TI Introduces New DLP(R) Pico(TM) Projector Technology Chip Enabling Big Picture Experiences in the Palm of Your Hand
TI DLP's 2nd generation (.3) Pico chipset in background 1st generation (.17) Pico chipset in foreground. (PRNewsFoto/Texas Instruments DLP)
BARCELONA SPAIN
First Generation DLP Pico Chipset Named a Finalist in the 2009 Mobile Global Awards
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at GSMA Mobile World Congress, Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP(R) Products announced the newest chipset in the DLP Pico(TM) family with availability slated for late 2009. Small enough to embed into the most compact mobile phones and gadgets, DLP Products has effectively scaled the display technology down to the size of a raisin without compromising superior picture quality and screen size.
Designed in response to demand from mobile device manufacturers, the new chip demonstrates DLP's continued leadership in the pico projector category. This announcement comes on the heals of, the first DLP Pico(TM) chipset being named a finalist in the Global Mobile Awards for Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough awarded by the GSMA.
"Building upon the success of the first DLP Pico(TM) chipset, which has HVGA resolution and enables leading brands to deliver cutting-edge products across the globe, this new chipset increases performance benchmarks," said Frank J. Moizio, Manager, DLP Emerging Markets business. "The new chipset provides WVGA resolution, higher brightness and power efficiency; all while enabling thinner, smaller optical engine modules to meet the demands of contemporary handheld devices."
DLP Pico(TM) projection products were featured at the International Consumer Electronics Show in January and regarded by industry analysts as one of the hottest new categories in consumer electronics. According to U.S. based research group Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the market for such devices is expected to surpass millions of units in the next few years.
First introduced at Mobile World Congress last year, several global partners have already launched products built on DLP Pico(TM) technology ranging from notebook companions to handheld media players and mobile phones.
The newest DLP Pico(TM) chipset can be paired with a TI OMAP application processor to deliver the ultimate mobile user experience. The DLP Pico(TM) chipset is a combination of the DLP Pico(TM) chip and the DLP Pico(TM) processor. It is optimized for applications in mobile and handheld devices.
The new DLP Pico(TM) solution delivers the following features:
WVGA (854x480) - Native DVD resolution
Enables >20% thinner optical module height
Enables >20% smaller optical module volume
Incorporates technology advances that increase both brightness and power efficiency
Enables industry leading contrast ratio of better than 1000:1
Impressive full RGB color gamut
With more than 20 million units shipped to date, DLP's innovation and flexibility in display technology enables manufacturers to bring affordable, reliable and cutting-edge products to market quickly.
To see DLP Pico(TM) technology in person at Mobile World Congress, please stop by the TI Booth located in Hall 8-8A84. TI will be hosting a press conference at the booth this evening from 6:00 PM (CET) with registration beginning at 5:30 PM.
For more information on DLP products please visit www.dlp.com.
About Texas Instruments DLP Products
DLP display technology from Texas Instruments offers clarity down to the most minute detail, delivering pictures rich with color, contrast and brightness projectors for business, home, professional venue, digital cinema (DLP Cinema(R)) and large screen HDTVs. Many of the world's top projection and display manufacturers design, manufacture and market products based on DLP technology. DLP is the only imaging technology with a legacy in digital cinema where it set the industry standard demonstrated by the deployment of DLP Cinema technology in over 8,000 theatres worldwide. At the heart of every DLP chip is an array of up to 2.2 million microscopic mirrors which switch incredibly fast to create a high resolution, highly reliable, full color image. DLP technology's chip architecture and inherent speed advantage provides razor-sharp images and excellent reproduction of fast motion video. Since early 1996, more than 20 million DLP subsystems have been shipped.
About Texas Instruments:
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) helps customers solve problems and develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through manufacturing, design and sales operations in more than 25 countries.
