• Printable Electronics Hits Display Needs

  Michael P.C. Watts, Impattern Solutions, Austin, Texas, June 24, 2009
  Printable electronics could reduce the cost of making flexible displays of the kind used in the Kindle and other E-books. At the recent SID 2009 conference, researchers discussed the marriage of printable electronics and low-power displays used in emerging portable devices, which must be light, flexible, low-power, and readable in ambient light.  More

• Nanoelectronics Edge Into Production

  Paula Doe, Contributing Editor, SEMI, San Jose, June 19, 2009
  Graphene and spin wave transistors are among the technologies that look interesting for next-generation FETs. Near term, nanoelectronics products are entering commercial production. At SEMICON West, nanoelectronics challenges are part of the show's Extreme Electronics series on emerging technologies.  More

• SID: Flexible Displays Are on Their Way

  Michael P.C. Watts, Impattern Solutions, Austin, Texas, www.impattern.com, June 15, 2009
  New displays aimed at E-books and other portable products were at center stage at the Society of Information Displays (SID) conference. Electrophoretic displays used for E-book applications are seeking to move to color, while flexible ultrathin AMOLED displays are adopting a multilayer stack approach to improve lifetimes.  More

• Splinter: ‘Very Dynamic Environment’ Now

  David Lammers, News Editor, May 12, 2009
  Applied Materials executives said customer confidence is improving, but cautioned that the company is seeing “a very dynamic environment” in all of its major segments. China’s stimulus plans may continue to support cellphone and PC consumption there, said CEO Mike Splinter following release of fiscal Q2 financial results.  More

• SPIE Looks to Innovation, New Markets

  Alexander E. Braun, Senior Editor, February 24, 2009
  Speakers at the opening session of the SPIE Advanced Lithography conference described new opportunities in solar, LEDs and flat panels, while warning that traditional scaling and design practices may be untenable. “Scaling dictates that when the number of transistors is doubled on a chip, each one must burn half as much power, otherwise the chip will burst into flames,” said IBM Fellow Bernie Meyerson.  More

• Applied Sees “Incredibly Low” Orders in First Fiscal Quarter

  David Lammers, News Editor, February 11, 2009
  In a conference call following the company’s fiscal Q1 financial report, Applied Materials CEO Mike Splinter said equipment orders are “incredibly and unusually low, and it is premature to say there will be some bounce back” in the second half of this year. “Customers are taking every means possible not to spend money,” Splinter said.  More

• Touch Panel Displays Gain Reliability

  Kenji Tsuda, Asia Contributing Editor, November 11, 2008
  Touch panel displays have skyrocketed in popularity following introduction of Apple’s iPhone and the Nintendo DS gaming system. At the FPD International 2008 show, F-Origin, Wacom and LG Electronics showed products with increased sensitivity and reliability.  More

• Shinoda Plasma Creates Flexible Plasma Display

  Kenji Tsuda, Asia Contributing Editor, November 6, 2008
  At the FPD International show in Yokohama, Japan, Shinoda Plasma Co. Ltd. demonstrated a large-format flexible plasma display panel measuring 1 × 3 m. The plasma display has a thickness of only 1 mm, and is designed for large-scale digital signage used at public venues such as museums and subways.  More

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