NEC Electronics America to Showcase This and Other LCD Modules at SID 2007



TOKYO, SANTA CLARA, Calif., and DUESSELDORF, Germany, May 21

/PRNewswire/ -- NEC LCD Technologies, along with its sales and marketing
 channels in the Americas and Europe, NEC Electronics America and NEC
 Electronics (Europe) GmbH, today introduced a new 6.5-inch
 amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD)
 module with high luminance and extended graphics array (XGA) resolution.
 The module, part number NL10276BC13-01C, eliminates the need for an
 inverter circuit by employing a white light emitting diode (LED) for
 backlight instead of the cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) that is
 traditionally used. This innovation produces low power consumption and a
 slim design that, while lightweight, is highly resistant to vibration and
 impact, making it ideal for use in portable display systems in industrial
 applications. Featuring NEC LCD Technologies' proprietary
 super-transmissive natural light TFT (ST-NLT) technology, the module is
 able to display vivid colors in environments with high ambient light,
 resulting in high reliability and excellent visibility in a variety of
 situations. Furthermore, because LED backlights are free of mercury, the
 new NEC module is more environmentally friendly than modules using CCFL
 backlights.
     "To help customers overcome the design challenges associated with
 industrial display systems and to address the demand for thinner display
 modules that consume less power and are more environmentally friendly, we
 are now developing LCD modules with white LED-based backlight systems,"
 said Masaaki Hiroshima, Product Planning Department Manager, NEC LCD
 Technologies. "For the new 6.5-inch XGA module, we have capitalized on the
 benefits of white LED technology by coupling it with transflective ST-NLT
 technology to yield a robust, yet slim and lightweight display that
 achieves clarity in many lighting conditions."
     In addition to the 6.5-inch module, NEC LCD Technologies also offers a
 new 15.3-inch color LCD module, part number NL12876BC26-25, with wide XGA
 (WXGA) resolution. Both products will be showcased in NEC Electronics
 America's booth #1235 at the Society for Information Display (SID)
 Symposium 2007 in Long Beach, California, May 22-24. More information about
 these and other modules that NEC Electronics America will demonstrate can
 be found at www.am.necel.com/display.
     Pricing and Availability
     Samples of the 15.3-inch NL12876BC26-25 and 6.5-inch NL10276BC13-01C
 are scheduled to be available at the end of June and mid-July 2007,
 respectively. Pricing and availability are subject to change.
     Model number        NC10276BC13-01C (XGA)      NL12876BC26-25 (WXGA)
     (resolution)
 
     Size (diagonal
      measurement)      6.5-inch (7 cm diagonal)     15.3-inch (39 cm
                                                      diagonal)
 
     Brightness         650 cd/m2                    400 cd/m2
 
     Samples
      availability      July 2007                    June 2007
     About NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
     NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. is one of the world's leading providers of
 high-quality, innovative, active-matrix liquid crystal display (AM-LCD)
 modules for the industrial and high-end monitor markets. The company
 focuses its development on four core technology areas: ultra-wide viewing
 angle SFT technology with high luminance, wide color gamut and fast
 response; NLT technology for high visibility in any kind of ambient light
 environment; VIT(TM) technology to add extra value to LCD modules; and
 adaptive design technology, which together meet a variety of specialized
 needs for the flat panel display markets. NEC LCD Technologies' worldwide
 support includes sales and marketing affiliates NEC Electronics America,
 Inc. (www.am.necel.com) and NEC Electronics Europe (www.eu.necel.com) that
 offer specialized display solutions to their respective markets. NEC LCD
 Technologies employs approximately 1,200 people worldwide and offers one of
 the broadest product portfolios for the medical, factory automation, test
 and measurement, entertainment, kiosk, POS and ATM markets. Additional
 information can be found at http://www.nec-lcd.com/en/index.html.
     About NEC Electronics America, Inc.
     NEC Electronics America, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara,
 California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Electronics Corporation
 (TSE: 6723), a leading provider of semiconductor products encompassing
 advanced technology solutions for the broadband and communications markets;
 system solutions for the mobile, PC, automotive and digital consumer
 markets; and platform solutions for a wide range of customer applications.
 NEC Electronics America offers a local manufacturing facility in Roseville,
 California, and the global manufacturing capabilities of its parent
 company. NEC Electronics America is also the American marketing and sales
 channel, specializing in industrial applications, for active-matrix LCDs
 from NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., a global leader in innovative display
 technologies. More information about the products offered by NEC
 Electronics America, Inc. can be found at http://www.am.necel.com.
     About NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH
     NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany,
 is a leading developer and supplier of semiconductor products in Europe.
 Committed to meeting customers' cost, performance and time-to-market
 requirements, the company offers solutions ranging from standard products
 to system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, as well as customized products for
 next-generation designs. Our customers also benefit from state-of-the-art
 manufacturing from the global production network of our parent company, NEC
 Electronics Corporation. Additionally, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH is the
 exclusive European sales and marketing channel of LCD modules from NEC LCD
 Technologies Ltd. For more information, visit http://www.eu.necel.com.
     VIT is a trademark of NEC Corporation. All other registered trademarks
 or trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 
 

SOURCE NEC Electronics America, Inc.