***Acer Group to Produce 120,000 Units of DMD for TI
After an initial production of digital light processing
projectors that reached 32,000 units last year, Acer
Communications and Multimedia (ACM) has announced their forecast
for this year - to produce 120,000 units of key components of
digital micromirror devices (DMD)for Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments, the inventor of the reflective DMD display
panel, has created front-projectors before and plans to add one
more DMD panel production line to meet the increasing demand from
ACM.
In addition to the commercial front-projectors it is already
producing, ACM will modify the low-cost compact front-projectors
for household use and rear-projectors. From the engineering side,
they will make use of the 0.55-inch DMD panel, to reduce the size
and cost compared to the 0.7-inch DMD panel, a previous design.
In addition to this low-cost projector, the company plans to
develop large DLP projector models, by adding twin light sources
to increase illumination or developing three-panel models, which
provide vivid images and pictures.
Wave Issue 0105 1/26/01 Article 4-03