Volume 21 – Page 94 – Display Daily

Celestica CEO To Retire in 2015

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Celestica’s president and CEO, Craig Muhlhauser, has said he will retire by the end of 2015. The company’s board of directors has formed a committee and engaged Spencer Stuart to support a comprehensive search …

Tablet Vendors Specialise to Retain Market Share

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To boost tablet shipments in saturated markets, vendors are developing models for specific applications, say Taiwan-based IC design houses. Tablets designed for use in education, business and gaming applications – with low costs, large …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

BenQ Brings Art to Life

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Four of BenQ’s W1080ST DLP projectors are being used in the ‘Apophany’ art installation in Brooklyn, New York. Designed by artist and filmmaker Carmen Osterlye, the video exhibit will run until the 18th November. …

PostBox Offers, Well, Post Production in a Box

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We had a chance to chat with PostBox Systems at the recent SMPTE Fall Conference where it showed us its Rogue Pro box. This includes everything you need for on-set production all in a …

LG UltraHD Rises in September While Innolux Falls

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674,000 UltraHD TV panels were shipped by LG Display in September, says the Yonhap News Agency. The figure is a 24.8% MoM increase, as LG aims to raise its presence in the UltraHD panel …

Aurora Switches High-Resolution HDMI

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Aurora Multimedia’s new 8×8 matrix switcher can handle UltraHD resolution (30fps) and is controllable through any device with a web browser. The ASP-88-4K is part of the Aspyre series, routing video and 7.1-channel audio …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Switchers| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

IHS Acquires NPD DisplaySearch

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The NPD Group has signed a definitive agreement, to sell its DisplaySearch and Solarbuzz businesses to IHS Inc. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions. Completion is expected in or around the second …

Parade Brings DisplayPort SST to UltraHD Tcon

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A new UltraHD timing controller, using embedded DisplayPort (eDP) v1.3, has been developed by Parade Technologies. The DP667 is said to be the first Tcon for UltraHD LCD panels that support the use of …

Bringing Tactile Feedback to an In-Air Screen

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In-air touchscreens have been seen before – usually featuring a projector and water vapour (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 1, Vol 21 No 17). However, there has been little sensation of feedback. A team …

eMagin Contract Dramatically Improved OLED Performance

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In October (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41), eMagin announced that it had been awarded three new R&D contracts, totalling $6.8 million. The company has now revealed that $6.45 million of that total is …

Cree, Lextar Sign LED Agreement

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Cree and Lextar Electronics have entered into a supply agreement for sapphire-based LED chips, with Cree gaining approximately 13% of Lextar through an $83 million investment. The deal also includes a royalty-bearing license agreement …

Tags:Cree| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Nvidia and VMware Bring Workstations to Chromebooks

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Google and VMware are working with Nvidia to bring workstation-level graphics to Chromebooks. VMware’s Blast software and Nvidia’s Grid (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 3) virtual GPU technology will be used to deliver a …

Tags:Google| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21