E Ink Corporation
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder(s) | Joseph Jacobson, J.D. Albert, Barrett Comiskey, Jerome Rubin |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Website | http://eink.com |
E Ink Corporation is a privately held manufacturer of electrophoretic displays (EPDs), a kind of electronic paper. E Ink is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was co-founded in 1997 by Joseph Jacobson, a professor in the MIT Media Lab. Two years later, E Ink partnered with Philips to develop and market the technology. In 2005, Philips sold the electronic paper business as well as its related patents to Prime View International.
E Ink has since partnered with various companies, including Sony, Motorola and Amazon.com, to allow for the development of products like the Sony Reader, MOTOFONE F3, Barnes & Noble nook, and Kindle, Hanlin E-book which utilize E Ink technology.
On June 1, 2009, E Ink Corporation announced an agreement to be purchased by one of its primary business partners, Prime View International (TPO: 8089), a Hsinchu, Taiwan-based manufacturer, for USD $215 million. PVI has since been renamed E Ink Holdings Inc. It is predicted that the purchase by Prime View will speed the development of color E Ink.[1]
E Ink's "Vizplex" technology is used by Nook and Kindle 2. E Ink's "Pearl" technology is claimed to have a 50% better contrast ratio. It is used by Kindle 3 and Sony.
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- Official Site of E Ink Corporation
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