Kopin announces CyberDisplay SVGA, world's highest-resolution color-f

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    TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2005--

    CyberDisplay SVGA ideal for mobile applications requiring high-resolution, full-color image

    Kopin(R) Corp. (Nasdaq: KOPN), the leading provider of microdisplays for mobile consumer electronics, today announced the Kopin CyberDisplay(R) SVGA, which offers 800-x-600-x-3 color-dot resolution in a 0.59-inch diagonal package. Like the other members of the CyberDisplay product family based on Kopin's scalable color filter microdisplay architecture, the CyberDisplay SVGA is the world's highest-resolution transmissive active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) for its size.
    The CyberDisplay SVGA produces vivid, realistic, full-color images, making it ideal for mobile devices requiring high resolution such as DVD players and games. Because the CyberDisplay SVGA is optimized for computer-generated graphics and text, it is especially well-suited for wearable computer applications such as browsing the Internet on the go or viewing a repair manual through an eyewear-mounted display. In addition, the sharp image of CyberDisplay SVGA will enable personal video eyewear products displaying realistic 3-D stereoscopic video.
    "Today's video on the go applications require compact displays with very high resolution and low power consumption," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's chairman and CEO. "Just as music lovers can carry 5,000 songs in their pocket, today's workers can carry an entire office's worth of information with them and summon the pertinent bit to a tiny display near their eye for private viewing. Gamers and movie viewers can likewise enjoy richer, full-color multimedia experiences than ever. We're in an unparalleled position to satisfy these new mobile video demands with the CyberDisplay SVGA, and we will continue to push the boundaries of size and resolution for our displays."
    Built with nanotechnology, the CyberDisplay SVGA incorporates a patent-pending low-voltage architecture that allows interface voltage swings to be reduced to standard 3.3-volts for all digital control signals. The low-voltage architecture lowers the power consumption by the SVGA display to approximately 100mW. Each 15 x 15 um square full-color pixel comprises three primary-color dots, creating a total active array of 2,400-x-600 (1,440K) dots. The CyberDisplay SVGA can display 16 million colors and offers a power-saving sleep mode, an important battery-extending feature for mobile applications.
    Available immediately, Kopin offers samples, reference designs and full technical support, buttressing customers' ability to quickly move their CyberDisplay-equipped products to market.

    About Kopin

    Kopin is a leading developer and manufacturer of digital imaging and telecommunications technologies that enhance the delivery and presentation of video, voice and data. The company has combined advanced AMLCD and integrated circuit technology to produce its award-winning CyberDisplay family of ultra-small, high-density imaging devices for camcorders, digital cameras, personal video eyewear, and thermal weapon sights in consumer and military systems. Telecommunication providers are using Kopin's heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) wafers in cellular phones, Wi-Fi, VoIP and high-speed Internet data transmission. For more information, please visit Kopin's Web site at www.kopin.com.

    Statements in this news release about Kopin's CyberDisplay SVGA that are not historical in nature may be considered "forward-looking" statements under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could materially affect future results. These risk factors include, but are not limited to: the fact that the CyberDisplay SVGA would be ideal for mobile video applications; Kopin's ability to manufacture CyberDisplay SVGA products in volume; Kopin's ability to develop new displays with bigger size and higher resolution; availability of third-party components; general economic and business conditions and growth in the flat panel display industry; the impact of competitive products and pricing; viability of integrated circuit fabrication facilities; cost and yields associated with production of the Company's CyberDisplay imaging devices; loss of significant customers; acceptance of the Company's products; continuation of strategic relationships, the impact of competitive products and pricing; and other risk factors and cautionary statements listed in Kopin's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings include Kopin's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 25, 2004.

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CONTACT: Kopin Corporation Richard Sneider, 508-824-6696 CFO richard_sneider@kopin.com or Beaupre & Co. Public Relations Christine LeCompte, 603-559-5802 SVP lecompte@beaupre.com

KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT SOURCE: Kopin Corporation

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