAB. After NAB, Chris Chinnock wrote about it and posted a video http://tinyurl.com/pkyxsmq. The big news about URSA from CCW is …

Updates from the SuperComputing Conference

by Helen Vince

High Performance Computing – The SuperComputing Conference being held in New Orleans is an interesting event if you have high performance computing (HPC) needs, like those in broadcast, post production and some ProAV applications. …

Vuzix M100 Smartglasses Now Available on Amazon

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – The Vuzix Smartglasses M100 have been around for quite some time and have been used in various industry applications. While the smartglasses have been available to the public directly from Vuzix, …

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4K-UHD Delivery Options Getting Real

by Helen Vince

Home Entertainment – M-Go, Amazon and DirecTV are all in the news with new 4K-UHD delivery services that are rolling out now or shortly. Last week, we reported that DirecTV was getting ready to …

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