Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor products, today announced the Company will
debut industry leading in-cell TDDI, HX83132 series, for prevailing
LCD notebook, and the on-cell touch controller, HX85200 series,
targeting high-end AMOLED notebook at CES 2024, the largest
consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, U.S.A., from January 9 –
12, 2024.
Over the past few years, in-cell TDDI has been
proven the mainstream technology as it provides integrated
cutting-edge display and touch features that substantially simplify
the touch module supply chain at superior cost advantages. Himax
has excelled in the in-cell TDDI technology, providing the most
comprehensive TDDI offerings in the industry. With years of proven
track record, the Company has expanded its TDDI offering starting
from mobile phones to tablets and automobile, and now has taken the
next step into notebook. The HX83132 is an industry leading in-cell
TDDI designed for prevailing LCD notebook. It not only features
advancements in large size, high resolution, low power consumption,
as well as slim bezel, but also includes precise touch sensitivity
and perceptive active stylus for seamless and intuitive
human-machine interface for laptop to improve user experience and
work efficiency. At CES, Himax will showcase a large-sized TFT LCD
panel for laptop embedded with HX83132, demonstrating in-cell touch
functionality as well as leading active stylus technology which
make it a perfect fit for contemporary laptop requirements.
Additionally, this IC can be adopted on a-Si TFT, Oxide TFT, and
LTPS panels, supporting resolution ranging from FHD, WQXGA, 2.8K,
3K to 4K, again illustrating Himax’s technology leadership in this
domain.
Meanwhile, premium notebooks are quickly
adopting AMOLED panels in pursuit of a more slim and light weight
design while providing high brightness and contrast as well as
broad color gamut and rich colors characteristics. Himax’s OLED
solution, including AMOLED TCON and driver IC, has already
commenced mass production for a series of automotive, tablet, and
notebook. Now, with the unveiling of the industry-leading on-cell
touch controller IC, HX85200 series for notebook display at CES
2024, Himax has once again taken on a pioneer role by providing a
comprehensive solution for AMOLED displays. HX85200 IC supports
accurate touch functionality and smooth active stylus for both
rigid and flexible OLED panels, bringing enrichment to the laptop
display and taking touch experience to the next level.
HX83132 in-cell TDDI for LCD
panels:
- Proven track record of
mass-production for Himax proprietary multi-chip cascaded in-cell
touch architecture
- Allows cascading multiple ICs for
different display resolution
- Supports off-the-shelf Tcon without
customization to enable in-cell touch function
- Incorporates embedded distributed
touch MCU architecture; no need for a discrete touch MCU
- Supports multi-finger (up to 10
fingers) in-cell touch feature for LCD panel
- Supports active stylus with WGP or
USI2.0 protocols at 240Hz report rate
HX85200 on-cell Touch Controller
supporting AMOLED panels:
- Offers flexible panel type
adoption, including rigid, flexible, or hybrid OLED panels
- Supports multi-finger (up to 10
fingers at 180Hz or 5 fingers at 240Hz report rate) capacitive
touch
- Features high touch signal-to-noise
ratio (SNR exceeding 45 dB) with perfect display quality without
touch-display interference
- Supports active stylus with USI or
MPP protocols at 240Hz report rate
“We are extremely excited about the introduction
of our industry leading in-cell TDDI and on-cell touch controller
for next generation notebook. This demonstrates our commitment to
strengthening our touch control product roadmap in diverse
applications,” said Jordan Wu, Chief Executive Officer at Himax.
“Himax continues to offer upgrades to touch controller and TDDI
technologies, providing more value-added feature selections for our
customers. This, in return, represents the increasing content value
gained per panel basis for the Company,” concluded Mr. Wu.
Himax invites all interested parties to stop by
our exhibition booth at The Venetian Las Vegas Hotel (3355 Las
Vegas Boulevard S, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) Venetian Exhibit Suite
34-208 to experience Company’s leading technologies for next
generation notebook display. To schedule a meeting or booth tour,
please contact Himax at: Himax_CES@himax.com.tw.
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 AMOLED display
technologies. Himax is also a pioneer in tinyML visual-AI and
optical technology related fields. The Company’s industry-leading
WiseEyeTM Smart 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, AMOLED ICs, LED
drivers, EPD drivers, 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 2,838 patents granted and 376 patents pending
approval worldwide as of September 30, 2023.
http://www.himax.com.tw
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ
materially from those described in this conference call include,
but are not limited to, the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the
Company’s business; general business and economic conditions and
the state of the semiconductor industry; market acceptance and
competitiveness of the driver and non-driver products developed by
the Company; demand for end-use applications products; reliance on
a small group of principal customers; the uncertainty of continued
success in technological innovations; our ability to develop and
protect our intellectual property; pricing pressures including
declines in average selling prices; changes in customer order
patterns; changes in estimated full-year effective tax rate;
shortage in supply of key components; changes in environmental laws
and regulations; changes in export license regulated by Export
Administration Regulations (EAR); exchange rate fluctuations;
regulatory approvals for further investments in our subsidiaries;
our ability to collect accounts receivable and manage inventory and
other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC
filings, including those risks identified in the section entitled
"Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2022 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Company 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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