WiSA® LLC, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, comprised of over 60 leading consumer electronics brands and founded by Summit Wireless Technologies (NASDAQ: WISA), today announced it has certified the Q UHD Media Center created by Axiim.
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Immersion and Alps Alpine Announce a New Level of Partnership With Active Sensing Technology License
Immersion Corp. (NASDAQ: IMMR), the leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, today announced a new license agreement with ALPS ALPINE Co., Ltd. for the use of Immersion’s Active Sensing™ technology in Alps Alpine’s touch feedback devices. The new Active Sensing technology-enabled product solutions deliver high-quality, high-fidelity and quick-to-respond tactile effects for improved user experiences in automotive human-machine interfaces (HMIs).
Peakboard 2: Improved Network Integration Thanks to Migration to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
Peakboard, the specialist for the visualization of processes and data in real time, is launching the next generation of its all-in-one solution of the same name. The migration of the system to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise further simplifies the integration into company-owned networks, as users can optionally integrate the Peakboard Box into the company domain. This allows users to manage a Peakboard Box just like any other computer in the network and to read and process files directly.
IDC Forecasts a Drop in IT Spending in Nearly Every Industry in 2020 Due to COVID-19
International Data Corporation (IDC) currently forecasts worldwide IT spending to decline 2.7% this year due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While every industry will be affected by the global slowdown, some will reduce their IT spending more than others. In the first of several special releases to the Worldwide ICT Spending Guide: Industry and Company Size, IDC provides an industry-level assessment of how COVID-19 will impact IT spending.
Intel Commits $50M with Pandemic Response Initiative to Combat Coronavirus
Today, Intel is pledging an additional $50 million in a pandemic response technology initiative to combat the coronavirus through accelerating access to technology at the point of patient care, speeding scientific research and ensuring access to online learning for students.
BOE and Qualcomm Announce Strategic Collaboration
BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd (000725.SZ / 200725.SZ) and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announce their plans to establish a strategic collaboration to develop innovative display products featuring Qualcomm® 3D Sonic ultrasonic fingerprint sensors.
Industry’s First DisplayPort 2.0 Active Switch Introduced by Diodes Incorporated
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) today announced the industry’s first DisplayPort™ 2.0 (UHBR10) compliant 4-lane, 2:1 active switch with multiplexer and ReDriver™, the PI3DPX8121. The device joins the company’s portfolio of DisplayPort switching and signal conditioning solutions engineered to meet the design needs of PCs, monitors, set-top boxes, and other AV equipment.
Breaking the Size and Speed Limit of Modulators: The Workhorses of the Internet
Researchers developed and demonstrated for the first time a silicon-based electro-optical modulator that is smaller, as fast as and more efficient than state-of-the-art technologies. By adding indium tin oxide (ITO) – a transparent conductive oxide found in touchscreen displays and solar cells – to a silicon photonic chip platform, the researchers were able to create a compact device 1 micrometer in size and able to yield gigahertz-fast, or 1 billion times per second, signal modulation.
Samsung To Support U.S. Communities in the Fight Against COVID-19
Today, Samsung announced a community outreach donation of $4.3 million in COVID-19 relief to local partners in neighborhoods where a majority of their U.S. employees live and work. These donations build upon their global efforts to date, which now surpass $33 million.
AMOLED Smartphone Panel Market Defies the Coronavirus Crisis, with 9 Percent Shipment Growth Expected in 2020
Despite a projected double-digit decline in smartphone shipments due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global market for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) smartphone displays is expected to rise by 9 percent in 2020, according to Omdia.
