Cambridge Display Technology and MediaWorks Partner On Joint Development Program to Optimize Electronics Systems for Light Emitting Polymer Displays.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, U.K. & SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002 Systems-on-Chip is Ideal Cost-Effective Emerging Technology for LEP (Light Emitting Polymer) An organic polymer that glows (emits photons) when excited by electricity. LEP screens are used to make organic LED (OLED) displays and are expected to compete with LCD screens in the future. See OLED. Cell Phone, PDAs, Other Mobile Devices Cambridge Display Technology (CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT ), the leading researcher, commercial developer and owner of the fundamental intellectual property for light emitting polymer See LEP. (LEP) technology, located in Cambridge and MediaWorks Technology Corp. (MediaWorks), a systems-on-chip (SoC) design company, located in Schaumburg, today entered into a long-term joint development program designed to optimize device electronics for next generation LEP displays. The joint development program will leverage CDT's knowledge of LEP materials, device architectures and electronics, and MediaWorks' experience in the development of electronic system optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. schemes for cell phones and PDAs. The program is designed to produce extensive intellectual property that will be invaluable to CDT licensees in the development of high efficiency, high brightness, extended lifetime LEP displays. In addition, the initiative should also yield an electronic systems architecture that provides an ideal environment for biometrics, speech recognition, software definable radio and other advanced applications that are increasingly being designed into next generation wireless devices. "We are very excited about the MediaWorks initiative and believe it is a pathway to creating higher performance LEP display devices and accelerating their movement into increasingly attractive growth markets," said David Fyfe, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CDT. "CDT is firmly committed to enabling the technology's migration into a higher value position and, at the same time, creating a richer opportunity space for our licensees to enjoy as they seek to reshape the display industry through the commercialization of LEPs." Eric Collins, the former director of Motorola's Digital DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. Lab and the founder and CEO of MediaWorks, stated: "CDT is just the kind of partner that we were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. to expand the foundations of our business. Our goal is to design our architectures into next generation wireless devices and enable an entirely new generation of application- rich products. "Our partnership with CDT allows us to marry MediaWorks' architectures with the display technology that we believe will rapidly emerge as the successor to LCDs in wireless devices. By integrating the MediaWorks media appliance SoC architecture with the advanced capabilities of OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts. displays, much more cost-effective and capable media centric products will be possible in the near future." Current computing computing - computer technologies cannot meet the performance, power and volume pricing demands for next generation handheld products. SoC solutions can, with cost structures that are up to 35 times less than equivalent "board level" designs. The SoC architecture will improve computing performance and cost, and reduce power consumption and time to market. The ultimate advantage is the ability to customize functionality rapidly and at low cost, ideal for the rapidly growing LEP display market. About CDT Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. leading the research, development and commercialization of polymer technology for flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time , lighting and photovoltaics. CDT's light emitting polymer (LEP) technology is targeted for use in a wide range of electronic display products used for information management, communications and entertainment. Features include reduced power consumption, size, thickness and weight, very wide viewing angle, superior video imaging performance and the potential to produce displays on plastic substrates. To date, licenses have been granted to Delta Optoelectronics, DuPont Displays, MicroEmissive Displays, OSRAM, Philips and Seiko-Epson. CDT is promoting LEP technology development and speeding its commercialization through a global business strategy including co-developments with leading companies in a wide range of display and related technology areas. Founded in 1992, the company has headquarters in Cambridge and has a LEP manufacturing development center in Godmanchester, U.K. In 2002, CDT was awarded Britain's most prestigious engineering prize, the Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering is a British learned society concerned with engineering. History Founded in 1976, the Academy was initially known as the Fellowship of Engineering. MacRobert Award The MacRobert Award has been presented every year since 1969 by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The award seeks to recognise innovative ideas in engineering. Below is a complete list of winners:
About MediaWorks MediaWorks, a systems-on-a-chip semiconductor products company, is a leader in the development of platform based custom media processor chips focused on consumer products. MediaWorks systems enable the highest quality, lowest cost and lowest power solutions to personal media products featuring video, audio and wireless functions. MediaWorks optimizes the electronic architecture of complete media appliance systems, from image capture through display systems. To learn more visit www.mwsoc.com. |
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