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HDMI Approaches 5 Billion Devices

by Tom Allen

The installed base of HDMI products is now approaching 5 billion worldwide, says HDMI Licensing. The 1,700 HDMI Adopters that are members of the group are expected to ship more than 750 million HDMI-compliant …

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Huawei Claims Revenue Boost of 70% in 2015

by Bob Raikes

Huawei said that it had hit revenues of $20 billion, nearly 70% up from 2018 and that it has increased its smartphone sales by 44% to 108 million in 2015. As well as a …

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HTC Sells Plant to Inventec

by Bob Raikes

HTC has sold a plant in Taoyuan, in Taiwan to Inventec for NT$6.06 billion (US$184.5 million) at the end of December 2015. However, the firm has denied reports that it has put its HQ …

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Ateme Powers French 4k Channel

by Tom Allen

MCS TV (Altice Group), of France, has chosen to use Ateme’s Titan software compression solution for its new UltraHD channel. The channel will be launched on cable and optical fibre networks in France, before …

Technicolor HDR Wins SoC Makers

by Bob Raikes

Technicolor said that it has got support from chip makers Marvell, MStar Semiconductor, Sigma Designs and STMicroelectronics for the firm’s HDR technologies. The company also said that it has developed and released a tone …

Awards Season at CES

by Tom Allen

Multiple companies have won awards at CES. Fitbit was honoured with 17 for its Fitbit Blaze wearable. HTC won 22, 14 of them for the Vive Pre headset. Intel won awards from multiple outlets …

Primeview Brings UltraHD to Industry

by Tom Allen

A 32″ UltraHD LCD display, for the industrial market, has been released by Primeview. Known as the PRV324KLED, it can be used in applications such as control rooms, medical environments, signage and gaming. Like …

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Toshiba US LFD Division Appoints Reps

by Bob Raikes

Scott Ramirez, VP of Product Marketing in Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division, said that the firm would use ten sales rep firms around the US to sell its commercial displays by …

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Nvidia Certifies VR-Ready Systems

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has announced a new programme called ‘GeForce GTX VR Ready’; a way to help gamers prepare for virtual reality. Through partnerships with PC and notebook makers, as well as add-in card providers, Nvidia …

Exertis Scores With Gaming Machines

by Tom Allen

Exertis is now carrying the full range of gaming notebooks from Gigabyte and Aorus, in the UK.

Nokia Wins Alcatel-Lucent

by Bob Raikes

Nokia has taken control of Alcatel-Lucent through its share purchase offer and now holds nearly 80% of the company. This will add to Nokia’s capabilities and capacity in network deployment.

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MediaTek Boosts Big & Small Chips

by Bob Raikes

MediaTek has announced the MT2523 series of chips for wearables, smart home applications and the MT8581 SoC for UltraHD Blu-ray players. The MT2523 is claimed to be the first system-in-package (SiP) to offer GPS, …