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NEC-Lenovo Collaboration May Have Drastic Effects on Notebook Market

It has only been days since rumors arose about a possible cooperation between NEC and Lenovo, but market watchers are already speculating about what such a deal could do to the notebook market.News about joint ventures or temporary cooperations are fairly common on the IT market, but a very (arguably) unusual one wa...

24 January 2011
11:16 GMT

Lenovo and NEC Supposedly Teaming Up

Partnerships are hardly something new in the IT industry, since pooling resources usually does pay out, so it won't come as an overly huge surprise to hear that Lenovo and NEC might be considering a collaboration.In a market where companies usually specialize in a certain area, or several related fields, interd...

21 January 2011
04:19 GMT

Smartbook Resurrected, NEC 'Mobile Notebook' Features Tegra 2

Some product concepts sometimes die before they have a chance to truly take off, like the Smartbook, but they may still get a sort of homage when a company or another shows off an experimental device that has similar features, like in NEC's case. Smarbtooks once were a sort of hybrid product, which was suppose...

11 January 2011
03:42 GMT

23-Inch MultiSync EA232WMi PC Monitor Outed by NEC

Although not necessarily related to CES 2011, NEC has decided to refresh its 23-inch MultiSync EA series offering and rolled out the EA232WMi, a 16:9 model designed for corporate, financial, healthcare, engineering, CAD and other professional applications.Replacing the popular MultiSync EA231WMi, the new MultiSync EA...

4 January 2011
14:21 GMT

NEC and Kodak Sign License Agreement

It would seem that new antitrust lawsuits are not the only developments sprouting up during the holidays, as certain companies, like NEC and Kodak, also took the opportunity to establish other types of relationships.It would seem that, once again, two companies in the IT industry decided it was time to set up a mutu...

28 December 2010
07:17 GMT

NEC's CES 2011 Exhibition Includes Dual-Display Android Tablet

Dual-display devices have become a sort of pet project for notebooks and tablet makers, and it appears that NEC intends to experiment with this concept, possibly by building upon another tablet.As end-users know, some dual-display devices have already been revealed, such as MSI's keyboard-less laptop and Lenovo...

17 December 2010
06:10 GMT

New NEC MultiSync Is a 30-Inch P-IPS Panel-Using Monitor

It seems that NEC has once again updated its collection of monitors, though it definitely did not stay in the realms of affordability and, instead, gave it a very high resolution and various assets that are guaranteed to be enjoyed by professionals.When making a consumer-oriented monitor, display makers don't h...

7 December 2010
05:07 GMT

Europe Receives NEC MultiSync EA232WMi IPS Monitor

Even though LCDs don't seem to have sold as well as one may have expected on Black Friday, NEC does not feel at all disinclined to expand availability of one of its monitors, in this case a certain IPS model.Since the holiday shopping season can be said to be about to start, if it hasn't already, it is no ...

2 December 2010
02:58 GMT

40 Million NEC MultiSync Monitors Shipped Over 25 Years

From time to time, it's actually quite interesting to look back at the history of a certain brand and see just how it evolved over the years, and that's exactly what NEC is doing right now, the company revealing the fact that it's shipped over 40 million of its extremely famous MultiSync PC monitors ov...

30 November 2010
08:55 GMT

NEC LifeTouch Tablet Renamed as Smartia, Targets Consumers

With all the hype surrounding the slate market, it was only a matter of time before NEC also joined in, and its seems that its solution is the refashioning of the previously-launched LifeTouch tablet.NEC has had the LifeTouch so-called 'cloud communicator' tablet ready for a while now, essentially a highly...

26 November 2010
05:53 GMT

New 3D-Ready, Short-Throw, DLP Projectors Rolled Out by NEC

NEC's been pretty busy over the course of 2010 as far as its projector business is concerned, the company outing a very large number of such display solutions, the latest to join the ranks being the 3000-lumen U300X and 3100-lumen U310W 3D ready, short-throw, DLP projectors.The 3D-ready U300X and U310W are built...

17 November 2010
13:41 GMT

NEC Develops Thin and Flexible ORB Batteries

If organic flexible displays are somewhat of a normal occurrence by now the same thing can't be said about flexible batteries, but NEC is set to change all that, its super-thin Organic Radical Battery (ORB) showing us that batteries can be flexible too.Coming in about as large as a coin and only 0.7mm thick, the...

10 November 2010
02:56 GMT

NEC Expands MultiSync Monitor Line With Two New Models

Instead of releasing yet another monitor or two that focus on performance before everything else, NEC decided to, instead, create a pair of displays that place a stronger emphasis on environment friendliness, their names being MultiSync EA192M and MultiSync E201W. The MultiSync EA192M and MultiSync E201W, as their n...

1 November 2010
09:33 GMT

Nec Intros Yet Another 23 Inch Professional Grade Monitor

Nec's professional monitor division seems to be hard at work these days since the company has just announced another 23-inch professional graphics display, designed specifically for photographers and users working in color-critical applications, just a few days after the SpectraView 231 saw the light of day.Much...

28 October 2010
10:03 GMT

NEC Caters To the Professional Market With the Affordable SpectraView 231

When it comes down to professional grade displays NEC is one of the most renowned names out there, the Japanese company just announcing a new monitor in the SpectraView line, the 231 that features a 23 inch, Full HD, hardware-calibratable panel.Similarly to its older brothers, the SpectraView 241 and 271, this new di...

25 October 2010
09:22 GMT

NEC MultiSync EX231W Full HD LCD Makes It to the US

Coming to reinforce its offer in the United States, NEC has now sent its slim MultiSync EX231W liquid crystal display to US stores, where the device aims to enchant consumers with its energy saving technology and fully adjustable stand.The MultiSynch EX231W is not exactly a new product, considering that it was launc...

18 October 2010
09:38 GMT

NEC MultiSync Series Welcomes New EX Professional Monitor

NEC unveiled a significant number of displays already, but there is always room for more, especially when the newcomer is described as ultra-slim and capable of setting a new benchmark for the entire industry.What NEC did was unveil its new range of monitors, intended for the corporate environment, which have both a...

11 October 2010
04:30 GMT

NEC Provides New Laptop and All-in-One System

Eager to restore the so-called freshness factor to its product line, NEC came out and presented two of its latest computers, the Mate MG all-in-one desktop and the VersaPro UltraLite VB laptop. The VersaPro UltraLite VB is a mobile PC with a screen size of 12 inches, whereas the Mate MG AiO has a display size of 19 ...

5 October 2010
10:26 GMT

NEC Delivers 23-Inch MultiSync PA231W LCD

Deciding to, for now, set aside the consumer front, NEC has come forth and unveiled its latest MultiSync PA series professional monitor, a 23-inch liquid crystal display that uses an IPS panel and supports Full HD video quality.NEC's MultiSync line of displays was already large enough even before the new PA mod...

28 September 2010
05:55 GMT

NEC LaVie Series Also Welcomes Four L Models

NEC's LaVie series already grew by one member, but the company is not finished yet, having also brought out three 15.6-inch and one 16-inch L series models, all of them powered by Intel processors and loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium.NEC has already been revealed to have completed development of the LaVie lig...

13 September 2010
06:44 GMT

Intel Atom N550 Dual-Core powers NEC's LaVie Light Netbook

NEC has been working on a new netbook for a while, and said netbook has finally reared its head, revealing itself to be a LaVie Light model, the BL550/CS to be exact, based on the new Intel Atom N550 dual-core CPU.The Intel Atom N550 central processing unit was officially introduced on the market in late August, whe...

13 September 2010
02:56 GMT

NEC MultiSync E231W Arrives in EU Stores

Like practically all of its rivals, as well as every other company in the IT industry, NEC has been making sure to keep the market well supplied with newer and better display solutions, and the latest in its portfolio, known as the MultiSync E231W that was launched in the US about a week ago, has now come a step clo...

10 August 2010
08:28 GMT

NEC Expands MultiSync LCD Series with E231W

NEC Display Solutions is definitely not slacking off, considering how it periodically comes out and unleashes some sort of new and better monitor, whether for the consumer base or professional market. Often, the company even decides to bring out something really noteworthy by virtue of very sharp images and high con...

2 August 2010
10:04 GMT

NEC Reduces Prices of USB 3.0 Chips

Back when the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed standard was finalized, NEC was the first to offer controller chips capable of enabling a motherboard to handle the new transfer rate of 5Gbps. Then, some time later, other companies started offering such chips, such as ASMedia, Fresco Logic, Via Technology. These players have since ...

23 July 2010
08:23 GMT

NEC Supercomputer Market Share to Double By 2014

Now that the IT industry is on a rebound, all companies hope to make the best of things and even believe they may strengthen their position if they manage to influence the direction taken by certain segments. NEC Corp., for instance, hopes to tighten its grip on the supercomputer segment, and intends to use the grow...

10 July 2010
04:31 GMT

NEC E Series of 3D Displays Gets Larger

Display solutions developers naturally make a point of offering as wide a variety of displays as possible and as often as they can, to preserve the freshness factor. As such, there are always new arrivals on every segments, for every screen size range and for each type of applications. NEC is one of the companies th...

6 July 2010
10:06 GMT

NEC Unveils Powerful 27-Inch Monitor

The consumer and professional markets may be swarming with an entire army of different LCD (liquid crystal display) models, but there are still some that stand out from the rest, either through their sheer size or some other special feature. NEC Decided it was time to make another display that stands out, only not j...

5 July 2010
06:31 GMT

NEC Valuestar N All-in-One Brings 3D in June

The 3D trend has not yet turned into the 3D craze, but even though there are still those that would rather do without the glasses, it is only a matter of time before screens that look blurry to the eye become a more or less common sight in homes. NEC's latest 3D product, the Valuestar N VN790/BS all-in-one PC, c...

28 May 2010
10:23 GMT

USB 3.0 Becomes Part of AMD's Reference Designs

Even though storage units with support for the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard are becoming more and more widespread, they aren't exactly gaining traction as quickly as they could. This is because there is, currently, no native chipset support for this technology, from either Intel or Advanced Micro Devices. Even t...

21 May 2010
08:28 GMT

NEC Shows Off MultiSync PA271W Professional Monitor

Much in the same way that HP refreshed its entire product portfolio today, NEC decided to update its professional display lineup with a number of new devices. Still, as it always happens, there must always be a focal point for end-user attention, a product that stands out amongst the others and raises the profile of ...

5 May 2010
11:01 GMT

NEC Unveils S Series 52-Inch Full-HD LCD

Seeing that the consumer market for displays is practically swarming with new models, be they Full-HD LCDs and/or 3D solutions, NEC decided to once again turn its gaze towards the professional market, where large-format liquid crystal displays are becoming more and more widespread. In fact, with the economy recoverin...

3 May 2010
10:59 GMT

NEC Experiments with 3D All-in-One

Until late last year, 3D was a rather small niche market and it took a 3D film by a director the size of James Cameron to actually jumpstart the market and raise general interest in this display mode. In just the few months since then, the movie industry has practically embraced 3D, 3D television broadcasts have laun...

19 April 2010
09:11 GMT

NEC's Calpella-Based LaVie S Laptop Inbound

Intel's Calpella platform seems to practically be, more or less, ravaging the mobile PC market, seeing how a large number of PC suppliers have either come forth or plan to bring out a new notebook, or set of laptops, based on it. The same can be said for NEC, which seems to have almost finished upgrading its La...

19 April 2010
04:49 GMT

NEC Shows Off SMB-Aimed Green LCD

While Point of View uses the literal term of the word “green” to describe its upcoming GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480 graphics adapters, NEC has adopted the metaphorical meaning in its description of the AccuSync AS231WM, the company's latest 23-inch LCD with advanced power saving and environment-footpr...

1 April 2010
10:52 GMT

NEC's Express5800/A1080a Server Uses Intel Xeon 7500

Intel has just made the official introduction of its latest and greatest server multi-core processors, the Xeon 7500 Series with up to eight cores. Of course, as it always happens when AMD or Intel bring out a fresh processor, system makers, such as Dell, have started to show off their respective configurations based...

31 March 2010
04:44 GMT

NEC Sells 3 Million USB 3.0 Controllers, Increases Production

When the USB 3.0 technology came out, it was rather clear that its tenfold increase in performance, compared with the performance of the USB 2.0, would make it an instant winner, but real widespread availability has been difficult to achieve because it is not natively supported on many motherboards. This, however, do...

18 March 2010
05:24 GMT

NEC's LSI Technology Three Times Faster than USB 3.0

With the appearance of high-definition (HD) TV and 3D video content, there has been a growth in the volume of data being processed for personal use. As such, greater demand has arisen for fast transmission of data between various equipments. NEC Corporation (NEC) and NEC Electronics Corporation (NECEL) have revealed ...

18 February 2010
03:17 GMT

NEC Launches 70-Inch Commercial Display

Always paying heed to all the market possibilities, NEC has introduced yet another commercial-grade LCD display form the P Series. Measuring no less than 70 inches, the P701 comes as an addition to a line that already features the 40-inch P401 and the 46-inch P461. This display has a 15-percent larger screen surface ...

8 February 2010
10:17 GMT

NEC Rolls Out Affordable Green Display for SMB Users

NEC Display Solutions of America has long been a manufacturer of commercial liquid crystal displays (LCD), one of its most popular items being the ASLCD73VX-BK from the AccuSync Series. Nevertheless, as it happens with all technologies, this product seems to have been outgrown by the industry and, now, the company ha...

2 February 2010
09:57 GMT

NEC MultiSync PA Series of LCD Displays Debuts

Seeing how its MultiSync 90 series was critically acclaimed, NEC Display Solutions of America decided to refresh its product lineup by introducing a new line of monitors, the MultiSync PA series. Currently only made up of one model, namely the PA241W, the line aims to play the part of a professional graphics solution...

1 February 2010
10:55 GMT

NEC Launches E-Series Digital-Signage Displays

NEC has been working on a series of large-format displays capable of providing corporate and digital-signage users with flexible and affordable digital-signage solutions. NEC Display Solutions America has been working on a new, commercial-grade product line known as the E-series. This line is made up of two large-for...

19 January 2010
09:48 GMT

NEC Puts 32nm Chips Inside ValueStar W All-in-Ones

NEC provides a wide range of products, services and supply equipment to a variety of market segments and, as far as the personal-solution business is concerned, it provides PCs, mobile handsets and Internet services, among other things. The company is developing products and services that are simple and convenient fo...

19 January 2010
04:36 GMT

NEC Also Updates Its Product Offer, LaVie M

A lot of technological advancements were showcased at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show and immediately afterwards. Naturally, as it always occurs after such hardware releases, companies are going out of their way to launch new products or upgrade, update, refresh or enhance their existing lines. NEC i...

18 January 2010
04:38 GMT

WD and NEC Jointly Developing SuperSpeed USB 3.0-Compliant Storage

Just like LaCie and Symwave announced yesterday that they would be promoting the new SuperSpeend USB 3.0 standard by showcasing a USB 3.0 dual-disk RAID storage solution at CES 2010, Western Digital and NEC Electronics also revealed their collaboration plans for the development of high-speed USB 3.0 storage solutions...

18 December 2009
04:17 GMT

NEC Rolls Out Four New Energy-Efficient 8-bit Microcontrollers

NEC Electronics has introduced four new 8-bit All Flash microcontrollers that will help smart meter grid designs to use power more efficiently and emit less greenhouse gases. Smart electricity meters are a key component in smart grid systems and are superior to the regular electricity meters, which require manual rea...

12 December 2009
03:37 GMT

NEC Launches the NEC MultiSync EA222WMe LED-Backlit LCD

NEC released what can be considered the greenest LCD display developed by the company so far. It is called the MultiSync EA222WMe and is a 22-inch LED-backlit Liquid Crystal Display monitor able to provide panel brightness equal to other panel types while consuming 20% less power. In addition, it weighs 25 percent le...

1 December 2009
10:30 GMT

Intel and NEC Plan to Pool Their Resources and Build the Future's Supercomputers

HPCs or supercomputers are used in science, medicine and by non-profit organizations and businesses such as oil and gas exploration to speed research and testing. Although four out of five among the top 500 supercomputers have Intel processors inside, the fact that it just barely got the fifth place in the TOP500 lis...

18 November 2009
08:35 GMT

NEC Preps New LaVie M Ultra-Thin Laptop

Although not everybody likes netbooks, their popularity is unquestionable, which is why a number of companies continue to expand their netbook portfolios with the introduction of new models. However, CULV-based ultra-thin laptops are becoming an alternative for those who are looking for the portability of a netbook, ...

16 October 2009
03:50 GMT

NEC Unveils Three New AccuSync Energy-Efficent Monitors

Over the last few months, the computer industry has been actively involved in the development of new technologies and products that would provide computer users with new devices that offer a more energy-efficient alternative to similar products that are already available on the market. On that note, NEC Display Solut...

1 October 2009
09:31 GMT

Seven Chipmakers Join Hands to Develop New Processor

Santa Clara, California-based Intel is one of the most recognizable brands in the IT industry, as the company managed to establish itself as the world's leading producer of computer processors. With the company holding the majority of the chip market, there are questions whether other players in the industry hav...

7 September 2009
08:44 GMT


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