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CORSAIR and CHERRY Partners to Launch the First CHERRY MX RGB Gaming Keyboard
The launch will happen in Las Vegas at CES 2014 event in January 2014
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NEW DELHI / BANGALORE, India - December 5, 2013
Corsair and Cherry partners for an exclusive joint launch of CHERRY MX RGB keyboards and switches. With this tie up, Corsair®,
will bring the world's first Cherry MX RGB based gaming keyboards to
the market with an exclusive launch at CES 2014. With its "MX RGB
switch," CHERRY will present the next evolutionary stage of its
billion-fold proven mechanical keyswitches of the "MX" series. The MX
switches with Gold Crosspoint technology have up to this point been
appreciated by millions of users due to high precision, the best
possible operating feel, and an extremely long service life. Well-known
manufacturers of high-quality mechanical keyboards - especially in
gaming - use the Cherry MX switches in different variants. Cherry has
now enhanced its leading product with RGB technology. Directly mounted
on the circuit board, SMD LEDs (SMD = "Surface Mount Devices")
illuminate key symbols in specially designed keycaps using the MX RGB
switch in the entire RGB color spectrum - all 16.7 million RGB colors.
With the latest version of the MX switch series, the MX RGB switch, CHERRY has solved several problems at once.
Karl-Heinz Müller, Product Developer at CHERRY, said, "The
illumination of keyboard symbols - especially in terms of their
uniformity of illumination - is a technically highly complex and
demanding task. The previous solution with the incorporation of 3 mm
LEDs led to unsatisfactory results. With our newly developed MX RGB
switch, key symbols can be evenly illuminated not only in the widest
variety of brightness levels but also in up to 16.7 million different
colors. Our new concept of light conductance was implemented through the
use of new materials and several patent-pending technical solutions.
This innovative, technical concept was implemented only in conjunction
with manufacturing processes and sophisticated tool concepts constantly
optimized over many years."
Uniform illumination in the full RGB color spectrum
The
latest MX switch variant is optimized for use with SMD LEDs for the
full RGB color spectrum as well as monochromatic designs. Using an
optimized, transparent case with a scattering surface lens, CHERRY was
able to achieve much more even symbol illumination in the key caps
compared to previous solutions. Due to the special design of the entire
system, all 16.7 million RGB colors can also be displayed in high
luminosity for the first time. Through the SMD LEDs mounted directly on
the circuit board, cost-effective, fully automated production is
enabled.
Maximum precision - especially for gaming applications
The
CHERRY MX RGB keyswitches of course enable highly precise and extremely
fast key strokes - as the latest development version of the world's
only MX switches with Gold Crosspoint contacts. The keyswitches are
designed to meet the highest precision requirements for professional
keyboards and meet the specific needs of gamers in particular. In this
way special keyboards equipped with N-key rollover - like the CHERRY MX
Board 3.0 - can be realized based on conventional MX switches. N-key
rollover allows you to simultaneously press several keys without the
"ghost key" effect. This is crucial for gaming, as commands are often
assigned to certain key combinations.
Dipl.-Ing. Günter Vogl, Head of Product Management and Development at Cherry said, "The new illuminable MX RGB switch naturally opens up completely new areas of application".
Manfred Schöttner, Head of the Computer Input Device Business at Cherry said, "Our
RGB switch is the first step in our MX innovation roadmap. With
additional, innovative features, we will offer our customers solutions
in the area of our mechanical MX switches that go far beyond the
features known today. To continue to provide the highest quality
standards, we will continue to manufacture our switches in Germany on
fully automatic systems."
Durability without sacrificing quality
The
special CHERRY Gold Cross point contacts are characterized not only by
the low bounce time for high switching frequency, excellent feedback,
and particularly high response speed. The use of gold in the contacts
also allows optimum contact resistance to be permanently achieved over
the entire product life cycle. The self-cleaning contacts are
insensitive to dust and dirt. Thanks to the MX technology designed for
maximum durability, at least 50 million key strokes / contact switches
can be achieved per switch without sacrificing quality.
Different switching characteristics
CHERRY offers the new MX RGB switches in the four familiar versions with different switching characteristics:
- Blue switch: Click pressure point, key stroke with tactile and audible contact feedback
- Brown switch: Soft pressure point, key stroke with soft tactile contact feedback
- Red
switch: Without pressure point, linear light actuation - switching
function with a defined force of approx. 45 cN without contact feedback
- Black
switch: Without pressure point, linear actuation - switching function
with a defined force of approx. 60 cN without contact feedback
CHERRY and CORSAIR - Partner for an exclusive joint launch of CHERRY MX RGB switches and keyboards in 2014
Innovation
and quality driven PC gaming brand Corsair will be bring the world's
first Cherry MX RGB based gaming keyboards to market in an exclusive
launch in 2014. Cherry and Corsair will first debut the Cherry MX RGB on
Corsair keyboards at Corsair's press suite at CES 2014 in January.
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