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Sanwa Universal 3D Glasses Work on 3D TVs from Japan Only

Evan Selleck, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

Sanwa has recently unveiled a pair of brand new 3D glasses that the company claims are universal. However, Sanwa's definition of universal seems to be a bit more "defined," then some might imagine. The company has announced that these new universal 3D glasses will work with a wide range of 3D TVs, but here's the kicker: they have to be from a Japanese company. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Tegra 2 tablet makes the pre-CES rounds

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

The good news is that we came across Toshiba's Tegra 2 based tablet at CES 2011 during the company's pre-show event; the bad news is that they were flaunting it amidst some very poor lighting. Running Android 2.2 Froyo, since Honeycomb isn't ready to play on its NVIDIA CPU, the unnamed slate is surprisingly slim in the hands and the display - thankfully, given the patchy performance of the Folio 100's screen - is reasonably impressive. Read The Full Story

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Toshiba Glasses-free 3D TV eyes-on

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

Toshiba has been demonstrating its glasses-free 3D TV technology at CES 2011, though the company is at pains to point out that it’ll be a while before the system makes its way into a commercial product. The 56-inch prototype 4K HDTV uses a lenticular display which, from certain angles, allows you to see a 3D picture without needing to wear polarizing or shutter glasses. We have to agree with Toshiba on this one, it’s not ready for prime-time, but it does have promise.

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Toshiba Satellite C655D takes AMD Fusion to 15.6-inches

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Toshiba has outed a 15.6-inch notebook running one of AMD's new Fusion APUs. The Toshiba Satellite C655D uses the 1.5GHz single-core AMD E240, paired with up to 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 320GB hard-drive. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Tegra 2 Android Honeycomb tablet gets pre-CES preview

Chris Davies, Jan 3rd 2011 Discuss [3]

A new Toshiba Android tablet has been previewed, but we won't be able to buy it until Google releases Android 2.4 Honeycomb. According to Engadget, who had hands-on with a non-functional prototype, the unnamed NVIDIA Tegra 2 slate has a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 capacitive touchscreen along with twin cameras. Read The Full Story

Sony Doubling Image Sensor Output in 2011, Invests $1.2 Billion to Make it Happen

Evan Selleck, Dec 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Taking photos with your cell phone has become more and more popular, and Sony is banking on the fact that that popularity is going to steadily increase in 2011. The company is ready to invest quite a mighty sum to making sure that they are ready for the new year, and that their image sensors get installed not only in phones, but also camcorders and digital cameras. Read The Full Story

Sony confirms Toshiba Cell chip plant buy-back

Chris Davies, Dec 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sony has confirmed that it is buying back the Nagasaki Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (NSM) Cell production facility from Toshiba, as rumored earlier this week. The plant was sold to Toshiba back in 2008 and then leased to NSM, a joint venture in Cell chip production between Toshiba, Sony and SCEI; once Sony has purchased the plant, the NSM partnership will also be terminated. Read The Full Story

Sony Buying Back Chip Plant from Toshiba

Chris Burns, Dec 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

So waaay back before 2008, Sony had control of a chip plant in Nagasaki, a semiconductor plant to be more precise, a plant which that year they sold to Toshiba Corp. Sony now plans to buy BACK that plant from Toshiba so that it might strengthen it's complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor business. All of this has been reported by the Nikkei business daily newspaper. Read The Full Story

Google TV to miss CES: Toshiba, LG & Sharp freeze product lines

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Google has reportedly frozen plans for a CES 2011 fanfare of Google TV, over fears that the system is not yet ready for primetime. The delay, tipped to the NY Times by sources close to the company's plans, suggests that Google's hardware partners - including Toshiba, LG and Sharp - have agreed to put their launch plans on hold as the search giant refines the Android-based Google TV software, based on mediocre feedback from buyers and the tech industry in general. Read The Full Story

Sharp to provide 2012 Apple displays with new $1.2bn LCD facility?

Chris Davies, Dec 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sharp is the latest company to be fingered as getting help from Apple's purse to open up a new display plant, following reports earlier in the week that Toshiba was opening a similar small/medium panel fab with Apple the primary customer. According to Japanese paper the Nikkei business daily, Sharp is spending around 100 billion yen ($1.2bn) on the project, a figure which Apple is apparently significantly contributing toward. Read The Full Story

Toshiba denies Apple Retina Display plant investment

Chris Davies, Dec 15th 2010 Discuss [4]

Toshiba has apparently denied reports that Apple is investing in its upcoming small/medium panel display production facility, which according to rumors earlier this week was set to produce Retina Display style high-resolution panels for future iPhones. The denial, as reported by DigiTimes, is brief and offers no details on potential buyers for Toshiba's new displays, but industry experts still believe that the company's LTPS (low-temperature polysilicon) panels are likely to end up supplying Apple's future devices. Read The Full Story

Toshiba unveils enterprise class SSD

Shane McGlaun, Dec 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

Toshiba has unveiled a new enterprise class SSD for the business market that is a 2.5-inch form factor device using 32nm SLC NAND for storage. The SSDs connect to 6Gb/sec SCSI SAS interface and Toshiba plans to make samples available in Q1 2011 with mass production set for the first half of 2011. Read The Full Story