News Release for Q1 2003

New Products

LCM with White LED Backlight

LCM with FFSTN LCD

LCM built-in Chinese Character Fonts

High Contrast

- Dark Black Mode (Negative)

- Contrast Ration >>20 (** Ration depends on backlight)

- Supporting Chinese fonts (16x16 dot matrix)

- Font type: Big 5 code, traditional character set

GB code, simplified character set

White LED Backlight

Character LCM

LCD Models Outline Dimension Viewing Area LCD Type

PC1602WRM-FWA-C-YG 84.0x44.0 mm 61.0x15.8mm STN, Negative

PC1602WRM-LWA-C-YD

PC1602WRT-LWA-C-YD122.0x44.0 mm 99.0x24.0 mm

STN, Negative

FSTN, Negative

PC2002WRM-A/BWA-C-L1 116.0x37.0 mm 85.0x18.6 mm STN, Negative

PC2004WRT-AWA-L 98.0x60.0 mm 76.0x25.2 mm FFSTN, Negative

PC2004WRF-MSO-H-Y7 146.0x62.5 mm 76.0x25.2 mm FSTN, Positive

More white LED B/L modules are available upon request

White LED Backlight

Graphic LCM LCD Models Outline Dimension Viewing Area LCD Type

PG12864WRF-JNN-HP5 75.0x52.7 mm (max) 60x32.6mm FSTN, Positive

PG12864WRM-KNN-IL3 93.0x70.0 mm 72.0x40.0 mm STN, Negative

PG24064WRF-AYA-HL3 / WRS-AYA-HL1

PG24064WRF-ETA-HL1 / WRM-ETA-IL1

PG24064WRS-ETA-HL1 / WRU-ETA-HL1

PG24064WRF-FTA-HL1 / WRM-FTA-IL1

180.0x65.0 mm 134.0x40.4 mm

FSTN, Positive

STN , Positive

STN, Negative

PG240128WRF-ATA-HL1 / WRM-ATA-IL1

PG240128WRS-ATA-HL1144.0x104.0 mm 114.0x64.0 mm

FSTN, Positive

STN, Positive

STN, Negative

PG320240WRF-CNNHL2

PG320240WRF-DE4HL1 / WRM-DE4IL1 / WRS-DE4BL1

PG320240WRF-E/FNNHL1

PG320240WRF-HNNHP2 / WRF-HNNHN1

PG320240WRF-MNN-H / WRT-MNN-I

150.5x96.8 mm

148.02x120.24 mm

153.2x96.0 / 167.1x109.0 mm

92.0x71.7 mm

167.0x111.0 mm

105.0x80.0 mm

102.14x92.14 mm

105x80 / 122x92 mm

78.78x59.58 mm

120.0x90.0 mm

FSTN, Positive

FSTN, Negative

STN, Negative

STN, Positive

More white LED B/L modules are available upon request

FFSTN

Character LCM

LCD Models Outline Dimension Viewing Area LCD Type

PC1602NYT-JWB-F-R1 85.0x30.0 mm 64.5x17.2 mm FFSTN, Negative

PC1602LRT-LWA-C-L3 122.0x44.0 mm 99.0x24.0 mm FFSTN, Negative

PC2004LRT-AWA-I/L 98.0x60.0 mm 76.0x25.2 mm FFSTN, Negative

More standard LCM with FFSTN Technology will be available.

Semi-custom and custom design LCM can also avail of FFSTN Technology

FFSTN

Graphic LCM

LCD Models Outline Dimension Viewing Area LCD Type

PG12864LRT-KNN-I 93.0x70.0 mm 72.0x40.0 mm FFSTN, Negative

PG320240WRT-MNN-I 167.0x111.0 mm 120.0x90.0 mm FFSTN, Negative

More standard LCM with FFSTN Technology will be available.Semi-custom and custom design LCM can also avail of FFSTN Technology

Built-in Chinese Font

Models

LCD Models Outline Dimension Viewing Area LCD Type Display

PG12816ARU-AWH/WD-A 80.0x35.0 mm 65.0x16.0 mm STN, Positive 8 Chinese characters* 1 Lines

PG12864ARS/U-KWH-A/GP8

PG12864LRS/U-KWH-BP893.0x70.0 mm 72.0x40.0 mm STN, Positive 8 Chinese characters* 4 Lines

PG16032ARS-BWH-AP2

PG16032LRS-BWH-BP2116.0x44.0 mm 99.0x24.0 mm STN, Positive 10 Chinese characters* 2 Lines

Supporting Traditional Chinese Character, English and Special Character fonts – Total of 8192 charactersSupporting Simplified Chinese Character, English and Special Character fonts – Total of 8192 charactersSupporting Simplified, Traditional Chinese, English and Japanese Character Fonts Supporting Korean Character FontsSpecs are available upon request

NOTE: All New Technology are Available for Custom Design Projects

New RecruitsPowertip has recently recruited 2 new sales engineer to provide more

technical support for European market. One will be stationed in Taiwan and the other in Europe. This will further enchance Powertip’s sales and technical support to our distributors and its valued customers.

Mr. Steven Lin will be stationed in Taiwan, and his job function will cover the entire custom design projects and local trade show for the whole European market.

On the other hand, Mr. Jonathan Tseng will be stationed in Europe starting Q2 of 2003 to provide technical support to distributors and major (key) customers in Europe.

Contact Information:Steven LinEmail: Steven@mail.powertip.com.twTel: 886-4-2355-8168 ext. 535

Jonathan Tseng : To Be Advise in Q2