Display Development News articles from November 2000

Display Development News archives from November 2000

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS LG Electronics Picks Sage Processor.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Sage, Inc. (2480 North First St., San Jose, CA 95131; Contact: Hiten Patel; Tel: 408/383-5300 ext. 136, Fax: 408/383-5311, Website:www.sageinc.com), a leading developer of display processors, says that LG Electronics (Seoul, Korea; Tel: 82-2-...

Chip-On-Glass OK for Autos.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Densitron Corp. (10430-2 Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670; Tel: 562/941-5000, Fax: 562/941-5757, Website: www.densitron.com) says its chip-on-glass LCD modules exceed the vibration requirements for automotive applications. The chip-on-...

20.1-In, Monitor Is Analog and Digital.(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552, Website: www.necmitsubishi.com) introduced the NEC MultiSync LCD2010S with Ambix technology designed to offer virtually universal...

UXGA Displays in Mass Production.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... L.G. Philips LCD Co. (Seoul, South Korea; Tel: 011-82-2-3777-0707) says it has started mass production of a 15-in. UXGA TFT-LCD for notebook PCs. Until now, this ultra-high resolution format had been offered by only one second-tier producer,...

Agilent Chooses Medical- Monitor.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Planar Systems, Inc. (1400 NW Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493, Website: www.planar.com) and Agilent Technologies have entered into an agreement to integrate the Planar VitalScreen, medical-grade flat panel...

Desktop Monitors Offered by Planar.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Planar Systems also announced it would be offering its first desktop monitors to the commercial market by offering them for sale through direct retail channels in October. The company has traditionally sold its flat panel information displays...

FIELD EMISSIVE DISPLAYS Thin CRT in Concept Car.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Candescent Technologies Corp. (6580 Via Del Oro, San Jose, CA 95119; Contact: Stewart Hough; Tel: 408/360-2658, Fax: 408/229- 0664, Website: www.candescent.com) has integrated a flat panel display technology into a Delphi Automotive Systems...

PixTech Hits Production Milestone.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... PixTech, Inc. (3350 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054; Tel: 408/986-8868, Fax: 408/986-9896) announced that the first production month at their facility at Unipac (Hsinchu, Taiwan) was September, 2000. A total of five hundred 5.2-in....

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Ultra Bright Blue, Green.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Cree, Inc. (4600 Silicon Dr., Durham, NC 27703; Tel: 919/313-5300, Fax: 919/313-5452, Website: www.cree.com) introduced its new ultra bright, blue and green LEDs. The brightness level is increased two times over the company's existing devices...

No Backlights Needed Here.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... A new polymer technology may make information more readily viewable on liquid crystal display screens even if the screen is not backlit or viewed from a head on position. Delta Optoelectronics (Hsin-chu, Taiwan, R.O.C.) and the Dow Chemical Co....

MICRODISPLAYS: Team to Develop Projection Engines.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. (FPO, Tokyo, Japan; Tel: 048-668- 2946, Fax: 048-651-8517) and Displaytech (2602 Clover Basin Dr., Longmont, CO 80503; Tel: 303/772-2191, Fax: 303/772-2193, Website: www.displaytech.com) says they are working...

CyberDisplay Used as Web Browser.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Kopin Corp. (695 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, MA; Contact: Richard Sneider; Tel: 508/824-6696, Fax: 508/824-6958, Website: www.kopin.com) has entered into a collaborative agreement with ACCESS Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; Website:...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS NEC Shipping Portable Projectors.(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... NEC Technologies (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Contact: Traci Schaefer; Tel: 630/467-4567 or 877/NEC-EDIT, or Tel: 630/467-4552, Website: news. nectech.com) has expanded the options of conference room and classroom...

. . . and First Sub-Five Pound LCD Projector.(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... NEC also announced the industry's first sub-five pound LCD-based projector with a brightness rating that exceeds 1,000 ANSI lumens, the MultiSync LT155. The latest addition to NEC's "Go! Series!" of microportable projectors, the LT155 is...

Ultrabright and Lightweight XGA.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... Plus Corp. (80 Commerce Dr., Allendale, NJ 07401; Tel: 201/818- 2700, Fax: 201/818-2708) has expanded its Plus U2 series of digital projectors and introduced two improved XGA models that weigh less than six pounds. The Plus U2-1130 is 2.3 in....

Three Pound Digital from InFocus.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2000... In Focus (27700B SW Parkway Ave., Wilsonville, OR 97070; Contact: Scott Hildebrandt; Tel: 503/685-8609 or 503/685-8888, Fax: 503/692-8887, Website: www.proxima.com) introduced the Proxima- branded UltraLight X350, its premier 3-lb. projector....

MATERIALS: Special Wafers for Microdisplays.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... SOITEC, the leading manufacturer of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, says it is working with Kopin Corp. (695 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, MA 02780; Tel: 508/824-6696, Fax: 508/824-6958, Website: www.soitec.com) to create...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Suspended Particles to Be on Tour.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Research Frontiers, Inc. (240 Crossways Park Dr., Woodbury, NY 11797; Contact: Robert L. Saxe, president, Tel: 516/364-1902 or 888/SPD-REFR ext. 50, Fax: 516/364-3798, Website: events@refr- spd.com) developed the suspended light particle (SPD)...

PROCESS NEWS: Vaporless Drying for Panel Substrates.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... L-Tech Corp. (2632 Bayshore Pkwy., Mountain View, CA 94043; Contact: Dave Peterson at 650/903-0304 ext. 16, Fax: 650/903-9023, Website: www.ltechcorp.com) introduced at SEMICON Southwest in Austin, Texas, the new AVID IPA drying system for...

CVD for TFT Substrate Uses.
November 1, 2000... AKT, an Applied Materials Co. (3203 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054; Contact: Betty Newboe; Tel: 408/563-0647 or 408/727-6060, Fax: 408/727-6332, Website: www.appliedmaterials.com) and the world's leading supplier of CVD systems for the flat...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Richardson Deals with Samsung.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Richardson Electronics (LaFox, IL; Website: www.rell.com) a leading value-added distributor of display monitors and systems, has signed a national distribution agreement with Samsung Electronics to sell their high-end TFT monitors, encompassing...

Nam Tai Acquires LCD Manufacturer.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Nam Tai Electronics (Shenzhen, China; Website: www.namtai.com) says it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% ownership of the JIC group of companies. The purchase price is expected to be between $32 million and $40 million and will be...

Record Quarter for Cree.(Company Financial Information)
November 1, 2000... Cree, Inc. (4600 Silicon Dr., Durham, N.C.; Tel: 919/313-5300, Fax: 919/313-5452, Website: www.cree.com) reported record first quarter fiscal 2001 revenue of $37,642,000, a 13% increase, sequentially, and an 80% increase over the $20,861,000...

Display Consortium Gains Four Members.(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 2000... The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC, San Jose, CA; Contact: Maya Thornell; Tel: 408/277-2490, Website at www.usdc.org), a public/private partnership chartered with developing the flat panel display infrastructure, announced the addition of four...

Kodak Forms Display Unit.(Company Operations)
November 1, 2000... Kodak (Website at www.kodak.com) announced the formation of a new business unit based on its patented flat panel display technology for consumer electronics. The company also announced the hiring of Les Polgar to lead the unit, whose goal is to...

Kopin Buys Super Epitaxial Products.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Kopin Corp. (Taunton, MA; Contact: Richard Sneider, CFO; Tel:508/824-6696) the leading provider of gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) for advanced telecommunications, and miniature flat panel displays for digital...

. . . and Reports 145% Revenue Increase.(Company Financial Information)
November 1, 2000... Kopin reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2000. The company says revenue increased 145% to $23,830,731 compared to $9,736,281 for the same period in 1999. Product revenue increased 153% to $23,279,680 in the...

Applied Films Picks Up Coatings.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 2000... Applied Films Corp. (Longmont, CO; Website: www.appliedfilms.com) says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the large area coating (LAC) division of Unaxis Holding, Ltd. of Zurich, Switzerland. The transaction includes both...

CALENDAR.(Calendar of Events)
November 1, 2000... Nov. 13-15, 2000. Light Emitting Diodes, Exploring New Markets, Technologies and Applications, San Mateo Marriott, San Mateo, CA. Contact: Sheila Rodriquez at Intertech Conferences, Portland, ME; Tel: 207/781-9800, Fax: 207/781-2150. Nov....