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Large-size LCD panel suppliers: China's got the growth, South Korea holds majority share

06/07/2012 

Chinese suppliers of large-size LCD panels are the fastest growing segment of the industry, although major South Korean brands continue to dominate, according to IHS.
3M chooses quantum dots for LCD color boost

06/06/2012 

Nanosys Inc. will supply the Optical Systems Division of 3M Company with quantum-dot-based technologies to allow LCDs to display 50% more color.
Universal Display intros novel emission layer systems for OLEDs

06/05/2012 

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) introduced new red, green, and yellow UniversalPHOLED products, combining UniversalPHOLED emitter materials with novel host systems.
Exciting display products take awards at Display Week

06/05/2012 

The Society for Information Display (SID), a global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic display technology, announced the winners of its 17th annual Display Industry Awards.
@ The ConFab: Semiconductor industry experts look to the future

06/04/2012 

The ConFab’s sessions opened with “The Economic Outlook for the Semiconductor Industry,” featuring Jackie Sturm of Intel, Dan Hutcheson of VLSIresearch, and Jim Feldhan of Semico.
Dimenco enhances glasses-free 3D displays with new lens tech

06/03/2012 

Glasses-free 3D display developer Dimenco released Dimenco Clear View (DCV) technology, with a “unique lens design and manufacturing process” to enable deeper black levels, no brightness loss, wider viewing angle, and lower cross-talk.
Tablet growth, diversification attracts more display panel suppliers

06/01/2012 

LG Display and Samsung Display dominated the tablet display panel market in 2011, but several more companies grabbed small pieces of the tablet pie than had in 2010, says IHS. That trend will continue in 2012.
Samsung taps LLH for TFT-LCD manufacturing gases at Gen-8.5 Suzhou display plant

06/01/2012 

Linde LienHwa, The Linde Group and LienHwa MiTAC Group JV, signed a long-term deal with Samsung Electronics to supply gases for its latest Gen-8.5 TFT-LCD manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China.
Gamma Scientific combines spectroradiometers and gonioreflectometer heads for production-speed display test

05/31/2012 

Gamma Scientific is releasing the Display Reflectance Spectrophotometer System, which tests thin-film optical coatings on displays at production line speeds.
Novaled's new OLED materials set could double OLED lifetimes

05/31/2012 

Novaled debuted a class of n-doped electron transport layer (ETL) materials for OLED TV and mobile displays.
CNTs produced with >95% semiconducting content now available from SWeNT

05/31/2012 

SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) released SG65i, a single-wall carbon nanotube product with >95% semiconducting concentration, before secondary processing to remove metallic SWCNT content.
USI updates coating tool for tablet, large display fab and R2R processing

05/31/2012 

Ultrasonic Systems Inc. (USI), ultrasonic spray coating tool manufacturer, developed new options for its MAX-800 coating system, such as an automated reel-to-reel system, tablet-glass handling conveyor, and more.
Display fabs focus spending on retrofitting for LTPS/OLED production

05/29/2012 

Barclays Capital reports on LCD demand and display fab equipment and materials at the company’s BarCap 2012 Global TMT Conference.
Transparent displays unveil new applications for display technology

05/28/2012 

Transparent displays will hit the market this year, and create an $87.2 billion market by 2025, according to Displaybank.
ITF: Reconfigurable radios and scaled CMOS for a true mobile life

05/25/2012 

The next big thing according to Charlotte Soens, manager mm-wave communication program at imec, is that people will start using these mobile devices to watch high-quality photos and videos, stored in the cloud. Soens presented details at imec's International Technology Forum.

ITF: Entering the booming market of mobile displays

05/25/2012 

SouthWest NanoTechnologies to debut display materials at Display Week

05/23/2012 

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT) will debut new display manufacturing materials at Display Week 2012 in Boston this June.
Active-matrix small/medium display growth tips Japan/Korea showdown

05/23/2012 

Active matrix small/medium displays, less than 9”, recorded 6% unit growth and 29% revenue growth in 2011, said NPD Displaysearch. Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi's Japan Display Inc. venture could challenge the #1 Samsung SMD this year.
Nanoimprinted anti-reflective plastics improve viewing angle on next-gen displays

05/23/2012 

A*STAR’s IMRE in Singapore and their commercial partners developed a plastic that reflects 0.09-0.20% of the visible light hitting its surface, thanks to a nanostructuring that mimics the folds in a moth’s eye, fabricated with nanoimprinting.
Indium expands electronics materials manufacturing with new facility in NY

05/23/2012 

Indium Corporation acquired a manufacturing facility in Rome, NY, to expand its production capacities of indium-, gallium-, germanium-, and tin-based materials, as well as other compounds.



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As the industry moves to 10nm and 7nm nodes, advances in wafer processing – etch, deposition, planarization, implant, cleaning, annealing, epitaxy among others – will be required. Manufacturers are looking for new solutions for sustained strain engineering, FinFETs, FDSOI and multi-gate technologies, 3D NAND, and high mobility transistors.

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