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iST completes HTC Vive HDMI test and certification

Home Press Releases iST completes HTC Vive HDMI test and certification

iST completes HTC Vive HDMI test and certification

by ruby

Issued Date: 2016/3/10
Issued By: iST

Virtual reality (VR) is becoming the hottest topic in the IT industry with the New Year. The leading brand of IT verification test service provider, iST, announced today (3/10), that it has completed the HDMI test of HTC Vive, the very first VR product , in getting it certified with the HDMI interface.

After being licensed by Simplay Labs at its HDMI®2.0/HDCP2.2 ATC lab in Taiwan in 2014, iST has helped just shy of a hundred Taiwanese manufacturers of products including IC chips, module developers, cable, connector, and AV system brand owners to get their products tested. iST also assisted leading TV / Set-up box / Large outdoor display board / E-sports display card / Medical display / Automotive electronic display brands from Taiwan, USA, Japan, and Turkey in acquiring the HDMI certification logo.

As VR is the brand new hot item of consumer electronic technology, scores of suppliers are cramming the consumer markets with VR helmets this year. 2016 is poised to become the “year one of VR”. The size of gaming markets, including PC, game console, and mobile games is expanding. VR and augmented reality (AR) are set to appear in AV, games, and indoor fitting applications.

Image: HTC Vive

“Differing from conventional AV goods, the VR products impose new challenges in HDMI interface testing. iST’s signal test engineering team has qualified the HDMI interface tests of HTC Vive, and we are excited to see that HTC Vive received HDMI certifications. “, noted Eric Yu, Director of iST Signal Testing.

About Integrated Service Technology

Founded in 1994, iST began its business from IC circuit debugging and modification and gradually expanded its scope of operations, including failure analysis, reliability verification, material analysis and so on. iST has offered full-scope verification and analysis services to the IC engineering industry, its customers cover the whole spectrum of the electronics industry from IC design to end products.

In response to rising Cloud Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Vehicles (IoV), iST not only focuses on its core services but is also expanding its service offerings based on international trends, such as LED and Automotive electronic verification platforms and high-speed signal transmission integrity services.

iST’s pursuit of precision, perfection and efficiency, which has been accredited by multiple international well-known and credible organizations including IEC/IECQ, TAF, TUV NORD and CNAS. With increased outsourcing by major international brands, iST also plays the role of independent quality testing laboratory for OBM outsourcing products and association and is certified by TI, Lenovo, Dell, Cisco, Delphi, Continental Automotive, ISTA, HDMI, etc.

On July 2015, iST and DEKRA built a joint venture, Dekra IST to provide services including LED, PCB, PCBA, and system reliability verification, which could help to strengthen both parties’ capabilities of providing first-class testing and certification services in fields of automotive, LED and medical electronics.

Headquartered in Hsinchu, iST has led it to expand its operations around the world. The iST Group now includes iST Kunshan, iST Shanghai, iST Beijing, iST Shenzhen, iST Wuhan and iST Chengdu in China; Japan; US. These are all dedicated to providing customers with prompt, reliable and high-quality technical services in order to grow with the leaders of the world. For more information, please visit the iST website at: www.istgroup.com