E Ink improves Pearl-white display to debut in next-gen Kindle DX

Published:2012/4/17 1:00:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

E Ink has improved its paper-white display. The previous display technology was already the whitest of available reflective displays, but the company has moved to stay one step ahead of its competitors by upping the contrast ratio by a claimed 50 percent over competing technologies.

When it debuts in Amazon’s next-generation, large-screen Kindle DX e-reader, the technology will show off its claimed 50 percent contrast-ratio improvement over competing offerings. With Pearl, text now "pops" from the displayed page, minimizing eyestrain, but reportedly without compromising the E Ink display’s vaunted weeklong battery life between charges (compared with roughly a day’s worth of battery operation for devices, such as Apple’s iPad, that use LCD screens).

Now multiple semiconductor vendors, including Epson, Freescale, Marvell and Texas Instruments support E Ink displays, and all vendors have created support chips for e-reader OEMs.

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