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MicroDisplay Claims Progress Toward Elusive LCoS

Posted by timothy on from the jaguar-shark dept.

zajaco0 writes "USA Today posted an article that talks about the LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) technology that is being researched for the next thin, big-screen TVs. Big companies invest millions of dollars researching this technology and none of them seem to be making any headway. The companies who have this project on their failed list include Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Intel, and Philips. MicroDisplay seems to be making some progress though, says the company's CEO: 'After 22 designs, 320 man-years, a 50% staff of Ph.Ds, and $50 million, you end up with a design that works.'"

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  1. A Deisgn that works by teiresias · · Score: 4, Funny

    'After 22 designs, 320 man-years, a 50% staff of Ph.Ds, and $50 million, you end up with a design that works.'

    One would hope.

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    1. Re:A Deisgn that works by hobbesx · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's even more than it seems once you realise it's two guys, one with a PhD, working since 1844.

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  2. Re:50 million, that is quite cheap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >150 000 dollars for a year of research? Where can you get that?

    Sandeep Gupta says: Bangalore

  3. Re:50 million, that is quite cheap by upsidedown_duck · · Score: 4, Funny


    Their staff are actually hampsters who got their Ph.Ds. on-line.

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  4. It's True! by TrippTDF · · Score: 4, Funny

    'After 22 designs, 320 man-years, a 50% staff of Ph.Ds, and $50 million, you end up with a design that works.'

    This is how we got Pamela Anderson.