Dr. Larry Hornbeck will receive an Academy Award of Merit at the Academy's 2015 Scientific and Technical Awards presentation for his invention of the digital micromirror devices (DMD) chip. In announcing the award, the Academy said that this invention "is the core technology that has enabled Texas Instruments' DLP Cinema projection to become the standard of the motion picture industry." According to TI, motion pictures are now viewed worldwide on nearly 117,000 award-winning TI DLP Cinema® projectors.
