Sharp's 8C-B60A 8K (60p) professional camcorder integrates capabilities for video shooting and recording, playback, and line output. The 8C-B60A was developed with technical cooperation from Astrodesign, a company possessing 8K image technologies, according to Sharp. Besides the ability to shoot images in high resolution 8K (60p), this camcorder is designed to offer ease of use in shooting and recording and to lessen the burden on the camera operator in the post-recording editing process, Sharp said. The 8C-B60A's image pickup device is a large, Super 35-mm-equivalent CMOS image sensor with 33 million pixels. Compression utilizes a coding method that exerts minimal burden on the CPU, thus enabling efficient 8K (60p)-image editing and approximately 40 minutes of continuous recording (when using the bundled 2-TB SSD pack). Because it allows real-time output of 8K uncompressed images at the same time that recording is taking place, the 8C-B60A can be used for live transmissions as well. With this professional-use camcorder as the entry point to the creation of 8K images, Sharp said it is striving to disseminate 8K image content in its aim of establishing an 8K ecosystem at the earliest possible date.

Asustek Computer has announced ZenFone 3 Zoom, an ultra-thin 5.5-inch smartphone with a 5000mAh battery and a dual-camera system. The ZenFone 3 Zoom features dual-camera system consists of a main camera with an f/1.7-aperture, 25mm wide-angle main lens paired to a 12-megapixel Sony IMX362 sensor with large 1.4µm pixels (1/2.55in sensor size); and a 59mm, 12-megapixel zoom camera with an instant 2.3X optical zoom and a 12X total zoom. This setup ensures sharp focus for subjects at any distance, the vendor said. ZenFone 3 Zoom also has the first Asustek SuperPixel Camera that enables shooting in night-time or low-light environments. The smartphone is equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 625 14nm processor, while the high-capacity battery also gives the ZenFone 3 Zoom the ability to double up as a power bank to charge other devices.

Intel has announced a new modular compute platform called the Intel Compute Card along with a range of partners who will be working with Intel to help accelerate the ecosystem of solutions based on the Intel Compute Card. The Intel Compute Card has all the elements of a full computer, including Intel SoC, memory, storage and wireless connectivity with flexible I/O options so hardware manufacturers can optimize for their particular solutions - from interactive refrigerators and smart kiosks to security cameras and IoT gateways. Device makers design a standard Intel Compute Card slot into their device and then utilize the Intel Compute Card. This reduces the time and resources needed to design and validate the compute block. Intel is working with a wide range of partners who are working to develop products that can take advantage of the simplified design, ease of serviceability and user upgradeability of the Intel Compute Card. These partners include HP, Lenovo and Sharp.