History
Originally invented by IBM in 1988, subpixel rendering was first brought to public attention by Microsoft in Windows XP as ClearType, but it was not activated by default until Windows Vista. Mac OS X uses subpixel rendering as well. In stealth mode from 1992 to 1999, Candice H. Brown Elliott was researching subpixel rendering and developing novel layouts, the PenTile matrix family, that worked together with the subpixel rendering algorithms to increase the resolution of colour flat panel displays. In 2000, she co-founded Clairvoyante, Inc. to commercialize these layouts and subpixel rendering algorithms. In 2008, Samsung purchased Clairvoyante and simultaneously funded a new company, Nouvoyance, Inc., retaining much of the technical staff, with Ms. Brown Elliott as CEO.
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