| Hitachi eyes healthy future for hard drives
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2008-02-13 |
| Overcoming stiff price wars and competitive upheavals from emerging storage technologies, the hard disk drive sector continues to rebound with renewed optimism. This bodes well for HDD makers such as Hitachi GST. |
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| Digital living room challenge: Make devices talk wirelessly
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2008-01-17 |
| Since a full suite of HDTVs, DVD players and cameras are now being delivered by consumer electronics companies into the digital living room, the question of how best to connect them wirelessly arises. |
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| Comms, CE markets show great promise
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2008-01-16 |
| Taiwan's display, communications and CE industries delivered many surprises. With global TV digitalization approaching, the future looks bright for the entire display industry. |
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| Managing latency in video encoding, decoding
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2008-01-16 |
| In applications where there is a closed feedback loop, latency is the most crucial aspect of the system, as it determines whether the system will be stable or not. Keeping the latency of a video codec as minimal as possible is the proper approach for such systems. In many such applications, latency measured in sub-10ms is crucial. |
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| Content road map remains blurry for HDTVs
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2008-01-15 |
| While the CES presented TV in a new level of maturity as a beautiful piece of hardware, it was less clear what's next in content for the high-end screens. |
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| DisplayPort ready to ramp, may target DTVs
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2008-01-14 |
| Designed by PC makers as a replacement for the aging DVI, VGA and LVDS interconnects in desktops, notebooks and LCD monitors, DisplayPort ultimately may see use as link in DTV as well. |
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| Digital terrestrial TV invades HK
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2008-01-14 |
| Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has launched digital terrestrial TV services on Dec. 31, 2007, according to a ChinaTechNews report. |
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| Strong Q3 revives HDD profit: iSuppli
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2008-01-09 |
| iSuppli Corp. reported that the hard disk drive industry had resurgence in profitability in Q3, signaling that the storage market finally is on firmer ground. |
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| Revealing the true value of China's IC design houses
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2008-01-02 |
| Among Chinese IC design companies, Shanghai Jade Technologies Co. Ltd is unique. While the majority of local IC design companies focus on cost-control advantages and target the middle- and low-end markets, Jade aims for high-end products. |
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| Analysts see DTV chip market consolidation ahead
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2007-12-27 |
| ST's proposed acquisition of Genesis Microchip could be the beginning of a long-expected wave of consolidation among chip companies that supply the booming DTV market, according to analysts. |
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| Consumer confusion hikes HDTV return rate
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2007-12-27 |
| Behind the robust growth, glitzy new high-end displays and marketing frenzy lurks the dirty little secret of HDTV: An unsettling number of sets are returned to the retail outlets where they are purchased |
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| Toshiba licenses Rambus HDTV tech
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2007-12-19 |
| Toshiba Corp. has licensed HDTV chipset memory technology from Rambus Inc |
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| FireWire speeds up to 3.2Gbit/s
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2007-12-18 |
| The 1394 Trade Association is unveiling a new version of FireWire that could achieve top speeds of up to 3.2Gbit/s. |
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| HDMI is ready for close-up
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2007-12-17 |
| Last year's adoption of the HDMI version 1.3 release, with key performance improvements, has advanced the adoption rate of sources that provide 1,080p resolution such as Blu-ray and HD DVD. |
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| The year in review: Apple's crest
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2007-12-11 |
| Apple took the limelight in Q2 this year with the rollout of exciting consumer devices—the Apple TV in late March and later the much-hyped iPhone in June. |
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