Pixelplus Announces Complete Withdrawal of Claims in its Preliminary Injunction and Lawsuit Against MagnaChip in Seoul Central District Court

SEOUL, South Korea, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pixelplus Co., Ltd. , a leading fabless semiconductor company in Korea that designs, develops, and markets CMOS image sensors for various consumer electronics applications, today announced it completely withdrew its claims in its preliminary injunction and lawsuit for defamation and tortious interference with business relationships against MagnaChip Semiconductor in Seoul Central District Court.

About Pixelplus Co., Ltd.

Pixelplus is a South Korea-based developer of high-performance, high- resolution, and cost-effective CMOS image sensors for use primarily in mobile camera phones. In addition to mobile phones, Pixelplus provides CMOS image sensors and SoC solutions for use in webcams and notebook embedded cameras, toys and games, and security and surveillance system applications.

As a fabless semiconductor company, Pixelplus is focused on creating proprietary design technologies to develop CMOS image sensors with sharp, colorful and enhanced image quality, size efficiency, and low power consumption.

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