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Hon Hai joins Sharp in Gen 10 display fab

03/29/2012

Strong competition in the TV market and low display panel orders have pushed Sharp's Gen 10 display panel fab in Sakai, Japan, to low capacity utilization rates. Reuters reports that Sony, the original partner in the Gen 10 joint venture, will not make any further investments in the plant. Now Hon Hai/Foxconn will invest JPY 66.4 billion, (US$0.8 billion, a 46.5% share) as joint venture capital into Sharp, reports NPD Displaysearch.

Touchscreen controller IC market tripling thanks to mobile devices

03/28/2012

Shipments of touch screen displays in devices like smartphones and media tablets are booming, causing the market for touch controller integrated circuits (ICs) to almost triple in size during a five year span.

FPD makers order EUR40M of Manz equipment

03/28/2012

Pervasive Displays partners with Energy Micro for electronic paper dev kit

03/27/2012

Pervasive Displays partnered with Energy Micro, provider of low-power, ARM-Cortex-processor-based microcontrollers, to develop and prototype a range of electronic paper displays with low power consumption the main focus.

Neonode enters consumer display sector with new licensing agreement

03/23/2012

Neonode Inc. (OTC BB:NEON) signed a technology license agreement with a leading global manufacturer of consumer displays to use its optical touch technology.

SEMICON Europa 2012 seeks presenters

03/23/2012

SEMI is seeking papers for technical sessions and presentations at the upcoming SEMICON Europa 2012, October 9-11 in Dresden, Germany. Technical presentation abstracts are due April 30.

HC Starck tailors thin-film sputtering for OLED displays

03/23/2012

H.C. Starck notes that the majority of FPD production occurs in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. The rapid growth of OLED screens in the FPD industry punctuates the increased need for high-tech materials, the company asserts.

Display industry barely felt Japan's March 2011 earthquake, shows IHS

03/22/2012

Japan's limited presence in the display manufacturing industry, as well as higher-than-usual inventory levels at panel makers, made the March 2011 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan a minor event for the LCD panel manufacturing sector, shows IHS.

DOW opens semiconductor/display R&D center in Seoul with OLED focus

03/22/2012

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) inaugurated its Dow Seoul Technology Center, a global R&D center with focus on technological advances in display and semiconductor applications.

Touchscreens a $14 billion market in 2012

03/22/2012

The touchscreen display market will reach $14 billion in 2012, driven by the two largest applications, mobile phones and tablet PCs, IDTechEx reports. While projected capacitive touch sensors are the main technology, several others exist for various touch display applications.

Taiwan allows higher Chinese investments in LCDs, semiconductors, fab equipment, more

03/21/2012

Taiwan raised investment ceilings for Chinese investors in LCDs, semiconductors, IC assembly and test, microelectronics production equipment, and metal tool manufacturing.

AMAT CVD films improve display resolution

03/20/2012

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) debuted a SiO2 PECVD film technology for display manufacturers targeting the high resolution needs of tablet devices and TVs.

Declining display costs lower large tablet prices in 2016

03/19/2012

The media tablet computer market took off when Apple launched the first iPad in April 2010. Apple uses a 9.7" display; Amazon's Kindle Fire uses a 7" screen: Samsung offers Galaxy Tabs with 7", 8.9" and 10.1" displays. NPD In-Stat analyzed the tablet market by display size.

Does Apple's new iPad display technology go far enough?

03/16/2012

The new Apple iPad uses a 2048 × 1536, 264 ppi retina display, quadrupling the pixels of the previous generation. However, Apple may be losing its cutting-edge status when it comes to gesture recognition beyond touchscreens. IHS iSuppli, NPD DisplaySearch, and IMS Research examine the new iPad display.

Bigger displays on smartphone users' wish lists

03/15/2012

90% of smartphone users in a recent survey (US and UK) gravitated to a larger diplay on a new device, reports Strategy Analytics. The consumers were not willing to trade off device thickness or weight for the beefier display, however.

Reel-to-reel coater eliminates waste of roller-in-bath tools

03/15/2012

Rainbow Technology Systems introduced the Panda Coater for high-performance coating of sheet and reel-to-reel materials. It offers an alternative to coventional roller-in-bath systems.

TV shipments fall on slower LCD growth

03/15/2012

Worldwide television shipments fell in 2011, the first decline since NPD DisplaySearch began tracking global TV shipments in 2004. LCD TV shipments rose 7%, not enough to offset declines in plasma and CRT TVs.

Conductive touchscreen ink boasts lower cost with less silver

03/15/2012

Creative Materials Inc.'s 125-43A/B119-44 solvent-resistant electrically conductive ink for touch screen and shielding applications boasts a lower cost than conventionally manufactured silver inks.

DoD orders quantum dot electroluminescent devices from QD Vision

03/14/2012

The US DoD awarded QD Vision Inc. a $1.38 million/12-month contract for specialized devices based on electroluminescent quantum dots. The program will result in prototype devices for armed forces.

UniPixel names manufacturing partner for display cover films

03/13/2012

UniPixel Inc. (NASDAQ:UNXL) tapped Carestream Tollcoating to manufacture and distribute its Diamond Guard protective cover films for displays.

Environment, Safety & Health

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The semiconductor industry is an acknowledged global leader in promoting environmental sustainability in the design, manufacture, and use of its products, as well as the health and safety of its operations and impacts on workers in semiconductor facilities (fabs). We will examine trends and concerns related to emissions, chemical use, energy consumption and worker safety and health.

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