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Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Announces World's Lowest Power 14.1-Inch Displays For Mobile PCs

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 06:00 CST

TOKYO and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. (TMD)*, a joint venture between Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Corp., Ltd. (Matsushita), today announced development of the world's lowest power sub-2.5W 14.1-inch XGA (1024 x 768 resolution format) and 2.7W 14.1-inch SXGA+ (1400 x 1050 resolution format) thin film transistor (TFT) displays for mobile PCs at the Intel Developer Forum, being held Feb. 17-19, 2004 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. TMD is a worldwide leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of mobile PC displays using the low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) process. Its wide selection of LCD modules for mobile PCs, cellular phones, handheld devices and industrial applications are marketed in the United States through Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*.

"Users today are demanding easy to carry, lighter weight and longer battery life mobile PCs," said Sakae Arai, director and chief customer solution officer for TMD. "This new prototype sub-2.5W display is an example of how TMD is working to directly address these needs of today's mobile PC users by reducing power consumption of the LCD to help extend battery life." TMD's advances in LTPS TFT technology have enabled the company to produce larger-size displays that are designed to be very thin, compact, lightweight and low power.

"Intel(R) Centrino(TM) Mobile Technology is at the heart of the new generation of mobile PCs designed to deliver breakthrough mobile performance and wireless network connectivity, and enable thin and light systems designs and extended battery life," said Anand Chandrasekher, Intel vice president and co-general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. "TMD's low power display prototypes are a significant milestone in the reduction of power for notebook PCs that will help extend battery life to enable true mobility."

The Mobile PC Extended Battery Life Working Group (EBL-WG)2, a group of companies working together to extend the battery life of mobile PCs, developed recommendations for power consumption for displays in thin and light mobile PCs: 3W1 for 2004, 2.7W1 for 2005, and 2.5W1 for 2006. Typical power consumption of 14.1-inch SXGA+ displays today is found to be in the range of 3.5-4.4W3. "TMD's development significantly accelerates fulfillment of the 2.5W goal that further extends battery life compared to the current generation of notebook displays," said Kamal Shah, display strategy and mobility enabling manager, Mobile Platforms Group, Intel, and the chairman of the Mobile PC EBL-WG.

Displays Overview

Developed by TMD, the new sub-2.5W 14.1-inch XGA display offers a 1024 x 768 pixel resolution and a viewing area of 11.3 inches (in) x 8.5in (287.7 millimeters (mm) x 216.3 mm). Module dimensions are 11.8in x 8.9in x 0.2 maximum in (298.5mm x 226.5mm x 6.0 maximum mm). Power is 2.38W based on Intel's EBL-WG2 measurement method.

The new 2.7W 14.1-inch SXGA+ display offers a 1400 x 1050 pixel resolution and a viewing area of 11.3in x 8.5in (287.6mm x 216.2mm). Module dimensions are 11.8in x 8.9in x 0.2 maximum in (298.5mm x 226.5mm x 5.5 maximum mm). Both displays use an RGB color filter array to provide up to 64 gray shades per color for a total of 260K colors, and have a built-in, cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlight unit. These displays are technology presentations and mass production dates have not been finalized yet. However, all the technology incorporated to make these low power panels has already been established now in TMD. TMD welcomes integrators' comments on its specifications and performance, to optimize the displays for mobile PC design by the time they are introduced into the market.

*About TAEC

Combining quality and flexibility with design engineering expertise, TAEC brings a breadth of advanced, next-generation technologies to its customers. This broad offering includes semiconductors, flash memory-based storage solutions, and displays for the computing, wireless, networking, automotive and digital consumer markets.

TAEC is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba, the third largest semiconductor company worldwide in terms of global sales for the year 2002 according to Gartner/Dataquest's Worldwide Semiconductor Market Share Ranking. Toshiba is a world leader in high-technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. For additional company and product information, please visit TAEC's website at chips.toshiba.com . For technical inquiries, please e-mail Tech.Questions@taec.toshiba.com .

*About TMD

Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. (TMD), is the joint venture formed from the April, 1, 2002 merger of Toshiba's and Matsushita's display panel businesses. TMD, 60 percent owned by Toshiba and 40 percent by Matsushita, is dedicated to leadership in the world market for advanced TFT-LCDs and is a leader in display devices, LCDs and Organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. The company's technology of low temperature polysilicon assures its position as a leading company in other electronic devices. TMD has 2,700 employees and annual sales of over US$2.3 billion. For further information, please visit the TMD home page at: http://www.tmdisplay.com/tm_dsp/index.htm.

1 Measured using the Mobile PC Extended Battery Life Working Group display

power measurement recommendations.

2 More information about the EBL-WG can be found at the http://www.eblwg.org/ .

3 Based on power measurement of a total of fourteen 14.1-inch and

15.0-inch SXGA+ panels from various suppliers.

Information in this press release, including product pricing and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current on the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice.

All trademarks and tradenames held within are the properties of their respective holders.

Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.

CONTACT: Jan Johnson of Multipath Communications, +1-714-633-4008,jan@multipathcom.com , for Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.; orLisa Nemec of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., +1-949-455-2293,lisa.nemec@taec.toshiba.com

Web site: http://www.eblwg.org/

Web site: http://www.tmdisplay.com/tm_dsp/index.htm

Web site: http://chips.toshiba.com/

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