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Micron shows off a single chip microdisplay
MICRON HAS UNVEILED a shiny new microdisplay panel the firm has cobbled together with help from its recent acquisition, Displaytech.
The US fab company, which is better known for its memory chips, reckons its wide-screen quarter VGA (WQVGA) microdisplay is especially nifty for portable video and image projection as well as for embedded cell phone projectors.
The key to Micron's WQVGA microdisplay is apparently ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon (FLCOS), which the firm says is responsible for the screen's crisp image and colour fidelity in a tiny, low power package.
The control circuitry, memory, image processing and light driver are all bundled in with the display panel in one tight package drawing just 85 milliwatts. Yes, that's 0.085 watt.
FLCOS tech also has a 100-times faster switching speed advantage over its LCOS technology rival, according to Micron. Switching speed helps field sequential colour, producing full colour for each individual pixel and blending it by quickly integrating red, green and blue hues in sequence.
"Size, power and image quality are the leading design criteria for microdisplay panels in portable applications," said Bruce Spenner, director of microdisplay marketing for Micron.
According to Abid Ahmad, director of Micron's silicon and systems group, the little FCOS panels will be selling like hot cakes, with over 21 million of Displaytech's offerings already having been shipped in portable consumer electronics products. µ
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There is so much hype about Microvision in this space but it looks like finally the big boys are entering the fray but on LCOS.
Microvision is going down the tubes.
This is an LCD imager for projector technology, not an LCD screen for a watch or PMP!
So you will see it in chinese mobile phones with cute 1 LED based crappy projectors :)
I've been abusing myself so hard and for so long, I struggle to see my 42" TV - let alone a 'film on a watch' :~(
Dunno 'bout you, mate, but most people would get eye damage watching a movie on a screen that small.
http://chinagrabber.com/1-8-4gb-mp4-video-watch-w-dv-camera-mp3-player-loudspeaker-stainless-steel-band---mp4-w2000-1-1.aspx
Just as one example. Been around for a long time.
Ben, the technology exists for that to be possible. Just because a watch which has been designed to watch movies doesn't exist yet, doesn't mean that it can't be done.
The only thing I'm surprised about is the fact that as far as I'm aware, it hasn't been done yet.
No, JD, watches don't have the memory to fit a movie.
We might start seeing better watch phones, or even watch sized PMPs.....people will have to start asking "watching time, or your fave movie?"