Display Development News articles from March 2004

Display Development News archives from March 2004

MARKET ANALYSIS: Wireless Devices Will Boost Display Market.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Wireless technology is making steady progress and it wont be long until the spread of these devices increases the demand for displays. We present two articles in this analysis, based on Texas Instruments technology and comments made at the...

Mobile Phones Will Be Entertainment Devices.(Open Multimedia Applications Platform 2)
March 1, 2004... It looks as though the television, once relegated to the family room, a bedroom or study, will gain new mobility and move wherever an individual who has a smart phone decides to go. At the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, Texas...

Wireless Drives Electronics Innovation.
March 1, 2004... Wireless has become the most important platform in consumer electronics and will be a primary focal point for innovation in the coming years, according to Rich Templeton, chief operating officer for Texas Instruments. He made these comments...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: Professional Performance In 17-inch Desktops.
March 1, 2004... The proliferation of additional LCD monitors continues as flat panel displays continue their inroads into the desktop PC market. Sharp Systems of America (5901 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92647; Tel: 714/903-4600, Fax: 714/903-4716) has...

Need a Tiny LCD With High Resolution?(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Densitron Corp. (10400-4 Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670; Tel: 562/941-5000, Fax: 562/941-5757) has introduced a new Mini PinPoint display with an industry leading interpixel gap of only 10 microns. The new Mini PinPoint display has...

Integrated Display For Camera Phones.
March 1, 2004... Royal Philips Electronics (Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Tel: 31-40- 272-2091) unveiled the worlds first complete Philips solution for consumer camera phones. Integrating a Philips Nexperia mobile image processor, the new Nexperia Mobile...

Lowest Power 14.1-in. Mobile PC Displays.
March 1, 2004... Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. (TMD, Minato ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan), a joint venture between Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Corp., Ltd., announced the development of the worlds lowest power sub-2.5W...

Planar Slashes Medical Display Prices.
March 1, 2004... Planar Systems, Inc. (1400 NW Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493), a worldwide leader in flat panel display systems, has made it easier than ever for medical professionals across the healthcare enterprise...

PLASMA PANELS: NEC Aims For Residential Market.
March 1, 2004... NEC Solutions (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, Ill 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) made its award winning plasma display quality and reliability available for residential entertainment by introducing its new line of 42-, 50-, and 61-inch...

Tuner Yields Top Value Consumer TV Functions.
March 1, 2004... Microtune (2201 Tenth St., Plano, TX 75074; Tel: 972/673-1600, Fax: 972/673-1602) said that it MicroTuner MT2040 silicon tuner is deployed in a 42-inch widescreen Plasma TV of Tatung Co. (Taipei, Taiwan; Tel: 886-2-25925252). The Tatung TV,...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Kontron, TFS in Manufacturing Tie.
March 1, 2004... In a move that has the potential to marry embedded computers and display systems, TFS (Three-Five Systems, 1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389-8600, Fax: 602/389-8801) said it has entered into a worldwide manufacturing agreement...

MICRODISPLAYS: Kopins Hi-Res VGA Is In Digital Still Camera.
March 1, 2004... Kopin Corp. (125 North Dr., Westborough, MA 01581; Tel: 508/870- 5959, Fax: 508/870-0660) said that the new Konica Minolta eight- megapixel DiMAGE A2 digital still camera (DSC), the first in a new generation of professional-class photography...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Meeting Room Projector with Intuitive Features.
March 1, 2004... InFocus Corp. (27700B SW Pkwy., Wilsonville, OR 97070; Tel: 503/685-8888, Fax: 503/685-8887) launched the LP 540, the newest business projector to include the companys ease-of-use design, exclusive high end features, wireless connectivity,...

ASK Proxima Brand for Global Marketing.
March 1, 2004... InFocus (27700B SW Pkwy., Wilsonville, OR 97070; Tel: 503/685- 8888, Fax: 503/685-8887) also announced a new ASK Proxima brand which actually combines two recognized brands, ASK in Europe/Asia and Proxima in the United States. The objective...

MATERIALS: $600 Million for More Glass.
March 1, 2004... Corning, Inc. (MP VX 1-3, Corning, NY 14831; Tel: 607/974-4308, Fax: 607/974-7097) said its board of directors approved a $600 million capital expenditure plan to further expand the companys LCD glass substrate manufacturing capacity in...

PROCESS NEWS: Field Installable Sensors For FPD Optimization.
March 1, 2004... SensArray Corp. (47451 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538; Tel: 510/360-5600, Fax: 510/360-5601), a provider of process optimization tools for flat panel and semiconductor fabrication, has available a Process Probe 2050 glass panel sensor...

Progress In Flexible Displays.(third annual Flexible Displays and Microelectronics Conference )
March 1, 2004... The U.S. Display Consortium (60 Market St., San Jose, CA 95113; Tel: 408/277-2400, Fax: 408/277-2490) said that its third annual Flexible Displays and Microelectronics Conference revealed extremely promising progress in the industrys push...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Vitex Systems Gets $24 Million More.
March 1, 2004... Vitex Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA), a key enabler in the manufacture of next-generation OLED displays, said it has raised $24 million of equity financing in the initial close of its Series B funding round. The majority of financing comes from...

$43.7 Million for Flexible Displays.
March 1, 2004... The U.S. Army has awarded Arizona State University (ASU, Tempe, AZ) a $43.7 million, 5-year cooperative agreement to establish the Army Flexible Display Center, where flexible, low power computer displays will be developed that can be...

Video, Graphics Latency Gets USDC Funding.
March 1, 2004... The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC), a public/private partnership chartered with developing the industry infrastructure needed for next-generation flat panel displays, said it had awarded an R&D contract to Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids,...

Stocks Ease on Rate Concerns.
March 1, 2004... Just 6 of our 14 display-related stocks were in the plus column as February came to a close. The industrials and the tech stocks were sluggish as Fed Chairman Greenspan made remarks about that sensitive issueSocial Security. Some interpreted...

CALENDAR.(Calendar)
March 1, 2004... February 18-20, 2004. TI Developer Conf., Houston, TX. Sponsored by Texas Instruments. Register online at www.tidevcon.com/na. March 24, 2004. Display Industry Investment Conf., Sponsored by Needham & Co., Hosted by USDC, Grand Hyatt...