Vol 23 – Issue 41 – Page 4

Qualcomm Adds UltraHD Encoding

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 625 processor which is built using 14nm technology and adds UltraHD HEVC encoding, allowing capture of UltraHD content at 30fps. Other features include an octa-core 64-bit CPU, an integrated X9 …

InfiniLED Bought by Oculus

by Bob Raikes

Oculus VR, owned itself by Facebook, has bought Irish start-up InfiniLed, of Cork, Ireland, (not to be confused with Infiled of China!) which is developing microLEDs. The Irish Times said that this is for …

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Eyevis Upgrades Tower Simulator

by Bob Raikes

Eyevis said that it has upgraded the TOSIM (TOwer SIMulator) Green that is run by Skyguide in Dübendorf, near Zurich, Switzerland. Whereas previous upgrades used rear projection systems, the new upgrade used front projection …

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Samsung Starts 10nm SoC Production

by Bob Raikes

Samsung said that it has started the mass production of SoC chips, based on a 10 nanometer FinFET process. The company claims it will give a 30% increase in area efficiency compared to 14nm …

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HTC To Boost Vive Sales in 2017

by Bob Raikes

The Economic Daily News in China said that HTC is expected to sell 400,000 Vive VR devices this year, with 1.5 million forecast for 2017. Part of the increase may come from cost savings …

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HannStar Getting to Black

by Bob Raikes

Hannstar is close to achieving profitability according to reports from Asia as prices have got firmer, especially in markets such as low end smartphones and featurephones where a number of companies have dropped out …

Global Semiconductor Sales Will Improve

by Yvette Raikes

By the end of this year, semiconductor turnover will have reached $332 billion, down 0.9% YoY, according to Gartner. But the researcher still thinks that the outlook is improving, thanks to stock replacement and …

MSI To Get Close to 5M AIB Shipments

by Bob Raikes

MSI is reported by Asian sources to be on track to ship 4.8 million graphics cards this year, with Gigabyte expected to get to 3.45 million units and MSI believes it is catching up …

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Chalmers University Developing a Flexible, Full-Color E-Paper Display

by Arthur Berman

A new type of reflective e-paper material and display is under development by a team headed by Andreas Dahlin within the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, (Göteborg, Sweden). …

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E Ink Finds a Niche in, well… WayFinding

by Steve Sechrist

E Ink Holdings, maker of low powered electrophoretic displays, said today the company has deployed over 600 displays in various sizes (ranging from 32-, 9.7- and 6.8-inch diagonal) black and white signs. The digital …

Gaming Market Buoyant Around the World

by Bob Raikes

In the lead up to IFA, GfK highlighted that the gaming market segment of the global PC market was buoyant and it said that the desktop segment of the gaming market globally had increased …

Withings Steel HR Will Include Digital Display

by Bob Raikes

Withings, which is now owned by Nokia, has released the Activité Steel watch, a fitness tracker that has a simple analogue face and works with an app on a smartphone to track activity. The …

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