PixelQi is a fabless developer of a new class of screens that use standard LCD manufacturing materials and processes.

[edit] Overview

Their first product - a 10.1" screen is now available for mini-laptops, multi-touch tablets and ebook readers. The readability and legibility of our new screens rival the best e-paper available today. What's new about our screens:

• fast video rate update (refresh),
• fully saturated color at low pricing because we use standard manufacturing materials, processes and factories.
• 1/2 to 1/4 the power of a regular LCD screen, and when integrated carefully with the device can increase battery life between charges by 5-fold.
• You can use our screens in laptops outside in bright sunlight.
• Dual Display: A full color: LCD transmissive mode; a low-power, sunlight-readable, reflective e-paper mode; and a transflective mode, which makes the LCD display visible in sunlight, all in One!
• Reflective e-paper mode offers 3x resolution compared to the full color mode. This is achieved by using all the color pixels in gray scale.

PixelQi is also the technology behind the screen used on the One Laptop Per Child portable computer.

[edit] Specifications

Typical Specifications from One Laptop per child

• Liquid-crystal display: 7.5” Dual-mode TFT display;
• Viewing area: 152.4mm × 114.3mm;
• Resolution: 1200 (H) × 900 (V) resolution (200 DPI);
• Monochrome display: High-resolution, reflective sunlight-readable monochrome mode; Color display: Standard-resolution, Quincunx-sampled, transmissive color mode;
• LCD power consumption: 0.1 Watt with backlight off; 0.2–1.0 Watt with backlight on;
• The display-controller chip (DCON) with memory that enables the display to remain live with the processor suspended; the display and this chip are the basis of our extremely low power architecture; the display controller chip also enables deswizzling and anti-aliasing in color mode.

The specifications for the Adam display (a Web Tablet)

• 10.1" TFT Liquid Crystal Display module with LED backlight unit
• WSVGA (1024 x 600 pixels) resolution
• Transmissive, transflective, and reflective display modes
• Capacitive touch panel with multi-touch
• Matt finish/ Anti glare Coating
• Scratch resistant and Finger print resistant surface

Comparison of PixelQi from their web site

[edit] For more information

http://pixelqi.com/ PixelQi home