Vol 22 – Issue 09 – Page 4

Renesas MCU for Auto Instrument Clusters Has HUD Warp

by Norbert Hildebrand

Renesas Electronics has announced a new set of microcontrollers (MCU) aimed at the automotive market. The new controllers are based on a 32 bit processor unit including memory ranging from 2 MB to 5 …

Sharp’s Touch Recognised by ISSCC

by Tom Allen

A new touch panel system developed by Sharp has received an ISSCC 2014 Demonstration Session Certificate of Recognition. The system enables multiple styluses to be used to draw lines of various thicknesses and colours, …

Philips Reaches Ecovision Target Ahead of Schedule

by Tom Allen

Philips’ ‘green products’ represented 52% of total product sales last year, the company has said (€11.1 billion). Lighting was the largest contributor. As well as reducing its carbon footprint by 5% YoY, Philips also …

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NEC Brings High-Resolutions to Vienna

by Tom Allen

NEC will show its medical solutions at the ECR 2015 in Vienna between 5th and 8th March. The company will show new high-resolution multi-modality displays, as well as present its vision for ‘the conference …

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HP Result 25/02/2015

by Helen Vince

HP recorded a net profit in the first quarter of $1.3 billion on turnover of $26.8 billion, which compares with a net profit of $1.4 billion on turnover of $21.7 billion in the first …

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BenQ Simplifies Home Projection Installation

by Tom Allen

BenQ’s new living room projector, the W1350, combines side- and short-throw projection with vertical and horizontal lens shift, a 1.5x zoom and 120% – 148% lens shift capabilities. In addition to these, the projector …

And Finally – MDM Vol 22 09

by Tom Allen

Well, the internet DID say the S6 would have three sides… Ever wondered what an all-glass phone would actually look like? Samsung has mocked internet rumour sites with its latest tongue-in-cheek references to the …

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Epson’s Tom Versfelt Named as CRN Channel Chief

by Tom Allen

Tom Versfelt, VP of channel and commercial sales at Epson America, has been named on the list of 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs. This list represents IT channel leaders holding direct responsibility for driving revenue …

Merck’s Dammel Takes Frits Zernike Award

by Tom Allen

Merck’s Ralph Dammel has received the Frits Zernike Award for Microlithography. Presented at the SPIE Advanced Lithography conference, the award is presented for outstanding accomplishments in microlithographic technology.

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Vestel Takes Part in New Fatih Tender

by Tom Allen

Vestel took part in a tender for 700,000 tablets recently, as part of Turkey’s Fatih Project. The results of the tender will be announced soon.

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vestel| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Chips&Media Appoints Dream Chip Technologies for European Sales

by Helen Vince

Korea’s Chips&Media has appointed Dream Chip Technologies (DCT) in Germany as sales representative for its 4k video technology in Europe. The companies said that DCT will represent Chips&Media’s video cores in Europe offering high …

Chinese Panel Share Rising at Korean Expense

by Tom Allen

Sources speaking to Business Korea have said that the Korean panel industry is increasingly being threatened by that of China, due to the Chinese government’s support. The sources said that the combined market share …