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Chipone's 8K Display Driver Chip ICNL9390 Empowers New Electronic Sports Screens of TCL CSOT

Reading volume：780 Release time：2021/11/26

(November 26, 2021, Shenzhen, China) -- In the beginning of November, the Chinese team EDG defeated the South Korea team and won the grand champion in 2021 League of Legends World Championship. However, the competition between China, Japan and South Korea in electronic sports is not merely limited in sports. In the field of display hardware related to electronic sports, Chinese panel display enterprises represented by TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (“TCL COST”) have also actively deployed new display technologies such as 8K UHD and OLED, competing with Japanese and Korean rivals in innovation. Chipone, a provider of complete display chip solutions in China, will partner with TCL COST to empower its front ranking in R&D and manufacturing of new electronic sports screens relying on Chipone’s powerful scientific research strength and innovation capacity in R&D of display chips over the past decade.

Figure 1. The World’s First 34” R1000 165Hz Ultra-wide Electronic Sports Screen of TCL COST


The 8K LCD UHD display driver chip ICNL9390 independently developed by Chipone Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (Chipone) won the Display Component Innovation of the Year Award - Gold Award of SID and Outstanding Product and Solution Award of CUVA, with innovative breakthrough made in such aspects as half-voltage circuit, suppression technology, high-frequency input interface technology, high-performance output operational amplifier scheme, low-power design, etc. Therefore, ICNL9390 is successfully applied to TCL COST’s first 34”R1000 165Hz Ultra-wide Electronic Sports Screen in the world after passing the production verification organized by TCL COST. This electronic sports screen has been a must-have for high-end electronic sports players thanks to the powerful and appealing visual impact and smooth image quality brought by its 21:9 screen ratio, resolution of 3440×1440, 165Hz high refresh rate, and R1000 curvature.


Figure 2. Products on TCL COST Global Display Tech-ecosystem Conference

At the just finished 2021 TCL COST Global Display Tech-ecosystem Conference (DTC 2021), Zhao Jun, COO of TCL COST, noted that, “TCL COST is optimistic about the electronic sports field and expects that there will be over 30 million sets of electronic sports displays from 2023 to 2024, even though TCL COST just set foot in the electronic sports industry in the second half of 2019. We are expected to lead the global market share in electronic sports panels this year, and join hands with our strategic partners in the display ecosystem to lead China's electronic sports display industry to catch up with Japanese and South Korean rivals in terms of competitiveness. "


Figure 3. Mr. Jian Wenming, General Manager of LDDI Division of Chipone

Chipone is the first panel driver chip partner of TCL COST in China, which has independently developed multiple LCD display chips that fill in gaps in China. Its chips for 32” HD TV have occupied over half of the global market shares, and chips for 43” FHD TV have also occupied about half of the market share in Chinese mainland. With regard to the future of the electronic sports screens, Mr. Jian Wenming, general manager of LDDI Division of Chipone, noted that, “As the main electronic sports consumers, the younger generation after 90s pay great attention to the terminal experience of electronic sports display hardware. Featuring ultra-high fresh rate, 1ms extremely fast response, ultra-high contrast, ultra-wide curved surface, etc. via technological innovation, high-end display driver chips independently developed by Chipone can bring professional electronic sports players and core game players smooth yet immersive experience. With unremitting endeavors in supporting UHD 8K display, Chipone will surely achieve win-win results in UHD 8K display and other electronic sports display segments in our cooperation with TCL COST and other domestic leading panel enterprises in the future.
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