Display Development News articles from October 2001

Display Development News archives from October 2001

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS 17-inch Screen for $799.(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2001... KDS (7373 Hunt Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92841; Tel: 714/379-5599, Fax: 714/379-5591) is providing quality technology at an affordable price. Available at Wal-Mart and Micro Center stores, the radius Rad-7 monitor is the newest addition to the KDS...

LCD Televisions from Sharp.
October 1, 2001... Sharp Electronics Corp. (Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, NJ 07430; Tel: 800/237-4277) exhibited some key products from its consumer electronics group at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) 2001 show in Indianapolis, Indiana....

19-inch SXGA from Planar.(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2001... Planar Systems Inc. (1400 N.W. Compton Drive, Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) has released the industry's first widely available 19-inch flat panel monitor featuring SXGA resolution. Erik Petersen, director of...

Medical Device Maker Picks Planar Design.
October 1, 2001... International medical device manufacturer B. Braun Medical of Carrollton, Texas, has chosen a custom display solution from Planar Systems Inc. (1400 N.W. Compton Drive, Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) for its new...

PLASMA DISPLAYS: 60-inch Display Available in U.S.(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2001... Zenith Electronics Corp. (2000 Millbrook Dr., Lincolnshire, Ill. 60069; Tel: 847/391-8181) announced the first 60-inch plasma display and a truly "hang-on-the-wall" model. Made by its parent company, LG Electronics (South Korea), the new model,...

FIELD EMISSIVE DISPLAYS Nanotube Method Improves Emission.
October 1, 2001... SI Diamond Technology Inc. (3006 Longhorn Blvd, Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512/339-5020) through its subsidiary Field Emission Picture Element Technology Inc. (FEPET) says it has developed and implemented a very high-yield process suitable for...

Telegen Demos 7-inch Display.
October 1, 2001... Telegen (1840 Gateway Dr., San Mateo, CA 94404; Tel: 650/349-4300, Fax: 650/261-9468), achieved a major milestone towards commercialization of its High Gain Emissive Display (HGED) flat panel display technology by demonstrating a 7-inch...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Video and Scoring for NIU Stadium.
October 1, 2001... Daktronics Inc. (331 32nd Ave., Brookings, SD 57006; Tel: 888/325- 8766) has contracted with Northern Illinois University (NIU) to provide new video display equipment and scoreboards for the school's existing football stadium and for a new...

Patents Will Improve OLED Displays.
October 1, 2001... eMagin Corp. (1580 Rte. 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533; Tel: 914/892-1900, Fax: 914/892-1901) announced the issuance of one patent and the allowance of a second. U.S. patent 6,278,237 encompasses technology potentially suitable for both small...

ELECTROLUMINESCENT GUARD Files for EL Patent.
October 1, 2001... Elite Display Systems (Ste. 215-150 Research Ln., Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 4T2; Tel: 519/767-9438, Fax: 519/767-2614), a subsidiary of GUARD Inc., has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent Office for a new and powerful...

MICRODISPLAYS: Air Force Selects eMagin Microdisplay.
October 1, 2001... eMagin Corp. (1580 Rte. 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533; Tel: 914/892-1900, Fax: 914/892-1901) the leader in organic light emitting diode (OLED) on silicon display technology, says the U.S. Air Force has selected its OLED microdisplay for...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Interactive DataWall for Command and Control.
October 1, 2001... The Interactive DataWall, under development by the Information Directorate, is a strong contender for solving the information management problems facing the 21st century military commander. Commercial off-the-shelf technology combined with...

Whiteboard Makes PC's Interatice.(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2001... Panasonic (2 Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094; Tel: 201/392-6920, Fax: 201/348-7093) introduced its Interactive Panaboard, a combination electronic and interactive whiteboard with an impressive array of functions designed to improve...

MATERIALS: UDC Scientists Announce OLED Material Progress.
October 1, 2001... Universal Display Corporation (375 Philips Rd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 800/599-4426) presented two papers at the third International Conference on Electroluminescence of Molecular Materials and Related Phenomena (ICEL) in Los Angeles, describing...

PROCESS NEWS: Team to Develop Low Cost Components.
October 1, 2001... Microvision (19910 N. Creek Pkwy., Bothell, WA 98011; Tel: 425/415-6847, Fax: 425/415-6600), a leader in light scanning technologies, says it entered into a cooperative agreement with Walsin Lihwa Corp. (Taiwan) to develop low cost...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Processors Selected for DVD Players.
October 1, 2001... Sage Inc. (1601 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95030; Tel: 408/383- 5300, Fax: 408/383-5310), a leading provider of digital display processors for consumer technology and PC display products, announced that STMicroelectronics, the leading...

NASA Testing 3-D over Rockies.
October 1, 2001... A revolutionary cockpit technology that will help pilots avoid deadly accidents caused by poor visibility is being tested by researchers from NASA Langley Research Center, (Hampton, VA; Tel: 757/864-6005). They have loaded a computer database...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Hynix to Sell Flat Panel Unit.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) has agreed to sell an 80.1% stake in its wholly owned flat panel display unit for $570 million to a consortium led by Taiwan's Cando Corp. The financially troubled company will receive $400 million...

Hitachi Names LCD Distributor.
October 1, 2001... Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), a subsidiary of Hitachi America Ltd., says it signed a distribution agreement with Bell Microproducts to distribute Hitachi's full line if liquid crystal display products throughout the US. The products include...

E Ink to Develop Flexible Transistors.
October 1, 2001... E Ink (Cambridge, MA), a leading developer of electronic ink technology for paper-like displays, announced the opening of a flexible microelectronics facility in Woburn, Massachusetts. The 9,500 sq. ft. building will house E Ink's...

SK Corp. Invests $3 Million in eMagin.
October 1, 2001... eMagin Corp., a leading developer of OLED on silicon displays, and SK Corporation, a flagship company of the SK Group, Korea's third largest conglomerate, announced a strategic investment by SK Corporation in eMagin. Under the agreement, SK...

Kopin 3Q Revenue Exceeds Estimates.
October 1, 2001... Kopin Corporation (Taunton, MA), a maker of flat panel displays says that results for its third quarter 2001 will exceed expectations amid higher customer demand. The company also indicates that its growth will continue into the fourth...

Toshiba Increases Cellphone Displays.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) says it will increase the output of color LCDs for mobile phones, staying with its plans to expand despite a slowdown in headset demand. A spokesman indicates the company plans to increase its output to five million...

SPD Inc. Completes Financing Round.
October 1, 2001... SPD Inc. (Inchon, Korea) announced that it has successfully completed its latest round of private financing and has raised a total of $6.5 billion Korean won ($5 million). SPD Inc.'s majority shareholder and parent company, Hankuk Glass...

Genesis to Acquire Sage Inc.
October 1, 2001... Genesis Microchip (San Jose, CA) and Sage Inc.(Milpitas, CA) announced a definitive agreement under which Genesis will acquire Sage for about $241 million in stock. The combination creates a technology leader with a strong history of innovation...

Fujitsu Forms U.S. Firm.(Now)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc. (FMI) has reorganized, becoming a new company, Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. (FMA). This reflects Fujitsu's focus on design, marketing and support for North and South America. FMA will concentrate on...

CALENDAR.
October 1, 2001... October 16-18, 2001, Eighth Annual Vehicle Display Symposium, Detroit, MI. Contact: Society for Information Display; Website: www.sid.org/conf/8thvd/8thvd.html. October 16-19, 2001, Asia Display/IDW 2001: The 21st International. Display...