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GEO SEMICONDUCTOR INC. SOLVING MULTIPLE CUSTOMER PAIN POINTS
LED-BACKLIT LCD PANELS & SMARTPHONE CAMERAS
THE WORLD LEADER IN PROGRAMMABLE GEOMETRY PROCESSING FOR HD & 3D
VIDEO & IMAGES RIDE THE EMERGING WAVES DRIVEN BY THE EXPLOSION OF SOLID STATE LIGHT
SOURCES & GROWTH IN IMAGE SENSORS
AGC FINANCIAL CONFERENCE (Boston) October 27, 2010
Paul M. Russo, Chairman & CEO
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Santa Clara (headquarters), Toronto and Orlando - Transaction Closed May’09
Acquired two programmable pixel processing platforms and related IC businesses (35 patents)
Leveraging $200 million in R&D over 15+ years!
Two ICs in Production – no direct competition!
Tier 1 customers in MP with both chips – 25 customers (production & Design)
Wind’s at our back – megatrends will drive adoption in LED-backlit LCD panels & smartphone cameras! MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MARKETS
GEO – Founded to Acquire Unique Tech Assets from Silicon Optix
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GEO PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES
eWarp Platform: Real-time Geometric HD & 3D precise sub-pixel transforms
MARKET FOCUS!!
Realta Platform: Real-time software based HD & 3D Video & Image Algorithm Processing!
NO DIRECT COMPETITION FOR EITHER IC!
GEOMETRY PROCESSING CAN BE USED IN MANY APPS, BUT FOCUS IS LED-BACKLIT LCD DISPLAYS & SMARTPHONES!
LED-BACKLIT LCD PANEL
Source RGB Sub-Pixel Stream
MODIFIED RGB Sub-Pixels Stream = Source RGB Stream
GEO IS THE ONLY SUPPLIER OF PRECISE GEOMETRY SUB-PIXEL PROCESSING CHIPS!
GEO ISSP
SUB-PIXEL DEFECT SUB-PIXEL DEFECT = CAUSED BY SYSTEM DEFECTS
Source RGB Sub-Pixels + (inverse )
Source RGB Sub-Pixels + (inverse ) + = Source RGB Sub-Pixels Error By
System
PARAMETERS SET IN MANUFACTURING
PRECISE REAL-TIME ADJUSTMENT OF EVERY SUB-PIXEL
UNDERSTANDING eWarp SCALABILITY (EACH SET OF COEFFS CREATES UNIQUE COMPLEX TRANSFORM)
eWarp PROCESSOR
SUB- PIXELS
MODIFIED SUB-PIXELS
COEFFICIENTS
25K Bytes PER COEFF SET 250X MORE EFFICIENT THAN BRUTE FORCE
VARIABLES • BITS/SUB-PIXEL: 4, 8, 10, 12 ….. • # COLORS: 1, 3, 4 ….. • RESOLUTION: VGA …1080p…4K • # POLYNOMIALS/COLOR: 32, 64, 128, 256, …. • FRAME RATE: 60 HZ, 120HZ …. • POLYNOMIAL ORDER - 3 • FEATURES: TEMP, TIME, 3D, …
CAN CREATE TRANSFORM ENGINE OPTIMIZED FOR GIVEN APPLICATION! (LIKE MCUs, CAN HAVE MANY PER SYSTEM)
64 polynomials for each color (RGB)
Color/Brightness Uniformity for LCD Panels TURNKEY MFG SOLUTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE
VARIABLES SELECTED FOR W2
• 64 polynominals per color • 10 bits/sub-pixel • 1080P resolution/60 Hz
FINAL MFG STEP: MEASURE COLOR & BRIGHTNESS ACROSS PANEL, CALCULATE COEFFICIENTS, CALIBRATE PANEL (seconds)!
PARTNERSHIP WITH RADIANT IMAGING FOR MANUFACTURING
Partial List of Public GEO Customers
DENON
CYPRESS
DIVA LABS
Coretronics
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1. LED Precise color/brightness control for LED backlit LCD displays and Smartphone cameras (shipping into medical LCD displays). IP discussions with multiple smartphone IC/sensor/camera module suppliers
2. Projection F/R Displays: Optical functionality => Moore’s Law – pico, short throw, 3D, laser TV
5. Capture: ePTZ, VIDEO CONFERENCING, Cameras, Smartphones, Surveillance, Automotive. Fix pain points AND enable new features
6.
GEO – eWarp Markets Lower costs, new features, better performance
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LED – BACKLIT LCD DISPLAYS VS. CCFL
• MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT (2X), BUT • MUCH WORSE COLOR/BRIGHTNESS UNIFORMITY (65-75% VS. 85% - NEITHER IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR NON-VIDEO DISPLAYS!)
COLOR AND BRIGHTNESS ISSUES IN LCD PANELS (results worse with LED backlights)
COLOR BRIGHTNESS
LCD Module (LCM) Exploded view
Block diagram of smart BLU – GEO CAN BECOME SMART PANEL SoC!
Geo Semi Solution
eWarp sxW2 IC–Precise Sub Pixel
Color / Brightness Correction (reverse demo)
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eWarp W2 – 3 INDEPENDANT WARP ENGINES! Chip Capabilty-1/32 Sub-pixel for each color Manufacturing/material cost reductions with better performance
eWarp sxW2 IC–Sub Pixel Precise Geometry Correction Example (reverse demo)
SMARTPHONES AND PERIPHERALS
PICOPROJECTORS
SMARTPHONES CORES OR ICs • RIM • APPLE • GOOGLE • MOTO • LOGITECH
SMARTPHONE PERIPHERALS • 360 CAMERAS • AUTO SECURITY APPS • OPTICAL ATTACHMENTS
Confidential Confidential Page 17 Confidential
Image Taken With 183° Field-of-View Fisheye Lens
Horizontal Pan
Vertical Tilt
LINEAR Zoom
Capabilities of eWARPTM -- Enhancing Surveillance Image Capture De-Warp and Electronic Pan Tilt Zoom
• Allows ePTZTM (electronic Pan, Tilt, Zoom) in Surveillance Systems and Video Conference Systems using special lenses (fish-eye, wide angle, panoramic)
MULTI CAMERA SEAMLESS UNWARPING
Confidential
Confidential
360 X 360 LIVE VIEWS
360X360 VIEW REALTIME LINEARIZED!!
LIVE ePTZ DEMO, 360 smartphone Peripheral oppportunity!
186 degree CAMERA UN-WARP IN REAL TIME
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Super-Wide Angle Gaming Projectors
Automotive Wide Angle Camera
Pico and Cell Phone Projectors
ePTZ Surveillance Camera
HUD (Head Up Display)
Professional Video Camera
3D BRIGHTNESS/COLOR - MULTIPLE SET POINTS 250X MORE EFFICIENT THAN LOOK-UP TABLES!
SMARTPHONE CAMERAS, FEATURES
eWarp W2 IC & IP CORES: MULTIPLE VOLUME APPLICATIONS BILLION DOLLAR MARKETS!!
Confidential
eWarp Processor Road Map
W3 IC ROADMAP
W4 W2
SPECIFIC IP “CORES” LICENSED FOR SMARTPHONES
FOCUS: LED-BACKLIT LCD PANELS OPTIMIZED FOR SPECIFIC MARKETS
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NO DIRECT COMPETITION for GEO ICs • eWarp gxW2: Geometric
Processing. NO CHIP LIKE IT!! • REALTA: Only chip that can process
HD video in software. True platform – hardware, tools, algos!
FINANCE RELATED
CAP STRUCTURE: 5M “A”, 2M OPTIONS, 1M COMMON - $8M POST VALUATION (fully diluted)
RAISED APPROX $4.5M ($3M EQUITY, $1.5M DEBT) REVENUES: 2009 – $800K, 2010 - $1.3M, 2011 - $3-5M
$5M of Realta Inventory => $6-8M cash over time SERIES B: $10-15M - USE OF PROCEEDS:
DEVELOP W3 IC WITH LEAD ACCOUNTS DRIVE SMARTPHONE IP STRATEGY FILL KEY MANAGEMENT HOLES EXPAND SALES CHANNELS
NEW eWARP IC WILL DRIVE REVENUES & VALUATION EXPONENTIALLY!
Geo Semiconductor Inc. http://www.geosemi.com
Shaping the Future of Pixel Processing
THANK YOU!
http://www.geosemi.com/products_demovideos.htm