As display prices continue to drop, users have looked for ways to connect more than one display to their computers, and for users with graphics cards that do not support two monitors, Taiwan-based Sunix is offering a unique solution.
Sunix's solution is its VGA2625 USB-to-DVI graphics adapter. By going through a USB 2.0 port, users can instantly clone or extend a desktop onto another display via a DVI or D-Sub interface to an LCD, CRT, projector and/or PDP (plasma display panel) display.
Equipped with DDR400 200MHz 16MB memory, the VGA2625 can output a resolution as high as 1,600×1200 in 32-bit and it supports 16:9 wide-screen LCD format.
Sunix has 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has developed an expertise in the field of network adaptors and data communications. In addition to its Golden I/O cards, Sunix's product lineup also includes the HDMS41C (a four-port HDMI version 1.3 switch) and graphics adaptors.
The Sunix Group is comprised of 13 companies with around 400 employees worldwide with the Group's headquarters and research and development is based in Taipei, Taiwan.
According to Arthur Lin, founder and CEO of the Sunix Group, about 65-70% of the business of the Sunix Group is related to data communications and controllers. Some of their products include PCI cards with applications in control and communications, ATM systems, and POS (point of sale) systems.
Sunix has the ability to develop innovative products based on its own IC designs. Sunix's IC R&D group has about 50 people who work on products such as it's Golden I/O card products. "We don't use turn-key IC solutions from others but instead aim for self-sufficiency," according to Lin. "Roughly 73% of our products employ IC solutions developed by ourselves and we're working to increase that proportion of self-reliance." For example, with its own IC designs, Sunix was able to develop an integrated PCI Express 1.1 bridge with 16 port UART.
Since Sunix has its own extensive R&D capability, the company does original design manufacturing (ODM) for a number of large multi-national corporations. "For communication and data products, we do work with IBM's kiosk products, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Belkin, Foxconn and Fujitsu Siemens, stated Lin. "Wincor uses our work in its ATM lineup. In China, we provide data communication solutions for Lenovo. We also do work for Acer in Italy and England," added Lin.
Aside from developing its own IC designs, Sunix is tightly vertically integrated and handles molding, SMT production and assembly, all in-house. The company has two factories in Kunshan, China and six SMT lines and is constructing another plant with a total square area of 380,000 square meters. The company aims to have a production capacity of a million units a month.
Sunix is displaying products at booths C318, C320 and C322 in Hall 1 of the Taipei World Trade Center.
Sunix VGA2625 USB-to-DVI graphics adapter
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Arthur Lin, Sunix founder and CEO, poses with the company's integrated PCI Express 1.1 bridge with 16 port UART
Photo: Eric Mah, Digitimes, May 2007