Industries Consumer ElectronicsElectronicsManufacturingSemiconductorHeadquarters Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Founded Date 1995 Founders Christopher S. Norris, Dr. Phillip Alvelda Operating Status Closed Last Funding Type Series C Also Known As MicroDisplay Corporation
Company Type For Profit
Contact Email info@microdisplay.com Phone Number 1(510) 243-9515
MicroDisplay Corporation was founded in 1995 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Based in San Pablo, CA (just north of Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area), MicroDisplay Corporation is a privately-held, integrated design manufacturer of semiconductor display products in the consumer electronics space.
MicroDisplay Corporation is a leader in Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) technology, and has designed twenty two LCOS microdisplays, seven microdisplay controllers and numerous Liquid Crystal (LC) modes allowing it to be the only in the world with commercialized single-panel LCOS microdisplay technology.
MicroDisplay Corporation holds a wide-range of intellectual property in the both the design and manufacture of LCOS microdisplays and controllers, and is staffed by a team of dedicated professionals committed to bringing high-performance, low-cost single-panel LCOS technology to the consumer market in the form next generation consumer-priced rear-projection High Definition digital televisions.