Displaytech Now Filling Production Orders for Pico Projectors

Business Wire, June 17, 2008

Production Shipments of Displaytech FLCOS Microdisplays a Strong Indicator of Imminent Arrival of Consumer Pico Projectors

LONGMONT, Colo. -- Displaytech, a leading supplier of liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) microdisplays, announced today it is filling production orders for its family of VGA, WVGA & SVGA FLCOS microdisplays that will be integrated into both pico projectors and head-mounted displays. The pico projectors will be embedded in or attached as an accessory to personal consumer electronics by companies providing Cell Phones, PDAs, Digital Cameras, Stand-Alone Video Projectors and Personal Media Players.

Companies developing pico projectors have been strong supporters of Displaytech's Ferroelectric-LCOS (FLCOS) microdisplays because of the microdisplays' unique characteristics: small size, only 11.5 mm in height; low power, less than 100 mW for the FLCOS panel and its integrated display controller -- thus delivering more of the available power to the LEDs; and production capabilities, over 18,000,000 FLCOS microdisplays shipped for use in personal consumer electronic products. Displaytech and its partners will be showing a number of pico projectors containing FLCOS panels in a private suite at InfoComm this week in Las Vegas. Each of these projectors demonstrates a unique capability in size, resolution or lumen output, with the ensemble of pico-projectors covering the complete gamut of pico-projector applications.

"We are very excited that we have begun filling production orders for FLCOS microdisplays, indicating to us the start of an exciting new category of consumer electronic products. Small image projectors will ignite new use models for displays and stimulate yet unthought-of applications for inexpensive, pico-sized projection displays," said Richard Barton, CEO of Displaytech.

About Displaytech

Displaytech, Inc. is enabling the integration of ultra small image-projectors in mobile consumer products by providing fast-switching FLCOS microdisplays. The projectors produce brilliant, real-life, digital images from an extremely small package that maximizes lumens-out per watt of input power. Founded in 1985, Displaytech has shipped over 18-million devices to some of the world's premier consumer electronics companies including Kodak, Olympus, JVC, Hitachi, Konica-Minolta, Kyocera and Hewlett-Packard. The company has over 100 granted, licensed and pending patents and has received numerous honors and awards including being ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America by Deloitte and Touche in 2005. For more information, visit www.displaytech.com.