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
feature live showcases of its next generation proprietary ultra
luminous Color Sequential Front-Lit LCoS and agile 3D Sensing
technologies in a range of immersive AR applications at CES 2024,
the largest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, U.S.A. from
January 9 – 12, 2024.
Himax next generation proprietary Color
Sequential Front-Lit LCoS Microdisplay significantly enhances
brightness when compared to the previous generation design,
delivering industry-leading performance with up to 180K nits
brightness. The impressive compact form factor, with total volume
as small as 0.5 c.c., delivers the most distinguished and vibrate
color performance exceeding 140% sRGB color gamut. These
outstanding characteristics make the LCoS microdisplay the perfect
fit to meet the rigorous requirements to support next generation
see-through goggles deploying 2D exit pupil expansion waveguides. A
live demonstration with goggles will be on display, incorporating
Himax LCoS microdisplay and a 40 degrees field-of-view waveguide
design, with brightness of up to 500 nits, along with an
industry-leading contrast ratio exceeding 200:1. Notably, Himax has
long held a leadership position in the field of LCoS technology
with rich design and high-volume-production experience spanning
well over a decade. The Color Sequential Front-Lit LCoS technology
demonstrates unparalleled performance and has swiftly drawn the
attention of several tech giants shifting their focus away from
micro-LED for their new generation AR goggle designs.
During CES 2024, Himax will also exhibit a
series of 3D depth sensing solutions applied to various AR/VR
applications. One live demonstration will feature a groundbreaking
vivid 3D naked-eye laptop that embodies Himax’s proprietary
structured light vision AI module for advanced, real time 3D eye
and hand gesture tracking. For eye tracking, the AI module reports
out the position of the viewer’s eyes, presenting it in a 3D
coordinate system with extremely low latency, as fast as 7
milliseconds. The laptop display can then be based on 3D
coordination for a real-time 3D image disposition of the naked-eye
display, ensuring alignment with viewer's perspective. The results
in vibrant, 3D stereoscopic visual effects, providing users with an
immersive and advanced glasses-free 3D display experience, while
avoiding 3D dizziness. Simultaneously, during eye tracking, the
module will engage in hand gesture tracking for controller-free
laptop operation, providing an intuitive and user-friendly
human-machine interaction.
Himax latest generation Time-of-Flight (“TOF”)
3D vision processor, HE-2, will also be on display at the event.
The HE-2 features industrial-leading CPU and NPU cores. Paired with
TOF image inputs, it is capable of rapidly executing 3D and AI
operations on image content at high speed, outputting 3D data at 60
fps, nearly twice the speed of prevailing software. The HE-2
significantly reduces data latency, alleviates the main central
processor’s computational burden, and enhances overall system
efficiency. This characteristic makes it a good fit for various
edge applications, such as TV, Kiosk, IoT devices among others.
During the exhibition, Himax will showcase the latest TOF 3D vision
technology illustrating long-distance multi-face detection, along
with 3D gesture control.
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 the Company’s cutting-edge LCoS and 3D sensing
technologies. 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
micro-displays 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 America
Tel: +1-312-261-6430Email:
HIMX@mzgroup.uswww.mzgroup.us
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