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AMD Result 21/10/2014

by Super User

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has reported its third quarter results, posting a net profit of $17 million on turnover of $1.43 billion, which compares with a net profit of $48 million on turnover of …

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TV Vendors More Than Double UltraHD Target

by Super User

Supply chain sources have said that TV vendors are aiming to ship 34 million UltraHD TVs next year – up 120% from 2014. The largest market will be China (no surprises there – TA) …

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Verizon Passes 5.5 Million Video Subs

by Super User

114,000 new FiOS video customers joined Verizon in Q3’14, boosting the company’s total video subscribers to 5.5 million: a 7% YoY increase. Penetration was 35.5%, compared to 34.9% last year.

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Infocus Avoids Image Distortion

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Infocus’ new entry-level DLP projectors – the IN118HDA, IN118HDSTA and IN2128HDA – feature the same aspect ratio (16:9) as today’s common consumer displays. The company made this decision to minimise the distortion of projected …

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LG Display Result 23/10/2014

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LG Display (LGD) has reported its third quarter results, posting a net profit of KRW354 billion ($334.1 million) on turnover of KRW6.5 trillion ($6.1 billion), which compares with a net profit in Q3 of …

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Google Developing Chromecast 2

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Mario Queiro, VP of product management at Google, has said that the company will launch a second-generation Chromecast device. Although few details were shared, Queiro said that more advanced hardware will mean that it …

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TSMC Plans 16nm in 2015

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TSMC’s co-CEO, CC Wei, has said that the company will begin volume production of 16nm FinFET process products in Q2’15, or early Q3’15. In tests, these chips have shown that processor speeds can reach …

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BlackBerry Passport Sells Out

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The Taipei Times reports that in a recent interview with John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, he said that supplies of the new Passport smartphone have sold out, demonstrating the phone’s popularity. According to the …

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No Radical Shifts in Apple’s Third iPad Mini

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The iPad Air 2 and retina-class iMac garnered the lion’s share of attention at Apple’s press event in mid-October, but there was another device introduced. The iPad Mini 3 is almost identical to the …

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Is AVB Coming to Broadcast?

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Replacing SDI and distributing audio, video and data within a video production facility can be done using standard Ethernet protocols (IP) or using a modified version called Audio Video Bridging (AVB). At the SMPTE …

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ARM’s Mali Media IP Brings Single-Core HEVC Support

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ARM has announced a suite of new media IP, which can be used to develop media SoCs for smartphone and tablet products. The suite is comprised of the Mali-V550 video accelerator (supporting HEVC), the …

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New Cinema Network Debuts at ShowEast 2014

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ShowEast took place in Florida at the end of last month, with several companies showing new digital cinema developments. Barco demonstrated its CinemaBarco concept (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12), Auro sound system and …

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