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*****For immediate use August 10th, 1999

NEC Develops Ultra High Resolution TFT Full Color Liquid Crystal Display

"9.4-inch ultra high resolution TFT full color LCD"

NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l) has developed a 9.4-inch (24cm) ultra high resolution TFT (thin film transistor) full color LCD (liquid crystal display) module that provides near print or photographic quality reproduction. In addition to the new amorphous silicon TFT LCD, the manufacturing technology has also been developed that will allow the company to bring the modules to production by the end of the year 2000.

The new ultra high-resolution 9.4-inch LCD module provides resolutions of up to 1,600 x 1,200 for a highly detailed screen of 1.92 million pixels. Compared to conventional TFT full color LCD modules used in current desktop monitors and notebook computers, the pixels in the new screen occupy less than one-fifth of the screen space enabling much more detailed image reproduction. Combined with NEC's proprietary analog signal processing technology, there is no limit to the number of steps per pixel thereby enabling full color.

In addition, NEC has also developed a new COT (Color filter on TFT) filter that is indispensable for this class of ultra high-resolution display, together with the necessary manufacturing technology.

The new full color display is the most detailed color TFT LCD display, providing resolution of 211 pixels per inch (ppi) and a large number of pixels in full color to enable the display to rival the quality of photographic prints. It provides an electronic display that offers both detailed image reproduction and a complete depth of color.

Large TFT color LCD displays feature slim profiles, lightweight and low power consumption. Starting with notebook computers, advances in screen size, resolution, color reproduction and viewing angle have enabled them to quickly become common as monitors for desktop computers. Though these conventional LCD modules, however, have provided standard resolutions of between 80-100 ppi they do not provide the detailed resolution needed to meet the capability of the human eye such as printed material and photographs provide.

Electronic displays represent the future to NEC and it is vigorously engaged in research and development efforts in this field to provide high-resolution displays rivaling the quality of print media. Already the company announced a 177ppi 11.3-inch 1,600 x 1,200 pixel LCD with 1.92 million picture elements last year, and today's announcement represents the continuation of that work.

With a resolution more than twice as high as conventional LCDs and low power consumption and an aperture ratio of over 50%, the module is fabricated in a photolithographic-based high resolution LCD process with a new color filter construction according to an optimized design that has also been developed.

NEC believes that with the success of this new ultra high-resolution display, that a totally new electronic display market will be opened. With the rapid penetration of 2 million pixel digital still cameras, the need for photographic viewers that match that resolution and for a high level of detail in displays for terminals of all kinds is sure to increase. Other applications such as electronic books, medical monitoring equipment and many other fields are also expected to develop.

NEC plans to announce the new ultra high resolution TFT full color LCD module on September 8^th at the September Euro Display Conference in Berlin that runs from the 6^th to the 9^th of September.

• About NEC Corporation

• Main specifications for the 9.4-inch ultra high resolution TFT full color LCD

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