Bangalore
April 24, 2008

Seiko Epson Corporation (Epson), its subsidiary Epson Electronics America Inc, and E Ink Corporation announced a jointly developed display controller IC enabling new capabilities for E Ink's Vizplex-enabled electronic paper displays (EPD). EPD screen technology is driving mobile applications, such as eBooks, eNewspapers, tablet PCs, laptop secondary displays, eNotebooks and eDictionaries.

“With the ability to address many screen regions simultaneously, future devices using this chip could offer a fast menu interface, simple animations, higher grayscale levels, and user input through typing and touch,” said Russ Wilcox, President and CEO, E Ink. Samples of the Epson S1D13521B will be available in May 2008.

Compatible with 5, 6, 8, and 9.7-inch active matrix displays, the kit allows users to create functional, low-profile product mock-ups using the kit's modular design. The controller enables the display to perform up to 16 tasks in parallel, and supports pen input devices for annotations and sketches.

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