Himax Technologies, Inc. Unveils Proprietary Front-Lit(TM) LCoS at SID Display Week
05 June 2014 - 10:00PM
Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX) ("Himax" or "Company"), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor products, today announced the unveiling of its
latest, propriety and patented liquid crystal on silicon ("LCoS")
technology, Front-Lit™ LCoS. Himax presented its new cutting-edge
design for the first time to the public at The SID Display Week
Conference held this week in San Diego. The new design represents
one of the biggest technology breakthroughs of the head-mounted
display industry.
Himax Display Incorporated ("HDI"), the majority-owned
subsidiary of Himax Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX), is currently
attending the SID Conference. There, the Company introduced an
integrated LCoS micro display module called Front-Lit™
LCoS. Himax's proprietary Front-Lit™ LCoS module
enables an ultra-compact and extremely power-efficient optical
engine by consolidating two major components of optical engine and
integrating them into the micro display module itself. These
include: 1) the LED illumination system, and 2) the
polarization beam splitter (PBS). Himax's new
Front-Lit™ LCoS design considerably reduces the size while greatly
improving the power efficiency of the entire optical engine.
Equally important, the proprietary design also enables a much
simplified optical engine design and assembly process, thereby
lowering customers' optical engine manufacturing time and costs.
Himax's Front-Lit™ LCoS is unique in the market and has been
patented by the Company.
Himax's Front-Lit™ LCoS has met the accelerating specifications
of head-mounted technologies' display requirements such as a rich
and bright image, a compact footprint, and low power
consumption. Front-Lit™ LCoS produces over 10,000 nits of
brightness and more than 50 nits/mW efficiency - the highest
recorded ratio in the entire industry. The module also unites
several new head-mounted technology requirements. These are:
1) a simplified optical engine manufacturing process similar to
OLED's, 2)the high light efficiency of LCoS and, 3) the flexibility
to adapt to various resolutions of LCoS. According to
Himax's HDI team, Front-Lit™ LCoS is receiving significant interest
by conference attendees including Himax's current roster of LCoS
design clients and new entrants into the augmented-reality ("AR")
and virtual-reality ("VR") technology space.
"To be successful and maintain our position in the market,
innovation is a prerequisite", said Jordan Wu, CEO of Himax
Technologies. "Our engineers push the technological envelop to
match ever-increasing and challenging requirements by head-mounted
technology designers. Our Front-Lit™ LCoS is our most recent
technological breakthrough for head-mounted technology and the AR
and VR markets under development. I am very proud of our
team's new, innovative design and look forward to each new product
they develop for our LCoS design-clients and future
customers."
The design and production of Himax's LCoS displays spans more
than a decade and includes brand-leading and specific application
design clients and customers developing products for mass and niche
markets. Himax currently maintains an in-house LCoS
production facility in Taiwan which has a proven shipping record of
up to 300,000 units per month. The Company has also stated that it
can quickly expand capacity to up to 2.0 million units per month at
their current location.
About Himax
Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (HIMX) is a fabless semiconductor
solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing
technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader in display driver
ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, mobile
phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation, and many other
consumer electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and
provides controllers for touch sensor displays, LCOS micro-displays
used in palm-size projectors and head-mounted displays, LED driver
ICs, power management ICs, scaler products for monitors and
projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions and silicon
IPs. The company also offers digital camera solutions, including
CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics, which are used in a wide
variety of applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV,
PC camera, automobile, security and medical devices. Founded in
2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs
over 1,600 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan,
Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, Japan and
the US. Himax has 2,287 patents granted and 953 patents pending
approval worldwide as of March 31, 2014. Himax has retained its
position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor
solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide.
http://www.himax.com.tw
Forward-Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ
materially include, but not limited to, general business and
economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor industry;
market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and non-driver
products developed by the Company; demand for end-use applications
products; reliance on a small group of principal customers; the
uncertainty of continued success in technological innovations; our
ability to develop and protect our intellectual property; pricing
pressures including declines in average selling prices; changes in
customer order patterns; changes in estimated full-year effective
tax rate; shortages in supply of key components; changes in
environmental laws and regulations; exchange rate fluctuations;
regulatory approvals for further investments in our subsidiaries;
our ability to collect accounts receivable and manage inventory and
other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC
filings, including those risks identified in the section entitled
"Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2013 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
CONTACT: Jackie Chang, CFO
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22300
Or
US Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.252
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: jackie_chang@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw
Stephanie Kuo, Investor Relations - Based in US
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.221
Fax: +1-949-585-9598
Email: stephanie_kuo@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw
Steven Lin, Investor Relations - Based in Taiwan
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22320
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: stevenwy_lin@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw
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