Vol 24 – Issue 37 – Page 5

Xiaomi Targets 30 Million Smartphone Shipments in Fourth Quarter

by Andrew Fenn

China’s second-largest smartphone vendor, Xiaomi, aims to ship 10 million smartphone units worldwide each month during the fourth quarter of 2017. CEO Lei Jun revealed that Xiaomi shipped 10 million smartphones in September, a …

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Roku Updates Range with Another UHD Product

by Bob Raikes

Roku has added a new streaming stick, the Roku Streaming Stick+ which adds HDR and UltraHD support to match some of the company’s existing boxes. HDR support is implemented with HDR10 and will cost …

Kopernikus Selects CryptoGuard for New Pay-TV Offering

by Alan Spencer

Kopernikus, the Serbian cable TV operator, has selected CryptoGuard’s Conditional Access System (CAS) to secure its content revenues. Kopernikus is currently working on digitalisation of its entire network and is expanding its offering with …

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Nikkei Sees Apple as the Next Semiconductor Superpower

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recent article ‘Apple: A semiconductor superpower in the making‘ Nikkei Asian Review discussed the direction Apple is using in terms of semiconductor supply and design. They were reviewing how the recent Apple …

E Ink Used in San Diego

by Bob Raikes

An art installation at the San Diego International Airport features 2,000 solar powered E Ink tiles showing animations designed by 15 artists. The artworks are designed specifically for the building and use the concept …

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Tech Insights Releases iPhone 8 Plus Teardown

by Andrew Fenn

It’s that time of year again! The wake of Apple’s live launch event and the inevitable iPhone release guarantees us one thing—teardowns. The latest comes from Tech Insights, who stripped the new iPhone 8 …

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3IT to Demo Projects at 2017 Summit

by Andrew Fenn

3IT will host an industry event in Berlin later this month. The 3IT Summit takes place on October 23rd and 24th. The company will be demonstrating its two primary projects, 3DinMed and M3D, as …

Chinese Monitor Market Struggling

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China has issued data on the Chinese monitor market which fell to 16 million units in the first half of 2016, down 9% compared to last year, with 7.8 million shipped in …

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Sigmaintell Details OEM TV Shipments

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell has published its results for the TV OEM market in the first half of 2017. The company said that volumes in the TV market as a whole dropped by 7.1% year on year, …

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FoVI3D Installs Metrology System for Field of Light Displays

by Bob Raikes

FoVI3D has installed a light-field display metrology system at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The equipment is intended for the test, validation, and performance evaluation of a new FoLD display. The FoVI3D delivered Field of …

GL Vision Develops QD Film for LED Backlights

by Bob Raikes

GL Vision of Korea said that it has developed a new QDEF quantum dot film that has integrated water and oxygen barriers and based on its own QD manufacturing. The company sees applications in …

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3M to Outsource DBEF Production

by Bob Raikes

3M has done well over the years with its DBEF dual brightness enhancement film, which is a reflective polariser film that helps LCD makers to get more of the photons from a backlight to …

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