Two Chinese engineers were sentenced on Friday for a corporate espionage case from 2006. The perps were busted for stealing computer chip designs from their employers and trying to smuggle them into China to launch a government-backed startup there. Boy, that’s a really long time to wait for a sentencing.

Four companies were victims of the plot: NEC Electronics Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Transmeta Corp. and Trident Microsystems Inc. Fei Ye and Ming Zhong both had worked at Transmeta and Trident. Ye had also worked at NEC and Sun.

NEC LCD Technologies, together with its sales and marketing channels in the Americas and Europe, NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, announced the successful development of a new 12.1-inch (31 centimeters diagonal) amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD) module with super video graphics array (SVGA) resolution that enables naked-eye viewing of stereoscopic images. Featuring horizontal double-density pixel (HDDP) structure, NEC's proprietary pixel array for stereoscopic displays, this module enables users to view high-density stereoscopic images without special 3D glasses.

The HDDP structure is composed of horizontally striped RGB color sub-pixels; each pixel consists of three sub-pixels that are striped horizontally and split in half lengthwise. As a result, horizontal resolution is double that of 3D LCD modules constructed with vertically striped pixels, and 3D images are produced through data for the right eye and data for the left eye being alternately displayed horizontally by pixel. Moreover, 2D images may also be displayed when the same data is presented for adjacent pixels. Since the LCD module can display both 3D and 2D images at the same resolution, it can display a mixture of 2D and 3D images simultaneously on the same screen without causing discomfort to viewers. Furthermore, high-quality images are ensured through optimization that has reduced 3D crosstalk and produces a wide visible 3D area.

Recently, 3D-based media content has been gaining popularity. In the United States, the number of 3D cinemas and games has been increasing, and 3D broadcasting in Japan was launched in December 2007. Meanwhile, the demand for 3D images has been growing for a variety of applications, such as amusement equipment, digital signage and industrial CAD, medical image analysis and other equipment. As a result, the demand for hardware that can display high-quality 3D images has increased rapidly.

The new LCD module is a result of NEC LCD Technologies' research and development efforts to produce higher 3D image quality that complements the 2.5-inch 3D LCD module with HDDP structure that was developed by NEC Central Research Laboratories. The new module corresponds to the size and resolution (i.e. 12.1-inch SVGA), which are currently in high demand throughout the industrial market.

NEC LCD Technologies continues to promote research and development of 3D displays, and aims to start production in fiscal year 2009 in addition to the development of new applications for the company's primary markets.

The 2009 NAB Show, held April 18-23 in Las Vegas, will include new pavilions and exhibitors showcasing the latest developments in 3D, mobile solutions, IPTV and content, show organizers announced today. The NAB Show will once again put content and the content lifecycle in the spotlight through an unparalleled array of 1,600 exhibits, featuring the industry's top innovators, including Show partners Sony, Thomson, Panasonic, Canon, Dolby, Evertz, Harris, JVC, Ross Video and Vitec Group. Other major exhibitors that reflect the leading edge in content development include Accenture, Adobe, Autodesk, Cisco, Google, HP, Microsoft, NEC, QUALCOMM, Inc./Media FLO and Quantel.

"The new pavilions featured on the exhibit floor will allow content professionals from all sides of the broader-casting spectrum to come together to share experiences, explore opportunities and examine new business models for distributing content over next generation platforms," said NAB Executive Vice President of Conventions and Business Operations Chris Brown. "We look forward to providing the content community with an even sharper focus around the balance between content development and distribution during the 2009 NAB Show."

New pavilions at the NAB Show include:

• Content Commerce Pavilion is produced in partnership with VideoNuze and located within Content Central. This area will unite all members of the content community to facilitate business to business information sharing and innovation, explore opportunities and examine new business models for distributing content over next generation platforms.
  
  "I'm thrilled that VideoNuze is partnering with NAB to create the Content Commerce Pavilion at the 2009 NAB Show," said Will Richmond, editor and publisher of VideoNuze. "The broadband video industry is exploding with content and technology choices; this will be a premier opportunity to see the latest monetization, video platform, syndication, and ad support technologies that will expand audience reach for content owners."
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• Mobile Solutions Pavilion is produced in partnership with Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) and will showcase the latest in mobile technologies including: standards, handsets, advertising applications and end-to-end mobile solutions.
  
  "We are excited about our ongoing relationship with NAB and the partnership to help create the Mobile Solutions Pavilion at the 2009 NAB Show," said Jim Beddows, board chairman for MEF Americas. "The rapid acceleration of video consumed through mobile devices bodes well for cross-platform opportunities and for the content industry as a whole."
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• 3D Pavilion includes the latest in stereoscopic and auto stereoscopic technologies. This area will feature 3D software tools for content professionals looking to create cutting-edge 3D footage. Participating first time exhibitors include Phillips 3D Solutions and 3ality Digital.
  
  "Exhibiting at the NAB Show is vital for Philips 3D Solutions," said Bjorn Teuwsen, manager of marketing and communications at Phillips 3D Solutions. "The NAB credo 'where content comes to life,' will become reality when you experience the new dimension of our immersive 3D displays."
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• NHK Pavilion will include a super hi-vision theater and an integral 3D television system, a new development in 3D technology that reproduces the 3D effect in HDTV without being sensitive to viewer position. Japan's terrestrial digital broadcasting system, ISDB-T, will also be displayed at the pavilion, featuring an innovative application that shows how mobile DTV services can be utilized for emergency warning systems.

Pavilions returning this year include the IPTV Pavilion, produced in partnership with Telephony and Broadcast Engineering magazines, and an array of international pavilions. Occupying over 15,000 square feet of exhibit space, the International Pavilions at the 2009 NAB Show will include representatives from France, Bavaria, Belgium, Brazil, India, the UK and Italy.

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