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Stantum and Sitronix Team to Meet Demand for Cost-Effective, High-Performance Multi-Touch in Consumer and Mobile Applications
| Source: Stantum Technologies
BORDEAUX, FRANCE--(Marketwire - June 29, 2009) - Stantum (www.stantum.com), the pioneer
developer of multi-touch technology, and Sitronix, a global leader of LCD
driver and SoC IC design, announced a partnership to provide voltage matrix
multi-touch single-chip solutions. Under a licensing agreement, Sitronix
will integrate Stantum's patented multi-touch screen technology into its
own products and supply high-performance multi-touch controllers for
consumer electronics and mobile applications.
The multi-touch screen market is driven today by mobile phones, PNDs and
MIDs but also by devices with larger screens, such as tablet PCs, netbooks
and notebooks. Stantum voltage matrix multi-touch is a proven technology
developed and deployed in real products since 2004 and is particularly well
suited for mobile and consumer electronics products.
"This partnership will answer the market demand for economical multi-touch
controllers with unprecedented performance," said Etienne Paillard, CEO of
Stantum.
Said Sitronix's VP Weber Chien: "Stantum's technology is the most advanced
and proven multi-touch approach on the market, and we are very happy to
have the opportunity to bring it to the consumer electronics market."
The first Sitronix product based on Stantum technology will be able to
drive small to medium touch panels -- up to 10.1 inches, depending on the
touch panel specifications. Two or more chips can be cascaded in order to
control larger touch panels.
The product will benefit from the latest capabilities of Stantum's
multi-touch technology and Sitronix's IC design integration, including an
unlimited number of touches, finger and stylus input (a must-have for
handwriting recognition), finger pressure detection, and unmatched
performance in terms of scanning rate and power consumption.
The first samples of this elegant and affordable solution will be available
in Q3 2009 and in mass production by Q4 2009. Pricing is available from
Sitronix upon request.
More information can be found on Sitronix's website at www.sitronix.com.tw
and on Stantum's at www.stantum.com.
About Stantum
Stantum has been the pioneering company in multi-touch display technology
since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products
using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface. Today, Stantum's
breakthrough technology portfolio is available under license for products
covering every aspect of multi-touch interaction: touch panels, multi-touch
controllers, intellectual property cores, and multi-touch software
framework. Stantum is headquartered in Bordeaux, France.
About Sitronix
Sitronix Technology Corporation is a leading fabless LCD driver IC and SoC
IC (microcontroller) provider. The company was founded in 1998 in Hsinchu,
Taiwan, and has been listed as a publicly traded company on the Taipei
stock exchange since Dec. 2003. LCD driver ICs are applicable to mobiles
phones, OA appliances (printers, fax machines, copy machines, and DECT
phones), IA appliances (PDAs, multifunctional electronic dictionaries, and
multi-language electronic translators).