Two new Chrome-based devices from HP add styling and additional features to up the ante on the Chrome-based computers. (Source: HP) Chromebooks have been gaining a steady edge in the PC’ish market since their introduction in 2011. They have met the needs of students and people looking for a lightweight computer to provide walk-around accessibility to the Interest. Google’s … Read more
HP’s Chromebase. (Source: HP) HP introduced their Chromebase 21.5-inch All-in-One Desktop and claims it is the world’s first Chromebase All-in-One with a rotating display The screen can tilt 20 degrees upwards and easily rotate 90 degrees from landscape to portrait mode. The HP Chromebase AiO also has a split-screen feature that allows for viewing multiple pages simultaneously. The device … Read more
Founded in a garage in Palo Alto, HP has fixed up the place since then. (Source: HP) HP has spent the last several years quizzing its customers, analysts, and investors about the future of workstations and the future of work. Looks like they’ve gotten their answer. HP has announced plans to acquire Teradici Corporation. Teradici Corporation based in British … Read more
The year-to-year growth of 28% on the back of strong global rebound
HP’s new AiO is skinny and makes you look good. (Source: HP) The spring refresh continues as PC companies show new designs with an awareness of the changing boundaries between work and life and IT. The most recent addition to the lineup is HP’s new EliteOne 800 All-in-One (AiO). This one is designed for home or office, but its … Read more
Workstations have proved their mettle during the pandemic—sometimes by their absence. People, who have had to relinquish their powerful computers to work on home computers, have found out how much the workstation’s power, processing, and fast access to data means to them. Others have found it’s well worth the inconvenience to take the office machine home if that’s part of … Read more
If Nvidia is successful in acquiring Arm (and maybe even if they aren’t), Nvidia has some mighty big and small plans for, with, and of Arm. When Nvidia announced it intended to acquire Arm (see TechWatch: https://www.jonpeddie.com/editorials/what-if-what-if), they said in their ambitions (for Arm) in the UK that they would build a supercomputer AI research center in Cambridge. That was … Read more
The PC industry has been on a rollercoaster ride for the past decade or longer: up, down, up, down, up. In 2010, when Paul Otellini was Intel’s CEO, he forecasted robust growth for the PC (and Intel) over the next ten years, and spoke about the next billion units. At the time, the installed base of PCs was a billion … Read more
So long Daydream, you didn’t even flash in your own pan. (Source: Google) Google came up with a great name and a great industrial design for the Daydream, its entry into VR for the Android world, but the company seemed to forget about it after the initial splash. Do you remember when there used to be long lines to … Read more
Leia, a 2014 start-up in Menlo Park, CA, spun out of HP Labs, has developed a diffractive light field backlighting (DLB) display. Developed from work done at HP Labs in the field of nano design and manufacturing, the company’s proprietary diffractive light field display uses finely tuned nanostructures to project a dense light field from a transparent, edge-lit substrate. This … Read more
In honor of the NAB that never was, HP is introducing new products that are designed for creators, which in HP’s view include designers as well as artists. HP distinguishes itself with its full pipeline consisting of 3D printing capability, Hololens devices, and full-color displays. The company is rolling out new mobile devices designed for creatives on the move, even … Read more
The PC business is pretty standardized these days. People know they want a computer, a display, a mouse, a tablet. Many of those people know they’d rather have a major brand for the reassurance of support and security. So, the struggle for the PC companies is to figure out some way to stand out and thrive selling similar stuff to … Read more
