E Ink Holdings Inc. (8069.TWO) (“E Ink"), an originator, pioneer
and commercial leader in ePaper technology and Himax Technologies,
Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax”), a leading supplier and fabless
manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products,
today announced the joint debut of next generation color ePaper
timing controller ASIC (“TCON”), the T2000. The new TCON design
drives screen updates at a faster speed with lower power
consumption, supporting a broad spectrum of color ePaper technology
platforms aimed at eReaders, digital signages, and other ePaper
platforms. The T2000 eNote handwriting function eliminates the need
for a system-on-chip (“SoC”), simplifying the development process
and significantly enhancing screen refresh speed to provide a
smooth writing experience.
E Ink and Himax Unveil Advanced Color ePaper
Timing Controller ASIC T2000 (Image courtesy of E Ink)
“The latest T2000 is optimized for color ePaper,
significantly enhancing the display performance to deliver a superb
user experience. The advancements enhance screen transitions and
optimize system power consumption, while offering a handwriting
feature that boosts the operational experience of ePaper products,”
said JM Hung, Vice President of Business Center at E Ink. “We are
grateful for the unwavering support of our long-term partner,
Himax, in supporting E Ink's commitment to advancing color ePaper
technology by delivering high-quality ASICs. The synergy created
from E Ink’s advanced color ePaper and the T2000 maximizes the
potential of color ePaper across diverse applications and
significantly enhances user interactions,” concluded JM.
The T2000 represents a significant advancement
in TCON technology compared to E Ink's predecessor TCON, the T1000,
which was introduced in 2019. The T2000 integrates E Ink’s
proprietary color imaging algorithm, which supports E Ink’s latest
full color ePaper display technologies, including E Ink Kaleido™ 3,
E Ink Gallery™ 3, and E Ink Spectra™ 6. In addition to delivering
high-quality image colors, the T2000 processes color rendering more
than ten times faster compared to the previous generation.
The jointly-engineered T2000 incorporates E
Ink’s exclusive handwriting processing unit, enabling seamless
handwriting on eNotes without requiring a SoC. This innovation
streamlines system development, boosts prompt display
responsiveness by leveraging Himax's distinctive pipeline
accelerator technology, and results in a nearly lag-free
handwriting experience on ePaper displays.
“We are delighted to engage in yet another
collaboration with E Ink drawing on our decades of expertise in
image display processing and TCON design to jointly create a new
milestone in the color ePaper field,” said Pen Hsin Chen, Vice
President of Image Processing SoC Operation Unit at Himax. “The
chip architecture of T2000 is meticulously designed and customized
specifically for E Ink’s color ePaper technology, delivering
unparalleled performance and power efficiency. This opens up new
possibilities for applications in eReaders, digital signages, and
more, further demonstrating Himax’s commitment to pioneering
advancements and offering state-of-the-art display technologies and
solutions,” concluded Pen Hsin.
The T2000 TCON is a crucial component for color
ePaper displays, responsible for generating and managing timing
signals to drive the display and controlling the timing and
duration of voltages for optimal display performance. Specifically
designed for E Ink’s ePaper technologies, the T2000 features
temperature compensation, ensuring precise color and image display
under different environmental conditions. T2000’s supported
interfaces include MIPI-DSI, USB 3.0, and SPI, enabling Color
ePaper devices to efficiently handle content data streams.
Sequentially, using embedded hardware-accelerated image codec
processing unit of T2000, the data streams are converted into mLVDS
or TTL signal formats. This capacity allows the T2000 to support
ePaper displays with resolutions up to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) and
frame rates up to 150Hz. Additionally, its MIPI interface has been
enhanced to achieve a maximum transmission speed of 1Gbps, greatly
expanding its application coverage.
ePaper is one of the most energy-efficient
display technologies in the industry, consuming power only when
updating the display. In devices incorporating ePaper displays,
only a small amount of power is consumed from the semiconductor
components. The T2000 ASIC deploys Himax’s tailed low-power chip
design structures and utilizes advanced semiconductor process to
create an ultralow energy chip. Additionally, the T2000 integrates
a Himax DRAM controller that interfaces with LPDDR (Low Power
Double Data Rate) for high-performance and low-power data
transmission. These advantages result in system power consumption
being less than 300 mW in active mode and less than 2 mW in sleep
mode, significantly extending the battery life of ePaper
products.
According to E Ink's estimation, in the past
five years, approximately 130 million eReader devices have been
used worldwide, rapidly shifting consumer behavior from purchasing
and reading printed books to digital alternatives. If each eReader
downloads an average of ten books per year, using these devices
significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions compared to printed
books, by a factor of 100,000, and LCD tablets, by a factor of
50.
About E InkE Ink Holdings Inc.
(8069.TWO), based on technology from MIT's Media Lab, provides an
ideal display medium for applications spanning eReaders and eNotes,
retail, home, hospital, transportation, logistics, and more,
enabling customers to put displays in locations previously
impossible. E Ink's electrophoretic display products make it the
worldwide leader for ePaper. Its low power displays enable
customers to reach their sustainability goals, and E Ink has
pledged using 100% renewable energy in 2030 and reaching net zero
carbon emissions by 2040. E Ink has been recognized for their
efforts by receiving, validation from Science-Based Targets (SBTi)
and is listed in both the DJSI World and DJSI Emerging Indexes.
Listed in Taiwan's Taipei Exchange (TPEx) and the Luxembourg
market, E Ink Holdings is now the world's largest supplier of
ePaper displays. For more information please
visit www.eink.com. E Ink. We Make Surfaces Smart and
Green.
About Himax Technologies,
Inc.Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a leading
global fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display
imaging processing technologies. The Company’s display driver ICs
and timing controllers have been adopted at scale across multiple
industries worldwide including TVs, PC monitors, laptops, mobile
phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, industrial displays,
among others. As the global market share leader in automotive
display technology, the Company offers innovative and comprehensive
automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs, advanced
in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI), local dimming
timing controllers (Local Dimming Tcon), Large Touch and Display
Driver Integration (LTDI) and OLED display technologies. Himax is
also a pioneer in tinyML visual-AI and optical technology related
fields. The Company’s industry-leading WiseEyeTM Ultralow Power AI
Sensing technology which incorporates Himax proprietary ultralow
power AI processor, always-on CMOS image sensor, and CNN-based AI
algorithm has been widely deployed in consumer electronics and AIoT
related applications. While Himax optics technologies, such as
diffractive wafer level optics, LCoS microdisplays and 3D sensing
solutions, are critical for facilitating emerging AR/VR/metaverse
technologies. Additionally, Himax designs and provides touch
controllers, OLED ICs, LED ICs, EPD ICs, power management ICs, and
CMOS image sensors for diverse display application coverage.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax
currently employs around 2,200 people from three Taiwan-based
offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China,
Korea, Japan, Germany, and the US. Himax has 2,727 patents granted
and 399 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30, 2024.
http://www.himax.com.tw
E Ink Contacts:
Rachel LevyTel: +1
617-426-2222Email: eink@v2comms.com
Himax 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: +886-2-2370-3999Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877Email: 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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