Vol 23 – Issue 21 – Page 3

KN2 Display Week 2016 JDI Keynote

by Steve Sechrist

Keynote address are meant to set the tone of a conference and help point in the general direction of what’s to be expected in the hurried and meeting-packed days to come. This was particularly …

ICDM Updates Contrast Metrology Text

by Chris Chinnock

SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) held an evening meeting at DisplayWeek. The main business was to vote on some new language that was added to one measurement technique and a second section …

LCOS Device Advancements

by Chris Chinnock

Single panel projection, HMD or HUD solutions require a very fast response time from the imager if they operate in a color sequential mode. This mode is preferred as it can increase resolution by …

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Foxconn Reduces Workforce Through the Use of Robots

by Norbert Hildebrand

As reported by the South China Morning Post and others, Foxconn in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, has reduced its workforce in one factory from 110,000 to 50,000 through the increased use of robots. In a …

Brands Shorten Lifecycles as Smartphone Slowdown Continue

by Tom Allen

Smartphone shipments will rise 3.1% YoY in 2016: a significant slowdown from the 10.5% growth seen in 2015, and 27.8% in 2014. The forecast is 2.6 percentage points lower than IDC’s previous prediction, and …

MSI Mobilises VR

by Tom Allen

MSI had a lot to show off, including a ‘niche of a niche’ – a backpack PC for VR (it was actually announced just before HP’s Omen X: Everything Optional on HP’s Omen Laptop). …

DTVE Examines Next-Gen TV

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Europe has published a free report on the launch and delivery of UltraHD TV services. It deals with what constitutes a UHD TV, and the implications for adding ‘better pixels’ to the …

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Intel Looks to Video Delivery

by Tom Allen

According to Cisco, video is expected to approach 80% of all internet traffic in the coming years. This makes it important to be able to deliver such content quickly and efficiently through the cloud. …

AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost

by Tom Allen

AMD is planning a series of new Radeon RX Series graphics cards, based on its Polaris architecture, designed for VR-ready PCs. The RX 480 series is designed to be financially accessible, starting at $200. …

Pixelworks Wins With Asus

by Tom Allen

Pixelworks has claimed a design win with Asus. The company provided its Iris video display processor, for use in the Zenfone 3 Ultra smartphone.

Asus Corners Computex Awards

by Tom Allen

Asus’s Computex products (Asus is Firmly in Phablets) won four Best Choice awards and 12 Design and Innovation awards at the show. The Zenfone 3 Ultra took a Best Choice Golden Award, while the …

Everything Optional on HP’s Omen Laptop

by Tom Allen

Omen, HP’s gaming brand, has been refreshed with high-resolution laptops and a 32″ monitor, which reaches a refresh rate of 75Hz. In addition, HP plans to introduce the Omen X platform this summer. There …