Himax Introduces Industry First 288Hz 8K TV TCON Solution
14 Januar 2022 - 10:10AM
Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor products, today announced the Company has made
an exceptional breakthrough with the introduction of an industry
first 288Hz 8K TV TCON (8K TV Timing Controller) solution for the
ultra-high-resolution 8K, gaming TV market. By collaborating with
major world-class TV panel makers, Himax has emerged as a leader in
this rapid growing gaming TV segment.
The advanced gaming TV market requires
high-resolution and high refresh rate display performance for
immersive gaming and entertainment. Himax has emerged as an
industry leader by showcasing innovative 8K display technologies
that feature VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) Dynamic Compensation and
Horizontal Line-OD (Line Over-Drive) to overcome the inherited
image quality problems from high frame rate displaying. The
Company’s industry first 288Hz 8K display technology, developed in
collaboration with world-class panel leaders, has been widely
deployed to customers' newly launched 75-inch 8K TV models and
surpasses the 60Hz/120Hz display barrier bringing 288Hz ultra-high
frame rate image refreshing along with ultra-high-resolution 8K
image quality for an extremely smooth gaming experience.
Himax has been devoted to developing panel
driver IC and timing controller display image processing
technologies for decades. To answer the rapid-growing trend towards
8K resolution, Himax introduced the worlds’ first 8K TV TCON as
early as 2018 in collaboration with leading Korean panel
manufacturers for their 65-inch and 75-inch 8K TV leading to
successful mass-production and high customer satisfaction. It was
then universally adopted by leading China panel makers and started
large volume shipment in 2019. In 2021, Himax’s 8K TV TCON shipment
reached record high with an annual growth rate exceeding 50%, an
indication of the successful market penetration.
For 8K TV panel development, the most critical
challenges are the sluggish liquid crystal response time from high
resolution display, and also the higher production cost. In
partnership with global TV panel houses, Himax pioneered the 1D1G
architecture introduction, deployed a-Si process to replace Oxide
process and implemented proprietary luminance compensation
technology to 8K 120Hz panel models which effectively improved the
manufacture yield for much lower production cost. To meet higher
picture quality requirements for 8K TV, Himax’s 8K TV TCON
incorporates proprietary in-house image quality improvement IPs,
that include Line-OD, DLCS (Digital Low Color Shift), De-Mura (Mura
Compensation), and SHR (Super High Resolution Processor). In
addition, the TCON also deploys state-of-the-art P2P
(Point-to-Point) high-speed transmission interface, running up to
3Gbps, to enable the most-adaptive panel compatibility, which also
work with Himax’s large-sized driver ICs for a more complete
one-stop-shop bundle solution to customers.
“The introduction of various new types of
entertainment for film or gaming drives the progress and the
evolution of display technology which also changes the way we live.
The successful introduction of 288Hz 8K TV TCON demonstrates our
leadership capabilities to answer what customers and the market
crave. Himax will continue to push the envelope and drive
innovation in display technology in support of our partners and
customers,” concluded Jordan Wu, President and CEO of Himax
Technologies.
About Himax Technologies,
Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a fabless
semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging
processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader in
display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops,
monitors, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, digital cameras, car
navigation, virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer
electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides
controllers for touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display
Driver Integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs,
power management ICs and LCoS micro-displays for augmented reality
(AR) devices and heads-up displays (HUD) for automotive. The
Company also offers CMOS image sensors, wafer level optics for AR
devices, 3D sensing and ultralow power smart sensing, which are
used in a wide variety of applications such as mobile phone,
tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera, automobile, security, medical
device, home appliance, AIoT, etc. Founded in 2001 and
headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs around
2,000 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and
Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, Japan, Israel, and the
US. Himax has 3,041 patents granted and 482 patents pending
approval worldwide as of December 31, 2021. Himax has retained its
position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor
solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide.
http://www.himax.com.tw
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those described in this
conference call include, but are not limited to, the effect of the
Covid-19 pandemic on the Company’s business; general business and
economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor industry;
market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and non-driver
products developed by the Company; demand for end-use applications
products; reliance on a small group of principal customers; the
uncertainty of continued success in technological innovations; our
ability to develop and protect our intellectual property; pricing
pressures including declines in average selling prices; changes in
customer order patterns; changes in estimated full-year effective
tax rate; shortage in supply of key components; changes in
environmental laws and regulations; changes in export license
regulated by Export Administration Regulations (EAR); exchange rate
fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in our
subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and manage
inventory and other risks described from time to time in the
Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Company Contacts:
Eric Li, Chief IR/PR
OfficerHimax Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-6-505-0880 Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877Email: hx_ir@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Karen Tiao, Investor
RelationsHimax Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877 Email: hx_ir@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Mark Schwalenberg,
DirectorInvestor Relations - US
RepresentativeMZ North AmericaTel: +1-312-261-6430Email:
HIMX@mzgroup.uswww.mzgroup.us
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