This report summarizes major ASTC 3.0 related announcements at the 2024 National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB). Companies mentioned include LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, Hisense, Mediatek, iWedia, Realtek, ADTH, Stavix, Velo, Zapperbox, and Zinwell

This workbook breaks down the revenue from the sales of servers in 2023 by vendor. In 2023, 13.6M servers were shipped globally, with a combined value of $121B. With cloud providers selling access to infrastructure, and hyperscalers providing services from vast server estates, its perhaps not surprising that the role of original design manufacturers (ODMs)—which ship custom servers to large entities—is becoming more relevant.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an integral part of a modern smartphone. Edge AI computing is pushing more processing on-device as vendors use more AI in several areas. Virtual assistants such as Siri, Bixby and Google Assistant are already becoming commonplace and on-device AI is increasing their abilities. Generative AI has emerged to turbocharge AI capabilities.

The television manufacturing business is changing. Long a high volume (units sold), high gross revenue, low margin business, the development of connected TVs and free ad-supported TV (FAST) services, is fundamentally changing the TV manufacturer business model, at least for those manufacturers that have an in-house (i.e., first-party) TV operating system (TV OS).

Samsung was the leader in foldable-display smartphone shipments in Q4 2023, followed by Huawei and Motorola. Shipments grew YoY, but major markets in North America and Western Europe declined heavily because of ongoing geopolitical and economic turbulence and Samsung's softness.

There are expectations that Huawei will move away from SONY to use made-in-China image sensors in the Pura 70 series. This report provides insight into the image sensors used in the Huawei Pura 70 series.

Launched in 2023 by the USA vehicle company Fisker, the mid-size electric crossover SUV. The Fisker Ocean is equipped with an array of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Utilizing computer vision, radar, and diverse sensors, these ADAS features enhance safety and comfort for the driver.

Several manufacturers share the design wins for Apollo Zhilian for Jidu Robo-01 Cockpit Domain Controller. The main processor came from Qualcomm® Snapdragon Automotive generation. The Qualcomm SA8295P is a high-end processor, made with 5 nm FinFET process, featuring an octa-core CPU. Renesas supplied the 32-Bit Microcontroller from RH850 family created among others for automotive electronics.

The Honor Magic 6 comes with a 6.78-inch OLED touchscreen display offering a resolution of 2800 × 1264. The display has a frequency of 120 Hz. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm SM8650-002-AB Applications/Baseband Processor.

The Vivo S18 is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen3 processor. This phone is powered by a 5000 mAh battery with support for 80 W fast charging. The SIM card tray can accommodate two nano-SIM cards.