Display Development News articles from April 2003

Display Development News archives from April 2003

MARKET ANALYSIS: Signs of a 'Visual Revolution' in Hanover.(CeBIT 2003 )(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2003... Two trends caught our attention this month. First, the array of new and different display products continues to surprise us. At the CeBIT Meeting in Hanover, Germany, last month, ViewSonic showed some new ways to use displays, and their wares...

20.1-in. TFT for $999.(Formac Electronics' Gallery 2010 and Oxygen LCD )
April 1, 2003... Formac Electronics, Inc. (1510 6th St., Berkeley, CA 94710; Tel: 510/528-9300, Fax: 510/528-9014) announced an aggressively priced line of flat panel displays, called the Oxygen line. The new displays extend the company's award-winning Platinum...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Digital Signage and Retail Space.(Display Werks' XC series)
April 1, 2003... Display Werks, Inc. (2747 29th Ave., SW, Tumwater, WA 98512; Tel: 360/705-4112, Fax: 360/709-9552) launched their "XC" series, which stands for "extended computer," designed specifically for the digital signage and retail space markets. This...

19-in. Targets High-End Markets.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America's 1980SX)
April 1, 2003... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) announced a professional level 19-in. NEC MultiSync monitor. Known as the 1980SX, this new model extends the MultiSync 80 series...

PDA Viewed in Any Light.(Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas)
April 1, 2003... Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (5700 N.W. Pacific Rim Blvd., Camas, WA 98607; Tel: 360/834-8926, Fax: 360/834-8903) announced the design-in of its 3.5-in. transflective LCD into the new Axim X5 handheld devices from Dell Computer Corp....

LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAYS Ultrathin OLED from UDC, Vitex.(Universal Display Corp, Vitex Systems)
April 1, 2003... Universal Display Corp. (UDC, 375 Philips Rd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 800/599-4426), a leading developer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology, and Vitex Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA), a developer of barrier coating technology for...

CDT Gets First Order for LEP Displays.(Cambridge Display Technology)
April 1, 2003... Cambridge Display Technology (CDT, Madingly Rd., Cambridge CB3 OHJ, England; Tel: 44 (0) 1223-723-555) announced the first order for Light-Emitting Polymer (LEP) display products from its Godmanchester, United Kingdom, manufacturing technology...

LEP Lifetime Said Improved.(light-emitting polymer)
April 1, 2003... CDT also announced that it dramatically improved the life performance of display devices based on light-emitting polymer (LEP) performance, achieving more than 11,000 hours of operation for its blue polymer research devices. Over the past...

MICRODISPLAYS: Three-Five to Spin Off Microdisplays.(Three-Five Systems )
April 1, 2003... Three-Five Systems (TFS, 1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389-8600, Fax: 602/389-8801) said its board of directors approved the spin-off of its LCoS microdisplay division to its stockholders, which will result in a newly created...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Palm-Size Unit Has 2000:1 Contrast.(ViewSonic PJ250)(Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2003... ViewSonic Corp. (Walnut, CA; Tel: 909/869-7976, Fax: 909/468-3736) unveiled its first microportable projector option, weighing just 2.2 pounds while delivering a whopping 2000:1 contrast ratio. The palm-sized PJ250 provides customers an...

Inexpensive, High- Performance Unit.(Dell Computer 2100MP)(Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2003... Dell Computer (807 Las Cimas Pkwy., Round Rock, TX; Tel: 512/338- 4400, Fax: 512/728-3653) announced a digital projector, called the 2100MP, that produces professional looking presentations in a classroom, the home, or a business location. The...

HEAD-WORN DISPLAYS: Eyewear Viewers Demoed by MicroOptical Corp.
April 1, 2003... The MicroOptical Corp. (33 Southwest Park, Westwood, MA 02090; Tel: 781/326-8111, Fax: 781/326-4110), the leader in eyewear viewers for the portable electronics industry, showcased several mobile and wireless applications at CITA Wireless 2003...

Hands-Free Access to Portables.
April 1, 2003... In addition to demonstrating their products, the MicroOptical Corp. identified three partners with whom it is expanding heads-up display applications. The first partner is Interactive Imaging Systems (IIS, 2166 Brighton Henrietta Townline Rd.,...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Automatic Brightness Control for Flat Panels.(Microsemi LX1970 light sensor)
April 1, 2003... Microsemi Corp. (2381 Morse Ave., Irvine, CA 92614; Tel: 949/221- 7100), a leading manufacturer of power management integrated circuits, announced a unique light sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of flat panel display lighting...

PROCESS NEWS: Roll-to-Roll Flexible Display.
April 1, 2003... The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC, 60 S. Market St., San Jose, CA 95114; Tel: 408/277-2400, Fax: 408/277-2490), a public/private partnership chartered with developing the industry infrastructure needed for next-generation flat panel displays,...

Tech Transfer Deal for Ink Jet Process.(Cambridge Display Technology, DuPont Displays)
April 1, 2003... Cambridge Display Technology (CDT, Madingly Rd., Cambridge CB3 OHJ, England; Tel: 44 (0) 1223-723-555), the owner and licensor of the fundamental intellectual property in light-emitting polymer (LEP) OLED technology, and DuPont Displays...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Nanolayers Gets New Israeli Funding.
April 1, 2003... Nanolayers, Ltd. (Jerusalem, Israel), an organic semiconductor technology company, has become the first company to receive funding approval from Israel's new "Heznek" program, administered by the Office of the Chief Scientist. Millennium...

Microvision's Funds to Carry It Through Year.
April 1, 2003... Microvision (Bothell, WA), a manufacturer of light-scanning technologies using MEMS technology, clarified that based on its current operating plan, the $12.5 million equity offering completed on March 5th raised sufficient cash to fund the...

Philips Plant Makes Its Millionth Color Tube.(L. G. Philips Displays Technology Center )
April 1, 2003... The L. G. Philips Displays Technology Center in Hranice, the Czech Republic, has produced its one millionth color picture tube, a little more than a year after mass production began. The Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade of the Czech...

CDT Gets Project from U.K. Dept. of Trade.(Cambridge Display Technology)
April 1, 2003... Cambridge Display technology (CDT, Cambridge, U.K.), the leading developer and owner of the fundamental intellectual property for light-emitting polymer (LEP) technology, announced the award of a grant from the Department of Trade and Industry...

STN Platform Selected by European OEMs.(Three-Five Systems)
April 1, 2003... Three-Five Systems, Inc. (Tempe, AZ), a leading provider of display products and systems, says they are shipping volume custom-designed Color-STN display modules. One particular CSTN program was awarded to Three-Five by a major European...

DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY STOCK WATCH Stocks Have Tough Quarter.
April 1, 2003... Six of our 14 stocks made it into the plus column for the month ending March 31. The industrials fell 4% during the first quarter of 2003 as that old market nemesis of uncertainty hit hard. The Iraq war, business investment, consumer spending,...

CALENDAR.(Calendar)
April 1, 2003... May 18-23, 2003. SID 2003 Int'l. Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition, Baltimore, MD. Contact: SID HQ; Tel: 408/977-1013, Fax: 408/977-1531; Website: www.sid.org June 16-18, 2003. OLEDs Asia 2003, Hotel Nikko Pudong, Shanghai, China....