OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Backlighting Unique; New 42" Ultra-Wide Curved Display from Ostendo Technologies
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Santa Clara, CA, May 20, 2008 - OSTAR®-Projection LED modules from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Inc. are backlighting a new ultra-wide curved display from Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
The Ostendo CRVD(TM) curved display measures 42.4" diagonal and provides a 2880 x 900 pixel resolution (double WXGA+). The ultimate immersive desktop display, the CRVD(TM) wraps around the viewer while serving up billions of colors, >300 nits brightness, and a contrast ratio of >10,000:1. It is ideal for applications such as simulation, gaming, financial analysis, digital imaging, web-content creation or any desktop computing application that benefits from significant amounts of seamless real estate.
Backlighting the DLP®-based CRVD(TM) curved screen are OSRAM's OSTAR-Projection high-performance LED light sources. The compact OSTAR-Projection modules consist of six RGB LED chips that generate exceptional brilliance and vibrant colors with pure surface emission and extreme brightness, thanks to OSRAM's Thinfilm and ThinGaN® chip architecture.
"It's an incredible display," said Tom Shottes, president and CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Inc. "This is the first display that provides such a wide field of view with such dynamic range and wide color gamut. We've worked with Ostendo since they began developing the technology. The high luminance and design flexibility of our OSTAR-Projection technology was a perfect fit."
"Our strong collaboration with OSRAM and the excellent performance of the OSTAR LEDs was key in bringing the CRVD(TM) design to fruition," said Dr. El-Ghoroury, Ostendo's CEO. "We chose the OSTAR LED light source because of its quality, robustness, reliability and efficiency."
"We started working with OSRAM to employ the OSTAR LEDs in our product in early 2005, even prior to the official starting of the company," said Erhan Ercan, Ostendo's Director of Product Marketing. "We designed in the OSRAM OSTAR LEDs as the light source of choice for the CRVD(TM) by late 2005."
Ostendo featured prototypes of the CRVD(TM) curved display at MacWorld and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, and will be demonstrating the CRVD(TM) at the Society of Information Display (SID) 2008 Exhibition in Los Angeles at the OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' booth, May 20-22.
For more information, please contact OSRAM Opto Semiconductors at www.osram-os.com or call 888-446-7726.
About OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
OSRAM is part of the Industry sector of Siemens and one of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. Its subsidiary, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH in Regensburg (Germany), offers its customers solutions based on semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has production sites in Regensburg (Germany) and Penang (Malaysia). Its headquarters for North America is in Santa Clara (USA), and for Asia in Hong Kong. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors also has sales offices throughout the world. In the 2007 fiscal year (to the end of September) OSRAM Opto Semiconductors employed more than 4,000 people and achieved sales totaling 520 million euros. For more information go to www.osram-os.com.
About Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
Ostendo develops next-generation Solid State Lighting (SSL) based display technologies and products for commercial and consumer markets. Ostendo's revolutionary CRVD(TM) curved display delivers an immersive experience, engaging the user's peripheral vision and improving productivity for desktop computing applications. The unique CRVD(TM) curved display is ideal for simulation, gaming, digital video/animation/graphics, command & control, financial analysis, medical imaging and other information intensive desktop applications. Ostendo's technology and products are available through select, world-class OEM partners.
Ostendo Technologies is based in beautiful Carlsbad, California, 30-miles north of San Diego. For additional information about Ostendo and our award winning CRVD(TM) curved display, please go to www.ostendotech.com or call 1-760-710-3000.
OSTAR®-Projection and ThinGan® are trademarks of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Inc.
CRVD(TM) is a trademark of Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
DLP® is a trademark of Texas Instruments, Inc.
