Center to Focus on Speech Enhancement, Low-Power IC and Concept
System Design
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN),
a leader in providing critical components and licensing concept systems
to partners who develop branded wearable computing products, today
announced the opening of its first Wearable Tech Center in Silicon
Valley.
Building on Kopin’s leading edge in wearable computer solutions and
components, the Wearable Tech Center will help drive development and
innovation in voice- and gesture-based technologies and hardware
components. The Silicon Valley location of the Center will further
enhance Kopin’s collaboration with customers and improve their
development cycles.
Equipped with state-of-the-art acoustic test chambers and measurement
systems to provide a full range of acoustic and audio testing, the
Center will focus on enhanced speech technology development and
evaluation, low-power integrated circuit design, concept system design,
and customer support activities. The Center will be staffed with a team
of experts from the group that developed Kopin’s Golden-i®
wearable headset concept systems, a newly formed speech enhancement
group, and integrated circuit designers from e-MDT America, Inc.,
Kopin’s most recent acquisition.
“Opening our new Wearable Tech Center is an important step in the
fulfillment of our goal to provide the critical components and concept
systems that accelerate our partners’ development of branded wearable
computing products,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan, CEO of Kopin Corporation.
“The Center is strategically located in the heart of Silicon Valley in
order to solidify Kopin’s position on the front line of the growing
wearable computing market as we continue to invest in forming strategic
relationships with top technology companies. The Wearable Tech Center
will enable us to test and refine the integration of various
technologies into the concept systems – including our own proprietary
technologies such as software, speech enhancement, optics, displays,
low-power IC and ergonomic design, as well as technology licensed from
others – and work with our customers to optimize the system performance.”
The Kopin Wearable Tech Center will be located at 2041 Mission College
Blvd., Santa Clara, California. In addition to being used as Corporate
Headquarters, Kopin’s existing facility in Westborough, Massachusetts
will focus on developing and manufacturing displays and modules. Kopin’s
Scotts Valley, California office will focus on developing Government
Systems.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leader in providing critical components and
licensing concept systems to partners who develop branded wearable
computing products. Kopin’s technology portfolio includes ultra-small
displays, optics, speech enhancement technology, software, low-power
ASICs, and ergonomically designed headset computing systems. Kopin's
proprietary components and technology are protected by more than 200
global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit
Kopin's website at www.kopin.com
and www.mygoldeni.com.
Kopin and Golden-i are trademarks of Kopin Corporation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release may be considered “forward-looking”
statements under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, without limitation,
statements relating to: Our belief that the Wearable Tech Center will
help drive development and innovation in voice- and gesture-based
technologies and hardware components; the Silicon Valley location
of the Center will further enhance Kopin’s collaboration with customers
and improve their development cycles; our belief that the wearable
computing market is growing; and that the Wearable Tech Center will
enable us to test and refine the integration of various technologies
into the concept. These statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the
Wearable Tech Center may not fulfill its purpose; the wearable computing
market may not grow; the Company may not be able to develop concept
systems that customers will license; the Company’s concept system may
not work; we may not be able to license our concept systems or sell
components profitably; manufacturing, marketing or other issues may
prevent either the adoption or rapid acceptance of products; the Company
might be adversely affected by competitive products and pricing; and
other risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company’s
periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the 12 months ended December 29, 2012, and the Company’s subsequent
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not
place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no
responsibility to update any of these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.

Source: Kopin Corporation