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Intel
Postpones LCOS Chips
August 17 -
Several news outlets have reported over the last week that
the release of Intel's liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCOS)
chips have been postponed. Prototypes of the imagers were
shown privately at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in
January, and the technology was prominently announced at CES
by Intel President and COO Paul Otellini. Otellini said then
that Intel would begin producing LCOS chips for
rear-projection television in 2004
But now,
Intel spokesperson Shannon Love says that the release will
not occur this year. "Based on customer feedback, we
chose not to bring the current product into the market.
We're heading down a path of developing technology that will
give clear product differentiation with improved picture
quality," Love was quoted as saying in an IDG News
Service story by Tom Krazit datelined today.
Information: www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117429,00.asp.
UDC Named
8th Fastest Growing Company in Deloitte's New Jersey
Technology Fast 50 Program
Ewing, New
Jersey, August 13 - Universal Display Corporation (UDC) has
been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50
Program for New Jersey, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing
technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche
LLP. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in
fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999-2003. This
is the third year in a row that UDC has been among the top
50 companies named to the list.
Universal
Display's President and Chief Operating Officer, Steven V.
Abramson, credits the 1168-percent revenue growth from
1999-2003 to the company's continued advances in innovative
research, as well as the commercial viability of the
company's PHOLED™ phosphorescent OLED technology. "We
look forward to continuing on the path of success as OLEDs
take hold in the flat panel display market," said
Abramson.
New Jersey
Technology Fast 50 winners are selected based on the
percentage of revenue growth from 1999 through 2003. To
qualify, companies must meet the following criteria: be a
technology company that owns proprietary technology that
contributes to a significant portion of the company's
operating revenues or devotes a high percentage of effort to
research and development of technology; be in business a
minimum of five years, with 1999 revenues of at least
$50,000 and 2003 revenues of at least $1,000,000; and be a
public or private company headquartered in New Jersey.
Winners of
the 19 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United
States and Canada are automatically entered in the Deloitte
Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top
500 fastest growing technology companies.
Information: www.fast500.com,
www.universaldisplay.com,
www.deloitte.com/us.
Arras
Appointed President of TCL-Thomson Electronics
Indianapolis, Indiana, August
9 - Al Arras, a 30-year consumer electronics professional
and longtime Thomson executive, has been named President of
TCL-Thomson Electronics (TTE), the newly formed combination
of television businesses from TCL and Thomson. The new
organization is now the world's largest TV set manufacturer,
employing a workforce of over 29,000 people in five profit
centers, five R&D centers, and ten manufacturing plants
around the world.
Arras, who was in charge of integrating
Thomson's TV operations within the TCL-Thomson Electronics
activity, will hold responsibility for RCA branded
television operations in North America, as well as global
product management and engineering activities. Prior to
integrating the Thomson/TCL television operations, Arras was
Senior Executive Vice President for Thomson's worldwide
Audio/Video and Communications (consumer telephone)
operations.
"With support from our large Chinese (TCL
brand) product offer, we at TTE will begin work immediately
to strengthen the RCA and Thomson product portfolio in the
U.S. and Europe," said Arras. "Leveraging the
strength of the combined operations, and with the advent of
mainstream HDTV products, we can further enhance our
leadership position in these key markets."
Arras joined
the General Electric Company in 1973 and moved to Thomson
following that company's purchase of the combined RCA/GE
consumer electronics business in 1987. He has served in many
executive management positions for Thomson.
