pixelworks lcd panel controller supplier

Pixelworks (Tualatin, OR) has scored a supply contract from IBM (White Plains, NY), which has selected the company"s ImageProcessor solution to power its high-resolution TFT-LCD panel. Commercially available ImageProcessors are capable of running the QXGA-resolution display at 2,048 x 1,536 pixels using 24-bit color and at 60 MHz refresh rate, which requires more than 5 Gb/s of bandwidth. The single-chip display controller architecture provides capabilities such as image resizing, automatic image optimization, and high-performance video, including HDTV.

IBM"s 20.8-in ITQX20 TFT-LCD panel is the world"s first commercially available QXGA-resolution display. With a density of 123 pixels/in, the panel displays the equivalent content of four XGA-resolution monitors on a single screen.

The Pixelworks display controller platform can be used with advanced display product including monitors, projectors and televisions using LCD, gas plasma, and Digital Light Processing (DLP) technologies.

Shanghai, China, Jan.5, 2022– Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced that the recently launched iQOO 9 series smartphones incorporate the Pixelworks X5 Pro visual processor to strengthen the competence of users in the game battlefield. With upgraded technology and an optimized configuration bolstered by Pixelworks technology, the iQOO 9 series is expected to set a new benchmark for high-performance smartphones and mobile gaming.

The iQOO 9 series line-up includes the iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro flagships. The new iQOO 9 model features a 6.78 inch flat flexible AMOLED screen with up to 120 Hz refresh rate and maximum resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels. The iQOO 9 Pro flagship features a 6.78 inch curved flexible AMOLED screen with an LTPO controller 2.0 capable of 1-120Hz variable frame rate adjustment and maximum resolution of 1400 x 3200 pixels. The two models are both built on the latest Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 8 Gen 1 mobile platform and powered by Pixelworks advanced visual processing technology, which serves as the foundation for mobile devices to run mobile games with higher frame rate, lower power consumption, and longer battery life. The iQOO 9 series has already been recognized by King Premier League (KPL, which is a competition dedicated to the Chinese game Kings of Glory) for its powerful performance before the launch and is now the official smartphone partner of KPL competitions.

Immersion is the key to driving users’ retention in mobile gaming. Picture clarity, color accuracy, motion smoothness are fundamental to delivering an immersive visual experience, which Pixelworks enables through the following visual display quality features in iQOO 9 series smartphones:

MotionEngine® Technology – Boosts the display performance of popular mobile games on the iQOO 9 series, such as Honkai Impact 3, Perfect World, Moonlight Blade, and Genshin Impact. Pixelworks’ patented motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) technology optimizes the content of low frame rate animation to high frame rate up to 120 fps, effectively eliminating unintended judder and ensuring ultra smooth motion quality. Meanwhile, Pixelworks distributed processing offloads GPU workload to reduce overall system power consumption, which in turn prevents overheating and extends game play on mobile devices.

Always-HDR Mode – Pixelworks real-time SDR-to-HDR conversion exposes more details and shades of color for all gaming/video content, the vast majority of which is SDR (standard dynamic range) format, for an always-immersive experience. For mobile games, it provides ambient adaptive color gamut to display a more true-to-life gaming environment. For videos, the color and contrast enhancement is adapted to present the original artistic intent to the screen in a more precise way; this function can also be applied to video streaming Apps, such as Bilibili, TencentVideo, iQIYI, Youku and Tencent Sports.

Absolute Color Accuracy – Every iQOO 9/9 Pro smartphone is factory calibrated with Pixelworks patented high-efficiency calibration technology, producing an average Delta E value less than 1, which means that the human eyes cannot detect any deviation from perfect color reproduction.

DC Dimming – Pixelworks’ innovative DC Dimming solution dynamically adjusts the display current to reduce the screen flickering frequently associated with conventional Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) dimming, thus reducing eye strain and ensuring enhanced eye comfort.

“It’s exciting to witness the launch of iQOO 9 series at the beginning of 2022,” said Leo Shen, Sr. VP, GM of Mobile BU, Pixelworks. “iQOO’s pursuit of premium performance and design of smartphones keeps the brand continuously innovating and winning  great popularity among young generations. The prominent leading position of iQOO in the smartphone market has been proven by the recognition of KPL. We are looking forward to further integrating Pixelworks’ visual processing technology with iQOO’s manufacturing experience to deliver a mobile gaming experience that is nothing short of perfection. ”

“iQOO 9 series flagship is our gift for iQOOers in the year of Tiger which carries our best wishes.” said Yaojing Yang, Director of Product Innovation, iQOO. “We are constantly exploring the optimization of the screen, performance, heat dissipation, battery life, as well as the improvement of the visual and audio experience as a whole. We are glad to have Pixelworks as our strong partner in the field of visual display, and we’ll continue our visual innovation journey together to offer more fascinating and imaginative gaming and video experiences to our users.”

Pixelworks provides industry-leading content creation, video delivery and display processing solutions and technology that enable highly authentic viewing experiences with superior visual quality, across all screens – from cinema to smartphone and beyond. The Company has more than 20 years of history delivering image processing innovation to leading providers of consumer electronics, professional displays and video streaming services. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at www.pixelworks.com.

Note: Pixelworks, MotionEngine and the Pixelworks logo are registered trademarks of Pixelworks, Inc. Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Shanghai China, December 15, 2021– Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, and OPPO, a premium global technology brand, today announced that OPPO’s first foldable smartphone– OPPO Find N– incorporates Pixelworks’ patented high-efficiency color and brightness calibration technology, bringing tablet-like visual quality with always accurate color modes and comfortable viewing conditions to OPPO users.

The OPPO Find N is equipped with 7.1-inch folding display with an LTPO controller capable of variable refresh rate up to 120Hz and a maximum resolution of 1792*1920 pixels. Powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon ® 888 processor and Pixelworks’ high-efficiency calibration technology, this flagship device combines excellent visual display quality and an innovative foldable screen to deliver a truly unique user experience.

Enhanced by Pixelworks visual processing technology, OPPO Find N smartphones provide users with superior performance based on the following fundamentals of display quality:

Absolute Color Accuracy —— Every OPPO Find N foldable smartphone is factory calibrated with Pixelworks patented and high-efficiency calibration technology, producing an average Delta E value less than 1, which means that the human eye cannot detect any deviation from perfect color reproduction.

Professional Brightness Calibration ——Human eyes only capture a disproportionate amount of brightness compared to the light captured by cameras. In order to produce the accurate perception of images as seen by the human eye, Pixelworks visual processing technology enables the display to reproduce light based on the intensive study of human physiology and psychology. This industry-leading brightness calibration results in superior color accuracy in varied lighting conditions that are optimally aligned with people’s visual perception. By ensuring the display’s gamma value is always at 2.2 (best standard tested by image and video processing professionals), Pixelworks technology guarantees the most true-to-life experience for human eyes when viewing a foldable screen.

Color Correction in Low Brightness ——Leveraging the 3D LUT method, Pixelworks visual processing technology conducts advanced color calibration, including the adjustment of gamma value, gamut alteration, and error tracking. This calibration technology also provides the dynamic correction of nonlinear attributes, interference colors, hue, saturation, and brightness. The comprehensive management of these attributes to a very precise level produces exacting and authentic color on the screen that is as vivid as what human eyes detect in the ‘3D space’, regardless of ambient lighting conditions.

“We congratulate OPPO on the launch of the Find N smartphone! The fierce competition in the smartphone market requires leading players to constantly innovate and introduce new differentiated products in order to retain a competitive edge,” said Leo Shen, Sr. VP, GM of Mobile BU, Pixelworks.“ OPPO has an established history of delivering superior image and video quality in their devices,  and they’ve now expanded this footprint to include foldable and scroll screen displays. We are pleased to be an ongoing partner in their forward-looking program to bring every screen, whether big or small, the highest picture quality for OPPO users.”

Pixelworks (NASDAQ: PXLW) provide industry-leading content creation, video delivery and display processing solutions and technology that enable highly authentic viewing experiences with superior visual quality, across all screens – from cinema to smartphone and beyond. The Company has more than 20 years of history delivering image processing innovation to leading providers of consumer electronics, professional displays and video streaming services. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at www.pixelworks.com.

Note: Pixelworks and the Pixelworks logo are registered trademarks of Pixelworks, Inc. Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

As good as current flat-panel monitors are, they"re going to get even better. Pixelworks Inc. in Tualatin, Ore., supplies processing circuitry to most of the major monitor suppliers. Its newest-generation controller is just coming to market in displays from several vendors in the coming months, and it promises to add stability and clarity, simplify ease of use and setup, and reduce overall manufacturing costs. This new control circuitry is so much smaller than the previous generation that it will make possible LCD panels that are half the thickness and weight of current models.

Also, the firms that make the glass that goes into flat panels are now able to produce larger sheets, meaning that more screens can be made at once. For example, according to data compiled in January 2002 by DigiTimes.com in Taipei, Taiwan, Samsung Electronics Co. in Seoul, South Korea, used to supply a sheet 730 by 920 mm. in size. From this so-called fourth-generation glass they could get six 15-in. or 17-in. screens or four 18-in. screens. Samsung"s fifth-generation glass is now available, and its 1,100 by 1,250 mm. yields 15 15-in., 12 17-in. or nine 18-in. panels. That represents a serious increase in efficiency for screen manufacturing that could lower prices even further.

SHANGHAI, Dec. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced that the latest HONOR 80 GT smartphone incorporates Pixelworks" advanced X5 Plus visual processor. The continuing cooperation between Pixelworks and HONOR aims to provide users with an outstanding and comfortable video and gaming experience by leveraging multiple dimensions of visual quality, including color accuracy, clarity, frame rate and power consumption.

The newly released HONOR 80 GT smartphone is built on the Snapdragon® 8+ Gen 1 mobile platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and powered by Pixelworks" advanced visual processing technology, which together contribute to powerful gaming performance and superior display capability.

Powered by Pixelworks X5 Plus visual processor, the HONOR 80 GT smartphone brings users multiple upgraded visual display attributes with highlights that include:

MotionEngine®Technology—Pixelworks MotionEngine® (MEMC) technology supports the optimization of visual quality for both video and game content. Coupling with the high refresh rate screen, the technology uses efficient interpolation algorithm to boost low frame rate game content to higher frame rates of up to 90fps or 120fps, which ensures ultra-smooth motion quality while preserving the original artistic intent of game creators. Compared to running native high frame rate games, Pixelworks-enabled distributed processing offloads the GPU workload by reducing rendering pressure and lowers overall system power consumption when MEMC mode is on, which in turn prevents overheating of mobile devices. This functionality has been adapted to numerous mainstream mobile games. For video content, content-optimized motion processing effectively mitigates video judder resulting from frame rate mismatch between content and the display, thus ensuring that native frame rate video content has excellent and stable visual quality on high refresh rate smartphone displays. The benefits of Pixelworks" MEMC technology can be utilized to boost content frame rate of video Apps of up to 60fps.

Always-HDR mode– Pixelworks uses real-time SDR-to-HDR conversion to expose more colors and details for the vast majority of gaming and video content, which is often in native SDR (standard dynamic range) format, to enable an always-immersive experience.

Absolute Color Accuracy – Every HONOR 80 GT smartphone is factory-tuned with patented display calibration technology by Pixelworks and supports color gamut of 100% DCI-P3 and sRGB, giving rise to sharper, more true-to-life colors as seen in most real-world visual scenarios.

"We are pleased to cooperate with Pixelworks on the HONOR 80 GT smartphone," said Yu Xiuhui, GM of HONOR Number Products, HONOR. "As an aesthetic benchmark flagship, HONOR 80 GT aims to bring consumers a full range of high-quality user benefits, which are increasingly focused on the ultimate gaming experience and industry-leading visual display quality. Powered by Pixelworks" advanced visual display solutions, HONOR 80 GT will provide low frame rate games with higher frame rates and high frame rate games with more stability, as well as optimized overall visual quality with improved smoothness, color richness and clarity. Together, these visual performance enhancements will make this flagship stand out among our competitors."

"Congratulations on the release of the HONOR 80 GT smartphone!" said Ting Xiong, President of Pixelworks China. "HONOR always strives for excellence in product performance and an extraordinary user experience, which contributes to the brand"s well-diversified and differentiated product portfolio. The HONOR 80 GT smartphone emphasizes cost-effective material selection and powerful performance design, hence the phone has a great appeal among young people. We believe that our cooperation will bring the users of the HONOR 80 GT smartphone an enriched gaming experience highlighted by high frame rate and low power consumption. We look forward to continuing joint efforts with HONOR to forge ahead in the pursuit of visual performance excellence."

Pixelworks provides industry-leading content creation, video delivery and display processing solutions and technology that enable highly authentic viewing experiences with superior visual quality, across all screens – from cinema to smartphone and beyond. The Company has more than 20 years of history delivering image processing innovation to leading providers of consumer electronics, professional displays and video streaming services.

SHANGHAI, Dec. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced that the latest HONOR 80 GT smartphone incorporates Pixelworks" advanced X5 Plus visual processor. The continuing cooperation between Pixelworks and HONOR aims to provide users with an outstanding and comfortable video and gaming experience by leveraging multiple dimensions of visual quality, including color accuracy, clarity, frame rate and power consumption.

The newly released HONOR 80 GT smartphone is built on the Snapdragon® 8+ Gen 1 mobile platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and powered by Pixelworks" advanced visual processing technology, which together contribute to powerful gaming performance and superior display capability.

Powered by Pixelworks X5 Plus visual processor, the HONOR 80 GT smartphone brings users multiple upgraded visual display attributes with highlights that include:

MotionEngine®Technology—Pixelworks MotionEngine® (MEMC) technology supports the optimization of visual quality for both video and game content. Coupling with the high refresh rate screen, the technology uses efficient interpolation algorithm to boost low frame rate game content to higher frame rates of up to 90fps or 120fps, which ensures ultra-smooth motion quality while preserving the original artistic intent of game creators. Compared to running native high frame rate games, Pixelworks-enabled distributed processing offloads the GPU workload by reducing rendering pressure and lowers overall system power consumption when MEMC mode is on, which in turn prevents overheating of mobile devices. This functionality has been adapted to numerous mainstream mobile games. For video content, content-optimized motion processing effectively mitigates video judder resulting from frame rate mismatch between content and the display, thus ensuring that native frame rate video content has excellent and stable visual quality on high refresh rate smartphone displays. The benefits of Pixelworks" MEMC technology can be utilized to boost content frame rate of video Apps of up to 60fps.

Always-HDR mode– Pixelworks uses real-time SDR-to-HDR conversion to expose more colors and details for the vast majority of gaming and video content, which is often in native SDR (standard dynamic range) format, to enable an always-immersive experience.

Absolute Color Accuracy – Every HONOR 80 GT smartphone is factory-tuned with patented display calibration technology by Pixelworks and supports color gamut of 100% DCI-P3 and sRGB, giving rise to sharper, more true-to-life colors as seen in most real-world visual scenarios.

"We are pleased to cooperate with Pixelworks on the HONOR 80 GT smartphone," said Yu Xiuhui, GM of HONOR Number Products, HONOR. "As an aesthetic benchmark flagship, HONOR 80 GT aims to bring consumers a full range of high-quality user benefits, which are increasingly focused on the ultimate gaming experience and industry-leading visual display quality. Powered by Pixelworks" advanced visual display solutions, HONOR 80 GT will provide low frame rate games with higher frame rates and high frame rate games with more stability, as well as optimized overall visual quality with improved smoothness, color richness and clarity. Together, these visual performance enhancements will make this flagship stand out among our competitors."

"Congratulations on the release of the HONOR 80 GT smartphone!" said Ting Xiong, President of Pixelworks China. "HONOR always strives for excellence in product performance and an extraordinary user experience, which contributes to the brand"s well-diversified and differentiated product portfolio. The HONOR 80 GT smartphone emphasizes cost-effective material selection and powerful performance design, hence the phone has a great appeal among young people. We believe that our cooperation will bring the users of the HONOR 80 GT smartphone an enriched gaming experience highlighted by high frame rate and low power consumption. We look forward to continuing joint efforts with HONOR to forge ahead in the pursuit of visual performance excellence."

Pixelworks provides industry-leading content creation, video delivery and display processing solutions and technology that enable highly authentic viewing experiences with superior visual quality, across all screens – from cinema to smartphone and beyond. The Company has more than 20 years of history delivering image processing innovation to leading providers of consumer electronics, professional displays and video streaming services.

Watch this 90-second explainer video to learn how MEMC works, what problems it solves and the unique benefits behind the latest advancements in the technology for mobile. #smartphones#mobilephones#display#video@PCarson123@dhurkapic.twitter.com/E8KfTfhT7J— Pixelworks, Inc. (@pixelworksinc) May 8, 2020

Sr. Director Vikas Dhurka: From a capability point of view, the technologies that we provide are agnostic to the screen size and the mechanical design of the display. With the Pixelworks processor, any display could have a visual experience that is far superior than anything else that"s out there.

I think smartphone displays will get more dynamic if you"re following what"s happening in the next round of flagship 120 hertz adaptive frame rate panels - things are going to become more adaptive, not less. So, the whole idea of manually switching and selecting modes, I think, could become outdated.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW), a leader in projection display solutions, announced today that it has begun production shipments of its Topaz SoC family of display processors to tier one customers. The Topaz family of products provides a highly integrated platform that enables both superior video quality and cost-effective 2D or 3D solutions across the range of mainstream LCD or DLP projectors serving the education, business and home theater segments.

The Topaz family of video SoC solutions support up to 1080p and WUXGA resolutions and integrate Pixelworks’ industry leading image processing and video enhancement technologies, including a video decoder supporting 8/10 bit analog inputs or HDMI/DVI digital inputs, a flexible On-Screen Display (OSD) menu controller and an embedded ARM processor for customized applications support. Designed for maximum flexibility and compatibility with today’s video display technology, the Topaz family supports a variety of standard and non-standard 3D content as well as comprehensive 3D format decoding with a universal 3D glasses interface.

Additionally, the Topaz family easily enables seamless connectivity using an integrated USB 2.0 device/host controller and Ethernet MAC, which together with the industry’s best-in-class network software development suite, provide user interactivity in an easy-to-use yet powerful development platform.

“Current projector technology is undergoing a significant transition as more diverse and sophisticated applications become available, creating expanded opportunities for our newest family of products. The evolution in illumination engines and light source technology is migrating from traditional lamp-based light sources to LED and laser technologies, which will enable a lower cost of ownership as well as more compact and portable designs. Advanced features such as network or mobile connectivity and interactivity trends are moving into mainstream models, helping to increase demand in the education segments - particularly in emerging economies such as China, India and Latin America. Pixelworks’ long history and leadership in the projector market, broad customer engagements and focus on advanced video solutions position us well to capitalize on this expected growth with our Topaz family of products as new technologies and applications re-energize the market,” said Graham Loveridge, Sr. Vice President of Marketing at Pixelworks.

Pixelworks’ advanced Image Processor with high quality H/V graphics scalar, Motion Adaptive Deinterlacer, 2D/3D Comb filter and patented Noise Reduction technology provides the highest quality video

Integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC for LAN connectivity with Pixelworks’ extensive Network Display Solutions software suite allows seamless wired or wireless connectivity

For additional information on new products, as well as product demos, please contact your local Pixelworks office (http://www.pixelworks.com/locations.php) to obtain an invitation.

Pixelworks, headquartered in San Jose, California, is an innovative designer, developer and marketer of video and pixel processing technology, semiconductors and software for high-end digital video applications. At design centers in Shanghai and San Jose, Pixelworks engineers push pixel performance to new levels for leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and professional displays worldwide.

Pixelworks is a new breed of company that truly operates without borders. We believe this will be the model for companies in the new millennium. We have optimized our culture and operations to take advantage of a dynamic new style of business fueled by technology and free trade in which people, products, and ideas flow freely around our planet. We leverage the strengths of every country and every culture where we do business to create a dynamic, flexible, aggressive engine of growth that can quickly take advantage of business opportunities around the world.

Pixelworks, Inc. designs, develops, and markets semiconductors and software for advanced televisions, multimedia projectors, and flat-panel monitors. Its system-on-a-chip integrated circuits (ICs) or interface IC products integrate a microprocessor, memory, and image processing circuits that function as a computer on a single chip. Its customers include Dell, Epson, Hewlett Packard, InFocus, LG Electronics, NEC-Mitsubishi, Philips, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Tokyo Electron Device, and ViewSonic. Close to 90 percent of the company"s sales come from its Asian customers.

Then, in 1996, Alley along with a group of InFocus employees that included Michael West, Robert Greenberg, Bradley Zenger, and Ken Hunkins, decided that they wanted to "make money, have fun, and play fair" and founded Pixelworks. At the time other, larger companies were moving into selling component technology. Pixelworks instead focused on designing and building semiconductors that let flat panel displays translate output signals from such video sources as digital television receivers, digital video disc players, and computers.

At first, Pixelworks focused on the computer market. Its self-contained modules featuring an embedded operating system, source code, and the software tools needed to customize display devices replaced a handful of electronics in flat panel displays and helped flat-display makers reduce the cost of their products. Displays with a Pixelworks controller could show web pages, spreadsheets, and a television broadcast in different windows on the same screen.

Recognized for its innovative product, Pixelworks also stood out in its industry for its distinctive management approach. In its earliest days, Alley ran the company without a strict budget, a style that grew out of his stints at Ford, Boeing, and InFocus Systems. "Most of the metrics and reports you get are like trying to drive the car by looking in the rearview mirror," he said inOregon Business in 2001. "What I rely on is feedback from customers and employees. I can tell you the health of our business by talking with customers much better than I can by reading any report."

Management"s goals in 1997 were to grow revenues in the millions; secure customers in Europe, Japan, Asia, and the United States; and introduce Pixelworks chips into three basic markets, televisions, monitors, and projectors. It achieved those goals and reached $12 million in revenues in its first year. "The problem with any [technology] market is you can"t figure out how big any of these things is going to grow and when," Alley asserted in the sameOregon Business article. His solution: "[Y]ou don"t bet on it happening next quarter or next year. You build a platform that can survive an up, down or sideways market."

Pixelworks also kept costs down by keeping a small staff and asking its employees each to do a variety of tasks. Every new employee that joined Pixelworks was literally issued a set of juggling balls when he reported to work as a simple, physical expression of the company"s expectations of its workers. Most learned to juggle. They also all flew coach and competed to see who could spend the least on lunch.

Pixelworks" founders also believed that their system-on-a-chip ICs would someday be used in televisions, and they thus positioned Pixelworks to influence television design. "We looked at the business model for computers and said if the model works for computers, the model should work for televisions," said Allen Alley, the new company"s chief executive officer in a retrospective 2003Wall Street Journalarticle.

When, in 1998, the recession in Asia led some Asian high-tech corporations to create partnerships and joint ventures with Northwest firms, Pixelworks had the opportunity to enter the television market. Toshiba Corporation, eager to lure work for its new semiconductor plant in Oita, Japan, agreed to absorb some of the cost of developing Pixelworks" first semiconductor for use in flat-panel monitors and high-definition televisions in exchange for assuming its manufacturing business. Toshiba extended a line of credit to Pixelworks on manufacturing and rushed the production of the first batch of test chips.

In 1999, Pixelworks" staff of 45 workers moved into the company"s new 23,000-square-foot office building, and Pixelworks held its third round of venture capital financing, bringing its total capital raised to close to $20 million. This third round of money went to develop the next generation of the company"s ImageProcessor products designed to take advantage of the surge in liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors. That year, ViewSonic, the top-selling monitor manufacturer in the United States, chose the ImageProcessor to power the first flat panel displays to incorporate digital, analog, and video inputs into one display.

Although the company lost $5 million on revenues of almost $13 million in 1999, Red Herring magazine named it one of the country"s ten young companies to watch in mid-1999. Moreover, Pixelworks continued to grow during troubled financial times. When the company held its initial public offering (IPO) in the spring of 2000, the NASDAQ was past its crest and declining steadily. "A lot of people thought we were crazy to go out," recalled Alley in a 2001Oregon Businessarticle, "but one of my philosophies has been, if I can raise the money, raise the money." The money from the IPO went toward working capital and general corporate purposes. Shares, issued at $10 per share in May 2000, reached more than $50 per share by October. Named Technology Company of the Year by the Oregon Entrepreneurs forum in 2000, Pixelworks became profitable in the quarter ending June 2000 and remained so. Total revenues climbed to $52.6 million for the year 2000, and Pixelworks began to supply products to Compaq and IBM, among others.

Beginning in 2000, some of the major electronics manufacturers began to integrate Pixelworks" ImageProcessor architecture into their products. Samsung Electronics employed the ImageProcessor in a line of its flat panel displays in 2000 to provide its monitors with the flexibility to offer video and computer graphics on the screen simultaneously. In 2001, NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Displays high resolution, premium-quality LCD monitors incorporated the ImageProcessor.

Also in 2001, Pixelworks expanded its scope through acquisitions. With the purchase of Panstera Inc., which manufactured fully integrated handheld devices, it entered the low-cost XDA market. This acquisition also brought with it the technology to offer screenmakers a single-chip solution that combined analog capabilities with an extended graphics array. Pixelworks" second acquisition, nDSP Corporation, strengthened its advanced video processing product and technology portfolio with the addition of low-cost, high-performance video processing ICs and the technology to enhance the image quality of mainstream consumer televisions and other digital display products. The addition of nDSP Corporation, which had two offices and 24 employees in Beijing and Shenzhen, also established Pixelworks" presence in China.

By 2001, the global economic downturn had caused the projector market growth rate to slow to 25 to 30 percent annually, but growth in flat panel displays more than made up for the decline for Pixelworks. Alley acknowledged his company"s luck inOregon Business: "I absolutely believe it is sometimes better to be lucky than good. We"ve done quite well. It"s fundamentally because the markets we sell our products to are still robust." Pixelworks had grown from its five original founders to 150 employees and had revenues of $90 million.

The following year, Pixelworks put together a complete design for the electronics inside LCD and plasma televisions. When Xoceco decided to use this design as the base for its first flat-screen television, Pixelworks" engineers taught the company how it worked and how it could be modified via software. It also acquired rival Jaldi Semiconductor Corporation as part of the move toward consolidation among the manufacturers of chips used in television and computer displays.

Pixelworks finished work on a new video-processing chip, code-named Photopia, in the fall of 2003. Photopia integrated many functions onto one chip, saving space and cost. Alley took the product first to his customers in China, the fastest-growing market for the company"s fastest-growing product line. That

By 2004, consumer trends were leaning toward flat panel and high definition televisions and Pixelworks decided that its immediate future lay in high definition television. Thus, early in 2004, it partnered with byd:sign and Xoceco to introduce a complete line of flat-panel plasma and LCD televisions for sale in the United States. The plan moved Pixelworks into the position of becoming a dominant supplier of microchips for flat panel LCD televisions. In fact, 2004 revenues for the company were $176.2 million, up 25 percent from $140.9 million in 2003. However, the limited capabilities of the manufacturers LCD panels used in computers and televisions, mostly in Asia, kept prices for 30-inch LCD televisions above $1,000 and out of reach of many consumers. Not to have all of its chips in one basket, Pixelworks also began to look to the next logical extension of its technology by adding browsing capability to its products and moving into Internet appliance space.

Principal Subsidiaries: Pixelworks Japan, LLC; Pixelworks Taiwan, LLC; Panstera, Inc.; nDSP Delaware, Inc.; nDSP Corporation; Pixelworks Ltd.; Pixelworks Nova Scotia; Jaldi Semiconductor.

1998: Toshiba Corporation helps Pixelworks develop its first semiconductor for use in flat-panel monitors and high-definition televisions in exchange for assuming its manufacturing business.

Continued Partnership with OnePlus Introduces New Super Frame Rate and Picture Quality Engine on Smartphones, Featuring Pixelworks" Low Latency MEMC and Low Power Super-Resolution Technologies

SHANGHAI, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc.  (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced the newly launched OnePlus 11 flagship smartphone China version incorporates the Pixelworks X7 visual processing chipset and delivers a first of its kind solution, which was jointly developed and tuned by the two brands. By leveraging Pixelworks" core technologies, including the first ultra-low latency MotionEngine®, low power super-resolution and industry leading professional color calibration, the OnePlus 11 smartphone redefines the visual boundary between virtual and real worlds, while also establishing a new level of visual excellence for mobile gaming. The OnePlus 11 smartphone is one of the first smartphones to utilize the Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In terms of display, the smartphone sports a 6.7-inch 2K curved display with the real LTPO 3.0 technology and supports refresh rates of up to 120 Hz. In terms of camera, it features a triple-camera setup with a 50MP primary sensor, a 48MP ultra-wide lens, and a 32MP telephoto lens. The smartphone also incorporates a 5000mAh battery and supports 100W fast charging. Driven by a pioneering commitment to gaming and display performance, OnePlus introduced its long-awaited Super Frame Rate and Picture Quality Engine on the newly released OnePlus 11 smartphone. Following extensive planning and coordination, this new solution provides upgraded and consistently stable high frame rate and superior picture quality across a growing number of games, ushering in a new era of visual excellence for mobile gaming. Through cooperation with gaming engine partners, OnePlus utilizes its exclusive and self-developed HyperBoost gaming engine to help the smartphone"s processor better allocate and manage resources needed for the games. Additionally, Pixelworks" professional rendering chipset optimizes the processed gaming data to ensure that game content runs seamlessly on the smartphone at high frame rate and with high resolution. As a key element of OnePlus" Super Frame Rate and Picture Quality Engine solution, the Pixelworks X7 visual processing chipset contributes further technical integration and visual optimization to the display pipeline. The number of high frame rate games powered by Pixelworks low-latency MEMC technology has now exceeded 100 titles. The technology has also brought comprehensive 120fps smooth gaming experience to consumers and set a new benchmark in the industry. The low power super-resolution technology uses an advanced algorithm to achieve image super-resolution reconstruction, generating high-resolution game graphics with clearer texture and richer details, surpassing the picture quality of the original game content. In addition, the chipset also maintains a consistently high standards in terms of SDR2HDR, color and brightness calibration, bringing users visual enjoyment with authentic picture quality and great eye-comfort. Coupled with the joint tuning efforts of Pixelworks and OnePlus, the OnePlus 11 smartphone succeeds in supporting both high frame rate and high picture quality simultaneously in top games, such as Glory of the King, Game for Peace and Genshin Impact. The resulting end performance overcomes historical systems-level limitations to uniquely deliver the full converged advantages of both 120 fps and a 2K resolution screen. Specific to the excellent visual display qualities enabled by the Pixelworks X7 visual processor, it provides the OnePlus 11 smartphone with the following advanced capabilities:

Ultra-Low Latency MotionEngine® Technology – Driven by advanced algorithms and innovative architecture, the technology supports ultra-low latency frame interpolation that can boost the frame rate of original content to as high as 120fps while maintaining comparable smoothness of picture quality. Further, the technology ensures minimal latency as low as 10ms, which is well beyond the range of human perception. This function has been optimized for over 100 popular mobile games, including Glory of the King, Game for Peace, League of Legends, Genshin Impact and Sky: Children of Light. Low Power Super-Resolution – Pixelworks" visual processing technology leverages newly advanced algorithms to improve picture quality by boosting content resolution from low to high resolution, making it possible for smartphones to empower lower picture quality games with excellent visual quality on screens capable of displaying at higher refresh rates. With the boosted resolution, sharper and enhanced outlines of game characters and scenes look more authentic and smoother than the those displayed in native resolution. This mode has now been applied to multiple notable games, such as Genshin Impact, Glory of the King, League of Legends, Cross Fire, QQ Speed, Sky: Children of Light, Game for Peace and Moonlight Blade. AI Always-On HDR – Converts source SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) content to HDR (High Dynamic Range) content in real-time. This function improves the color saturation and contrast of images, producing a more detailed and vivid display to human eyes. Based on AI display functions, this technology utilizes scene detection to intelligently adjust display parameters according to the scenes of different games to ensure smooth, real-time transitions from SDR to HDR. Absolute Color Accuracy – Each OnePlus 11 smartphone is factory calibrated with Pixelworks" patented and high-efficiency calibration technology, producing an average Delta E value (an indicator of color accuracy) less than 1, which enables consumers to enjoy real-to-life color for all apps and content covering 100% P3 and sRGB color gamuts. By leveraging the 3D LUT method, Pixelworks visual processing technology conducts advanced color calibration to comprehensibly and precisely manage numerous display attributes, including hue, saturation and brightness, making the color displayed on the screen look as vivid as what human eyes detect in the "3D space". Additionally, Pixelworks technology compensates for the color saturation to guarantee the consistent and most true-to-life experience for human eyes in different color modes and lighting conditions. Adaptive Brightness Calibration – Ensures the display"s gamma value is always at 2.2 (best standard tested by image and video processing professionals) in different color modes to achieve the most true-to-life experience for human eyes when users view content on a mobile device"s screen. Even in low brightness, this Pixelworks solution adapts the gamma curve to compensate for brightness to ensure the consistent color appearance of content displayed on the screen. "The mobile gaming market is constantly evolving as gamers continue to demand better gaming experiences." said, Li Jie, President of OnePlus China. "It requires rich game content, as well as great visual delights, to create an excellent gaming experience. Visual effects of games rely on the integration of content design, image design, hardware rendering and advanced display panels. In other words, game publishers, game engine developers, smartphone manufacturers, hardware technology providers and other partners in the gaming ecosystem must work together in order to deliver the most realistic and intense visual appeal. As part of establishing an improved collaboration mechanism, we proposed cooperation on the Super Frame Rate and Picture Quality Engine, and we are very pleased to enlist Pixelworks" help in getting the most out of the technology. Working together, we believe we are ushering in a new era of super-high picture quality for mobile games." "We congratulate the OnePlus team on their release of the OnePlus 11 smartphone!" said Ting Xiong, President of Pixelworks China. "OnePlus" meticulous attention to the user experience and relentless pursuit of innovation are truly impressive. Pixelworks has long been committed to engaging avid gamers in similarly enjoyable visual experiences when playing AAA games on mobile devices instead of on PCs. We believe that OnePlus shares the same goal. With more and more Chinese game publishers seeking to extend their success abroad, games have transcended their role as mere outlets of entertainment. In fact, some outstanding games have gradually started to become cultural icons. As we aim to improve the displaying of game content on mobile devices with superb visual technologies and help bring exceptional games to a wider audience, we also look forward to continued cooperation with OnePlus and other gaming ecosystem partners on innovate technologies and solutions. We"re excited to embark on the journey to optimize gaming experiences on mobile devices together." About OnePlus

OnePlus is a pioneering and performance-oriented brand under OPPO. The company brings together a group of engineers who dare to challenge the limits of the industry, pursue cutting-edge technologies, and pay attention to quality details. OnePlus sticks to its "Never Settle" mantra and provides technology enthusiasts with exquisitely designed devices featuring ultimate performance, specially designed texture, and flagship user experience. About Pixelworks

Pixelworks provides industry-leading content creation, video delivery and display processing solutions and technology that enable highly authentic viewing experiences with superior visual quality, across all screens – from cinema to smartphone and beyond. The Company has more than 20 years of history delivering image processing innovation to leading providers of consumer electronics, professional displays and video streaming services. For more information, please visit the company"s web site at www.pixelworks.com . Note: Pixelworks, MotionEngine and the Pixelworks logo are trademarks of Pixelworks, Inc. Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pixelworks-powers-oneplus-11-smartphone-to-redefine-visual-excellence-for-mobile-gaming-301712420.html