Kopin to Demonstrate New Products and Interface Electronics Based Upon CyberDisplay At Industry Conference.TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1998-- Designed for Information Appliances, Mobile Communications, and Consumer Electronics -- 0.24-Inch Color CyberDisplay Enables Full-Color Display in Ultra-Portable Devices Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :KOPN) today announced that it will demonstrate numerous CyberDisplay enabled prototype products and related components at the Society for Information Displays (SID) conference on May 19-21, 1998 in Anaheim, California “Anaheim” redirects here. For Annaheim, see Annaheim, Saskatchewan. Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California, located 28 miles southeast of Los Angeles. . These devices incorporate Kopin's CyberDisplay flat panel displays into ultra-portable electronics products such as digital cameras, cellular telephones, smart card readers, Global Position Satellite (GPS) systems and other consumer electronics. These products and others will be shown at booth #726 in the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. . Among the products highlighted at the conference will be interface electronics and other components for the CyberDisplay developed by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector; a CyberDisplay enabled personal smart card reader from Gemplus; a functional low cost digital camera designed by Sierra Imaging; reference designs for low-cost and high-end digital cameras by Sound Vision; and a chip set for digital cameras and other consumer electronics products designed by Fujifilm Microdevices. Products from several other companies include low cost head mounted displays, night vision goggles goggles, n the protective eyewear worn by dental personnel and patients during dental procedures. goggles see periocular leukotrichia. , test equipment for field use, and prototype virtual reality game systems. Representatives from Motorola will be present at the Kopin booth to demonstrate Motorola designed products. Glen Kephart, Kopin's Vice President of Marketing Display Products stated, "Kopin's CyberDisplay products provide original equipment manufacturers with a display that has excellent performance features, a simple architecture for design-in, and the low cost required for miniature display integration into ultra-portable electronics products. The products demonstrated at SID and elsewhere by our strategic partners are the first wave of CyberDisplay enabled products that take advantage of CyberDisplay's outstanding performance features." Kopin will also demonstrate a new small format ultra-high resolution 1280 x 1024 display at SID. This display, which measures only 0.77 inch diagonal, is designed for ultra-high resolution military and commercial applications to display symbology sym·bol·o·gy n. 1. The study or interpretation of symbols or symbolism. 2. The use of symbols. symbology 1. the study and interpretation of symbols. Also called symbolism. , targeting data, medical images and other high resolution display images. In January 1998, Kopin introduced the CyberDisplay 320C, which it believes to be the world's smallest full color, high-performance, high resolution, full-function information display. The low cost CyberDisplay 320C is a lightweight, power efficient, rugged, solid state, 0.24-inch diagonal active matrix liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. (AMLCD (Active Matrix LCD) See active matrix. ). It enables portable communications devices and personal information products, including cellular "web phones", smart pagers, digital cameras and smart card viewers, to display text, e-mail, graphics, and video from Internet, intranet and other data or video sources at image sizes equivalent to much larger displays by presenting virtual images to the eye. At 320 by 240 full-color pixel resolution pixel resolution Telemedicine The sharpness of a computerized image, based on pixel concentration, which determines display resolution , the CyberDisplay 320C displays standard text and graphics, operates at video speeds and consumes less than 80mW of power including the backlight back·light n. A type of spotlight, used in photography, that illuminates a subject from behind. tr.v. back·light·ed or back·lit , back·light·ing, back·lights . This combination offers OEMs performance advantages, high-quality images, and the low power consumption that portable products require. The CyberDisplay presents an optical image to the eye equivalent to that of a 5-inch direct view display viewed from a distance of 15-18 inches - something not practical with a direct view display intended for such handheld devices. The CyberDisplay lens provides a wide field of view and the "virtual image" presented can be comfortably viewed in all sorts of lighting conditions including direct sunlight. The CyberDisplays, lens and backlight are currently available in production quantities. About Kopin Founded in 1984 with initial technology developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , Kopin holds over 125 patents and patent applications for technological breakthroughs in flat panel display technology and Wafer-Engineered device wafers. These technologies have enabled Kopin to market display products and device wafers that enhance the delivery and presentation of video, voice and data. The Company has combined advanced AMLCD and integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for technology to produce its CyberDisplay family of ultra-small, high density imaging devices. Wireless telecommunication providers are using Kopin's device wafers for high-performance integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. used primarily in advanced cellular phones and other portable communications devices. For more information and comments, please visit Kopin's web site at www.kopin.com. -0- CyberDisplay and Wafer-Engineered are trademarks of Kopin Corporation. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made under "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could materially affect future results. Among these risk factors are general economic and business conditions and growth in the flat panel display and GaAs integrated circuit and materials industries, the impact of competitive products and pricing, availability of third-party components, availability of integrated circuit fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. facilities, cost and yields associated with the production of the Company's CyberDisplay imaging devices and Wafer-Engineered device wafers, loss of significant customers, acceptance of the Company's products, continuation of strategic relationships, and other risk factors and cautionary statements listed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 1997. CONTACT: Kopin Corporation Copithorne & Bellows Glen Kephart Bill Brikiatis Paul Mitchell For other persons named Paul Mitchell, see Paul Mitchell (disambiguation). Paul Mitchell (born Cyril Thomson Mitchell on January 27, 1936 in Scotland) [1] 617-450-4300 508-824-6696 bill.brikiatis@cbpr.com gkephart@kopin.com pmitchell@kopin.com |
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