Kopin Names Chief Technology Officer:
Dr. Hong Choi from MIT Joins Kopin
TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000--Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN - news) announced today that Dr. Hong Choi has joined the Company in the new post of chief technology officer. Dr. Choi, 49, will be responsible for plotting Kopin's technology roadmap, identifying new market opportunities and expanding the Company's position as the dominant provider of gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) for wireless and broadband communications, and miniature flat panel displays for consumer electronics.
``I am very pleased to have Dr. Choi join our Company,'' said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's president and chief executive officer. ``Combining our strength in core materials and device technologies with Dr. Choi's broad expertise in optoelectronic materials and devices will enable us to accelerate the development of new technologies and products for broadband telecom applications.''
Before joining Kopin, Dr. Choi spent 17 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory, most recently as a Senior Staff Member. He is renowned in the semiconductor industry for his many contributions to semiconductor materials and devices, especially in laser development. Dr. Choi received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and has co-chaired conferences on semiconductor lasers and materials. Dr. Choi has published more than 100 technical papers and two book chapters, edited four conference proceedings, and given numerous presentations at leading technical conferences and universities.
``Kopin has earned a reputation as a technology leader for its GaAs transistors and miniature flat panel displays, a reputation that played an important role in my decision to join the Company,'' Dr. Choi said. ``I look forward to shaping the Company's strategic direction and identifying opportunities that will enable Kopin to build on its success by developing new products and expanding into new markets.''
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading manufacturer of gallium arsenide transistor products and miniature flat panel displays for advanced communications and digital imaging applications. The Company's GaAs HBT devices are used to produce power amplifier circuits for CDMA, GSM, TDMA and PCS wireless telephone handsets as well as multi-gigabit circuits for fiber optic and Internet data transmission. Kopin's CyberDisplay family of ultra-small, high-density imaging devices is designed for portable communications and consumer products including camcorders and digital cameras and wireless Internet appliances. Kopin's Web site is located at www.kopin.com. |
