Himax Technologies, Inc. Starts In-cell TDDI Mass Production for Leading Chinese Smartphone Customer
19 April 2016 - 7:00PM
Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor products, today announced mass production of
its in-cell single-chip touch and display driver integrated
(“TDDI”) solution, HiSIT™, for a leading Chinese smartphone
customer. By featuring in-cell touch with the HiSIT™ TDDI solution,
Himax’s leading Chinese smartphone customer can offer consumers
thinner, lighter and sleeker devices with better touch screen
performance and longer battery life to enhance user experience.
"We are pleased to start volume shipment of our
innovative TDDI solution to this leading Chinese smartphone
customer,” stated Jordan Wu, President and CEO of Himax
Technologies, Inc. “In-cell display with TDDI is rapidly becoming
the preferred choice for end product customers’ new high-end
devices. The volume shipment record validates our leading pioneer
position in this new exciting TDDI market. Furthermore, expanding
long-term supplier relationships with our smartphone customers from
driver ICs to include both on-cell and in-cell solutions
demonstrates our ability to fulfill the increasingly complicated
demands of leading mobile device manufacturers. Our competitive
edge stems from our advanced DDIC design, reputable delivery
record, and a comprehensive product portfolio. The announcement
today is just the beginning of our growth of in-cell TDDI product
line. We expect meaningful contribution from TDDI. Additionally, we
anticipate more design-wins to enter mass production at several
Chinese and Korean smartphone customers and panel makers this
year.”
About Himax Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: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,
virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics
devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for
touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration
(TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs,
scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video
processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for
augmented reality (AR) devices and heads-up displays (HUD) for
automotives. 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, medical devices and
Internet of Things. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan,
Taiwan, Himax currently employs around 1,900 people from three
Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country
offices in China, Korea, Japan and the US. Himax has 2,764 patents
granted and 566 patents pending approval worldwide as of December
31, 2015. 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, 2015 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Company Contacts: 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
Nadiya Chen, Investor Relations Himax
Technologies, Inc. Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext. 22513 Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877Email: nadiya_chen@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Penny Lin, Investor RelationsHimax
Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22320Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877 Email:
penny_lin@himax.com.tw www.himax.com.tw
Investor Relations - US Representative
Contact:
John Mattio, CEOLamnia International, LLC.Tel:
+1-203-885-1099Direct: +1-203-885-1058 Email:
jmattio@lamniaintl.com www.lamniaintl.com.com
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