Mitsubishi Allies with Distributors to Provide Leading Engineering Support and Interface Solutions for ANGLEVIEW Displays.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999-- Distribution Channels Strengthen Mitsubishi's Commitment to Non-PC Display Markets The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. today strengthened its commitment to non-PC display markets by expanding distribution channels that provide leading engineering support and interface solutions for ANGLEVIEW(TM) thin film transistor (TFT (Thin Film Transistor) The term typically refers to active matrix screens on laptop computers. Active matrix LCD provides a sharper screen display and broader viewing angle than does passive matrix. See LCD and thin film. TFT - Thin Film transistor ) liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The new distribution alliances with Arrow Electronics Arrow Electronics NYSE: ARW is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Melville, New York. This company specializes in products and services of electronic components and computer products. , Inc. and Bell Microproducts, Inc. build on the success of Mitsubishi's existing relationship with All American Semiconductor, Inc., to serve the industrial, instrumentation and medical markets with best-in-class display solutions. "Distributor relationships are the most effective approach for delivering whole-product solutions to non-commodity markets," said Dale Maunu, product manager for TFT LCDs at Mitsubishi Electronics America. "Our distributors were selected based on capabilities that will give our customers a competitive advantage by getting their products to market faster." All American Semiconductor, Inc., Arrow Electronics, Inc. and Bell Microproducts, Inc. will provide customers with increased breadth and depth of engineering support, interface solutions and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet capabilities. The distributors have experience with integrating all of the components required of display systems for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and applications, and have a range of interface solutions including touch screens, analog to digital boards, NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. converters, and cable assemblies. "As a long-time Mitsubishi distributor, we are pleased to have Mitsubishi on our roster of display suppliers. They have been consistently well received by our customers," said John Schlatter, corporate marketing manager at All American. "Mitsubishi's ANGLEVIEW displays are the perfect complement to our strategy of providing complete turnkey LCD solutions, from panels and controller kits to integrated assemblies. This eliminates the hassle of our customers having to design and implement their own OEM products from scratch." By enabling production-ready, complete display solutions through its distributors, Mitsubishi strengthens its commitment to effectively serve non-PC applications. This strategy will continue to play a key role, as Mitsubishi expects to increase its U.S. TFT LCD revenue generated through distributors from 20 percent to 50 percent over the next five years. Optimal Solutions for Medical, Industrial and Instrumentation Markets Among the displays that will be supported through these distribution channels are the recently announced 12.1-inch SVGA (Super VGA) A screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Third-party vendors extended IBM's VGA display standard and were the first to use the term. SVGA has also referred to 1,024x768 resolutions. See PC display modes. resolution TFT LCD, and the 10.4-inch VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. resolution TFT LCD. They provide best-in-class front-of-screen performance with optimized viewing angles and powerful backlights for improved contrast ratio. ANGLEVIEW displays are designed for reliability, and to stand up to the demanding requirements often encountered in industrial, instrumentation and medical applications. Outstanding Front-of-Screen Performance Mitsubishi's ANGLEVIEW line of displays features extremely small cell gap and black matrix technologies that combine to give users outstanding front-of-screen performance. Mitsubishi's leading-edge cell gap technology measures only 4.3 microns between glass substrates. This small cell gap provides crisper crisp·er n. One that crisps, especially a compartment in a refrigerator used for storing vegetables and keeping them fresh. text, faster response, and a wider viewing angle without image reversal. Mitsubishi's low-reflectivity black matrix technology lowers panel reflectivity re·flec·tiv·i·ty n. pl. re·flec·tiv·i·ties 1. The quality of being reflective. 2. The ability to reflect. 3. to less than five percent, making it possible for users to easily view images in ambient light conditions. Availability Mitsubishi's TFT LCDs are available now through All American Semiconductor, Inc., Arrow Electronics, Inc. and Bell Microproducts. About All American Semiconductor, Inc. All American is recognized as the nation's 7th largest distributor of semiconductors and the 14th largest electronic components distributor overall. The company has offices in 33 strategic locations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . All American's Display Group offers a broad range of standard display products from complete kits (including LCD controller, inverter (1) A logic gate that converts the input to the opposite state for output. If the input is true, the output is false, and vice versa. An inverter performs the Boolean logic NOT operation. (2) A circuit that converts DC current into AC current. Contrast with rectifier. & cables) to standard integrated open frame, rack-mount and table-top LCD assemblies. All American also specializes in providing custom enclosures designed to exact customer specifications. More information about All American products and services can be found at http://www.allamerican.com. About Arrow Electronics, Inc. Arrow Electronics is the world's largest distributor of electronic components and computer products to industrial and commercial customers with 1998 sales of $8.3 billion. Headquartered in Melville, New York Melville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, 14,533 people resided there. , Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 600 suppliers and 175,000 original equipment manufacturers and commercial customers through more than 200 sales facilities and 26 distribution centers in 34 countries. Detailed information about Arrow's operations can be found at www.arrow.com. About Bell Microproducts, Inc. Bell Microproducts Inc. is a value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. distributor of high-technology products serving the industrial and commercial markets. The company markets and distributes the products of more than 80 manufacturers of semiconductors, disk drives, tape drives, optical drives, storage systems, computers, enhancement products and peripherals primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators nationwide. The company adds value to its products through a broad range of services, including testing, kitting, mass storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. assembly and the integration of complete computer systems. Bell Microproducts, through its Quadrus Division, operates an advanced contract manufacturing facility for assembly of printed circuit boards and custom systems. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings or by contacting the company directly. Bell Microproducts' news and product/service information are available on the World Wide Web at www.bellmicro.com. About Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社 and Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's leading-edge display technology includes projection televisions, professional display monitors and Diamond Vision(R) stadium displays, as well as its ANGLEVIEW line of color, flat-panel displays, using its advanced thin-film-transistor, liquid crystal display technology. Mitsubishi markets its flat-panel displays in North America through the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. For more information, please visit http://www.angleview.com. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. affiliate, Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc., are world-class suppliers of semiconductors and electronic products for computers, communications and visual applications. Mitsubishi combines its systems-level expertise and high-level silicon process technology to provide chip, chipset and system-on-a-chip solutions. The company is ranked among the top-10 worldwide semiconductor suppliers and offers an extensive range of semiconductor-based products in the North American marketplace, including microcontrollers and microprocessors, ASICs, memory ICs, optoelectronic products, microwave GaAs FETs, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
Trademark Information ANGLEVIEW is a trademark, and Diamond Vision is a registered trademark of Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. |
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