As Andy Pease mentioned in our Q3 2012 earnings call just now, QuickLogic has formally announced the ArcticLink III BX family of devices for display bridging applications. As a bit of background, which is familiar to those who attended the call, a customer decision to use a display bridge device is made very early in […]
Tag: DPO
How the ArcticLink III VX MIPI2 to MIPI4 Enables Lower-cost 720p Displays
Of the 13 different silicon variants of the ArcticLink III VX devices, the one that gets the most questions is the VX3B2F, or the MIPI 2-lane to MIPI 4-lane bridge with VEE and DPO. In particular, we are asked ‘why would a customer need this?’ Here’s why: Often in the smartphone market, OEMs ramp to […]
On the URBANO PROGRESSO…
The hot news at QuickLogic today is the announcement of our new production smartphone, the Kyocera “URBANO PROGRESSO”. As our press release mentioned, the URBANO PROGRESSO uses a QuickLogic ArcticLink II VX4 device, featuring an MDDI Type II to RGB bridge, as well as VEE and DPO. Key to note here is that VEE and […]
Why an OEM Would Use a Bridge Chip (and Why They Wouldn’t)
Upon seeing the ArcticLink III VX RGB->LVDS demo at the recent Linley conference, a very astute attendee asked me ‘why do some OEMs use bridge chips and some don’t?’ This was a very good question, and one we’ve gotten before. Accordingly, it makes good blog fodder, so here we go… From the outset, this would […]
On MHL and HDMI: How Do VEE and DPO Fit?
QuickLogic’s new ArcticLink III VX devices, revealed last December, features LVDS, MIPI, and RGB interfaces. Combined with our legacy ArcticLink II VX products with MDDI and RGB, we think we’ve got the interface needs of tablet and smartphone OEMs locked up for the foreseeable future. When we say this, people do ask us: why not […]
Smartphone ‘Injustices’
www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/7-worst-smartphone-injustices-how-fight-them-523772 Read this article yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised to see battery life as the top ‘injustice’ of smartphones. Now, ‘injustice’ is a very strong word, but I do agree with the authors assertion that battery life is horrible on smartphones However, are removable batteries the way to fight that? Let’s get real—how many of […]
I am the Myth-Debunker
I’ve spent the better part of the last 12 years in the imaging and display world. In that whole time, one thing that is constantly misunderstood and debated is how exactly to measure quality of cameras and displays, and further how to cut through marketing-speak. Myth 1: “HD-quality” “HD-Quality” is a marketing tool, plain and […]
On BCC…
Sorry for being late with this blog, especially for those interested and keeping track… We announced BCC, or Background Color Compensator, last week. This technology enables OEMs of pico projectors to design in an automatic compensation for other-than-white backgrounds. So the obvious question is: “Is this important?” We believe so, and here’s why: Standard projectors […]
Video Usage on Tablets, and a Few Other Data Points…
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/12/people-now-watch-videos-nearly-30-percent-longer-on-tablets-than-desktops/ The story above isn’t anything new…at almost 3 months old, it’s dinosaur-esq in the consumer market. However, it does illustrate the use case of video’s on tablets, which by extension can be extrapolated to increase the need for technologies like VEE HD+ and DPO HD+. There are also a lot of interesting statistics about […]
Live from CES…
As promised, we’re live blogging from CES. Rather than me boring you with words, I’ll bore you with video… […]
