a westborough massachusetts based electronics manufacturer best known for its display devices for mobile electronics . contents 1 microdisplays 2 other products 3 acquisitions 4 controversy 5 references 6 external links microdisplays edit president john c.c. fan describes the company s growth strategy as being based on expanding the range of applications for microdisplays . 1 kopin has attempted to combat the trend of digital cameras being released without viewfinders through the development of tiny electronic displays aimed at inclusion in higher end cameras rather than budget models . 2 kopin s first cyberdisplay product debuted in 1999 in a jvc digital camera ; it featured a 320x240 pixel display with a 0.24 inches 0.61 cm diagonal measurement . 3 in 2007 the olympus corporation chose a kopin cyberdisplay with qvga level resolution for inclusion as a viewfinder in its sp 550 uz model . 4 in 2012 the company s newest cyberdisplay model had a diagonal measurement of 0.27 inches 0.69 cm with vga level resolution of 640x480 pixels . 2 outside of the consumer market kopin s microdisplays have also been used in electronics devices aimed at the military and law enforcement officers . in 2008 the united states army awarded kopin with the first phase of a 4.2 million program aimed at producing microdisplays more quickly and improving their performance with the aim of incorporating them in night vision devices . 5 in 2009 kopin introduced its golden i headset computer aimed at firefighters and security professionals . 6 nbc reporter monica j. vila named the 2013 version of the golden i it as one of her favorite devices introduced at the consumer electronics show that year even though it was not aimed at the consumer market . 7 later that year there was speculation that kopin might enter into a deal with microsoft or apple to provide components for any optical head mounted display product those companies might manufacture to compete with google glass after google chose kopin s competitor himax to supply components for google glass ; however analyst karl guttag stated to seeking alpha that he saw this as unlikely . 8 other products edit kopin also manufactures heterojunction bipolar transistors . among its customers for this product line is woburn massachusetts based skyworks solutions . 9 acquisitions edit in january 2011 kopin acquired british optoelectronics company forth dimension displays fdd for 7 million in cash . kopin s president john fan indicated in media comments that kopin was especially interested in fdd s ultra high resolution reflective microdisplays and time domain imaging technology . 10 controversy edit in july 1999 neil bush son to president george h.w. bush and brother to president george w. bush made at least 798 000 on three stock trades in a single day of kopin corp. where he had been employed as a consultant . the company announced on the same day good news about a new asian client that sent its stock value soaring . bush stated that he had no inside knowledge and that his financial advisor had recommended the trades . he said any increase in the price of the stock on that day was purely coincidental meaning that i did not have any improper information . 11 when asked in january 2004 about the stock trades bush contrasted the capital gains he reported in 1999 and 2000 with the capital losses on kopin stock he reported 287 722 in all in 2001 . in 2001 kopin joined a broad decline in high tech stock valuations . 12 references edit perspective kopin looks to broaden uses for its microdisplays . nikkei electronics asia . 2006 11 16 . retrieved 2014 02 15 . a b tomkins mike 2012 06 05 . electronic viewfinders without the bulk kopin shrinks the microdisplay . imaging resource . retrieved 2014 02 16 . jvc brings kopin cyberdisplay to market . imaging resources . 1999 07 30 . retrieved 2014 02 16 . olympus selects kopin s electronic viewfinder for sp 550 uz . ephotozine . 2007 03 29 . retrieved 2013 02 16 . kopin wins microdisplay deal for army night vision program . boston business journal . 2008 04 22 . retrieved 2014 02 16 . szondy david 2013 02 12 . golden i wearable handsfree computer interface . gizmag . retrieved 2014 02 15 . ces best in show . nbc latino . 2013 01 13 . retrieved 2014 02 15 . will kopin benefit from the glass wars . seeking alpha . 2013 03 24 . retrieved 2014 02 16 . kopin extends supplier deal with skyworks . boston business journal . 2008 04 15 . retrieved 2014 02 16 . cameron greig 2011 01 12 . forth dimensions displays bought by us giant . business insider . retrieved 2014 02 15 . pete yost associated press neil bush made 1 day stock profit of 171 370 houston chronicle 31 december 2003 accessed 21 november 2010 . cnn.com neil bush makes one day profit over 170 000 jan. 2 2004 . archived from the original on june 19 2006 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kopin corporation & oldid 739476404 categories electronics companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in massachusettstaunton massachusetts navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 22 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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