Taipei, Taiwan, May 3, 2006 – System General Corporation, the leader in the LCD monitor power adapter market, today announced its brand new power supply solutions, while at the same time unveiling its advance into the LCD TV market. This full range of solutions is ideal for various-sized LCD TVs, in which System General leverages its power IC products, including PFC (power factor correction) control chips, PWM (pulse width modulation) control chips and supervisor ICs. Boasting its ever-growing product portfolio, System General moves a step nearer to a new milestone driven by dramatic growth in the LCD TV market.

With prices rapidly becoming acceptable, the shipment of LCD TVs is increasing dramatically. According to the DisplayBank's latest report, the average compound annual growth rate of LCD TVs from 2006 to 2010 will be 35%, with shipment expected to increase from 40.2 million units in 2006 to 92.8 million units in 2010. The booming development in the market ensures the need for power supplies of LCD TVs equally. With over 50% of the LCD monitor power adaptor market share globally, System General is introducing a power reference design that addresses requirements of various-sized TVs in the concept of total solutions. System General indicated that it has been initially involved in a partnership with well-known domestic LCD TV power supply manufacturers, and solid achievements are anticipated to contribute to development in the near future. “We expect to gain about 20% of the worldwide LCD TV power supply market share by end of next year.” said Mr. Chandler Lin, President of System General.

"System General's consistently adhered to belief is to help power supply customers reduce costs of their power systems using innovative technologies while further achieving its environmentally friendly focus of energy saving." said Eric Lan, Vice President of the Sales & Engineering Division, System General. System General always rolls out solutions that allow users and manufacturers of LCD TVs, regardless of small, medium or large sizes, to fully benefit from its products. For general users, System General's LCD TV power solution significantly optimizes the power conversion efficiency, saves standby energy consumption, while achieving the environmental target of saving energy. For power supply manufacturers, System General's power IC significantly simplifies design circuits of power systems, reduces external component costs, while enhancing the price-to-performance ratio of power supplies.

In typical power supplies for 32-inch LCD TVs, for example, System General's solution employs its SG6931 PFC/PWM combo IC to design the main circuit that comes with the SG6741 PWM control chip as the standby power circuit plus the SG6515 supervisor IC. As a result of such a combination, a 320-watt output power is provided, with a power factor better than 0.98, average power conversion efficiency of 85%, and standby energy consumption lower than 1W. This complies with the strictest low-standby power consumption standard from the EU. Amazingly, the total system material cost of such a high-quality solution only amounts to NT$1.5 per watt, making it the ideal solution that features the optimal price-to-performance ratio available in today's market.