Thursday, April 14, 2011

Top Leading Industry Standards (2): HDMI, DisplayPort and SATA

In the second article, we will continue introducing the next three industry standards: HDMI, DisplayPort and SATA.

4. HDMI

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HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a digital interface standard for connecting all HD components. HDMI supports all video/audio formats by one single cable. The CEC allows HDMI devices to control each other when necessary and allows the user to operate multiple devices with one remote control handset. HDMI technology is promoted by HDMI, LLC. According to HDMI Testing Policies, each Adopter must submit the first product of each Licensed Product type (i.e. source, sink, repeater, or cable) to an HDMI Authorized Testing Center (ATC) for testing. Once an Adopter product of each type has passed testing, it is not required to submit to the ATC subsequent products of that type. However, to help ensure HDMI interoperability, we encourage Adopters to use the ATCs.

Top Leading Industry Standards (1): Windows, USB and Wi-Fi

Along with the fast-growing technology, technology standardization is not only promoting technology development but also providing a clear purchase direction to consumers.

According to today's market, Allion Test Labs has collected six top industry standards and specifications here below, which includes Microsoft Windows, USB, Wi-Fi, HDMI, DisplayPort and SATA. In the first article, we will introduce the first three industry standards.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Challenges of Porting Android: Hardware-Software Integration

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Along with the growing of technology, consumers are expecting to get multi-tasking mobile phones with wireless Internet and multimedia entertainment applications even more. According to numbers from research firm Canalys for the fourth quarter of 2010, Android owned 32.9% of the worldwide smartphone market compared with iOS, which held 16% of the market. Google’s Android operating system has been phenomenal to be compatible with Apple iPhone currently because its growth rate of the market share and the unit sales are going up rapidly.