Flat-Panel Displays

Viewpoints Archive


	2006
Dec/Jan -		2006: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2007
November -		Market Development: LCD TV Drives FPD Market Growth
October -		Application: Public Electronic Signage
September -		Areas to Monitor
August -		E-Paper Displays for Mainstream Products
July -		LED-Backlit LCD TV to Become More Popular
June -		QD-LED: A New Type of Emissive Display New Technology Area: Connected Homes
May -		Taiwan and South Korea Are Jockeying to Be the Supply Leader of Liquid-Crystal Displays Recent Developments: Canon and Toshiba Delay Launch of SED TV
April -		E-Paper Displays See More Commercialization, Part 2: Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Displays
March -		E-Paper Displays See More Commercialization
February -		Display Makers Extend Lifetimes of OLED Displays Recent Developments: Universal Display Corporation Wins Military Contracts to Build Flexible OLED Displays

	2005	Download all 2005 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2005: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2006
November -		Recent Improvements in Backlight Technology
October -		2006 Launch of 50-Inch SED TV, Part II: Manufacturing Methods OLED Displays Shipment
September -		2006 Launch of 50-Inch SED TV
August -		Cholesteric Displays
July -		PLED Displays
June -		Recent Developments: New Motorola CNT Display • Scratch-Resistant Displays
May -		Recent Developments: Philips Improves Roll-Up Displays • Samsung's Relentless Progress Continues
April -		Goodbye, Plasma?
March -		Recent Developments: Increased Price Competition in Flat-Panel–Display Markets in China and Asia; Improvements in FPD Technologies and Commercial Products Continue Apace; Intel Plans to Acquire Oplus Television-Chip Designer and Invests in e-Ink
February -		Whither LCOS? Recent Developments: Quantum TFTs?

	2004	Download all 2004 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2004: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2005
November -		The Increasing Importance of Brightness-Enhancing Films
October -		Cellular-Phone Displays
September -		Alternatives to Indium Tin Oxide
August -		Wearable, Near-Eye Displays Recent Developments: World's Largest High-Definition LCD TV
July -		Autostereoscopic Displays
June -		Recent Developments: New Liquid Crystal Structure • LCD Industry Dynamics
May -		Carbon-Nanotube Display Technology Recent Developments: Seamless Display
April -		E-Paper: E Ink Launches Its e-Book; and Gyricon Sticks to Message Boards Recent Developments: PDP TVs Could Be Lighter with Bridgestone's Film Filter
March -		Recent Developments: Mitsubishi Develops Reversible LCD Players: BOE Plans China's Biggest LCD Factory • NEC Withdraws from EL Display Business
February -		Philips: Developing Innovative Display Concepts Players: Plasma Display Manufacturing Business

	2003	Download all 2003 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2003: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2004
November -		Large LCD Televisions Finally See Rapid Market Growth Announcement: Next Generation Technologies
October -		Inspection of Flat Panel Displays
September -		Floating Images
August -		Recent Developments: Samsung Will Invest $17 Billion in Flat-Panel Display Manufacturing Plants • Philips Launches MirrorTV and 13 New Flat-Panel Displays • Reptron Electronics Inc. Exits Electronics Components Business • NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc. Introduces Lightweight Foldable LCD
July -		Recent Developments: Sanyo Will Slash LCD Panel Production • Society of Information Display Conference Showcases Emerging Display Technologies • Samsung Electronics Demonstrates Four-Channel Thin Film Transistor-LCD and a 21.3-Inch Low-Temperature Polysilicon Thin-Film Transistor LCD • Sharp Corporation Rolls Out New Transflective TFT-LCDs and 3-D Cell Phone LCD • Eastman Kodak Company Develops New OELD Materials • OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Announces Pictiva Brand • DuPont Displays Launches Olight Displays Brand
June -		Commercial Opportunities in Electronic Billboards
May -		Recent Developments: Philips Showcases New LCD Fabrication Technology • Computer Monitors Double as Loud Speakers Commercial Development Parameters: CRT Shipments Decline as Markets for LCDs Grow
April -		The Status of E-Paper
March -		Progress in the 3-D Displays Industry
February -		Opportunities in Display Materials and Processing: An Example of an NABC Analysis

	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		All I Want for Christmas Is a PDP Recent Developments: New Large TFT-LCD TVs Come to Market
October -		The Dark Side of Moore's Law
September -		The Development of Flexible Display Markets
August -		SID 2002: The Aftermath
July -		SID 2002 Shows OLED Technology on the Cusp of Commercialization
June -		OLED Commercialization Draws Nearer Recent Developments: LCDs to Drive Sharp Recovery Market Development: LCD Demand to Continue throughout 2002 Explorer Announcement
May -		Recent Developments: Bridgestone Claims FPD Breakthrough • HannStar Sees Very Bright future • Fujitsu Reorganized LCD Business • Taiwan Earthquake Causes Minimal Disruption Implications: Driver IC Shipments Are Delayed • Rising LCD Panel Prices Pass on to Computer Buyers Market Development: LCD Monitors Will Break $30 Million Barrier in 2002 Players: OLED R&D Costs Take Toll on UDC's Bottom Line
April -		Asian Countries Develop Distinct LCD Strategies Recent Developments: PDP Vendors See Better Times Ahead • Microvision Launches MEMS Displays for Portables • UCLA Makes OLED Memory Commercial Development Parameters: LCD Glass Shortage Will Have Significant Effect on Market • More Manufacturers Increase LCD Prices
March -		LCD Monitor Prices set to Rise Recent Developments: Toshiba Matsushita Merged Company to Start in April • Two-Sided LCD from Sharp • OLED Manufacturing Patent for UDC • Nokia Set to Debut Color Products Applications: Higher Profile for Touch-Screen LCDs
February -		Recent Developments: Cash Shortage Hurts eMagin Commercial Development Parameters: Telegen Spreads Its Wings • FED Market Declines Further • Taiwanese FDP Market Continues to Grow • Advanced FPD Production Accelerates in China • CDT Licenses sumitomo Polymer Technology Players: Samsung Steams On • Apple Unveils Its Flat-Panel iMac

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Recent Developments: First Signs of E Ink Commercialization • Screens for Mobile Products Targeted by Philips • OLED Power and Flexibility • Matsushita and TV High End • Microvision's In-Car Screen Performance Players: eMagin
October -		Recent Developments: Flexible Screens Make Debut in Watches • LG.Philips Improves Desktop LCDs Commercial Development Parameters: OLED Developers Buck Market • Three-Five Seeks Microdisplay Standards Market Development: LCD Price Fall Stimulates Shipments • LCD Sales Bring Relief for Taiwan Applications: Game Player Opportunities Open for Matsushita
September -		Automotive Sector Opens Up for FED Technology Recent Developments: Chinese Flat-Panel Industry Gains Momentum • PDAs and Cell Phones Will Have Sharper Screens Applications: Portable DVDs Have Bigger Screens
August -		Recent Developments: UDC Advanced OLED Initiatives • IBM Follows Flat-Panel Future • Movement Is toward Greener LCD Products • Philips Research Shows Next-Generation LCDs • PFE Looks to the Big-Screen Future Commercial Development Parameters: LCD Production in China Ramps Up Market Development: 2001 LCD Revenues May Show Fall
July -		SID 2001
June -		Recent Developments: Blue OLED Technology Unveiled by UDC • Pyramid Pixels to Boost Flat-Panel Performance • DuPont Extends OLED Portfolio • Osram Opts for CDT's LEP Technology • Apple's Display Future: LCD • Kodak OLED Technology in Europe • Reduced Plasma Entry Price
May -		OLED-Based Products on the Threshold of Mass Commercialization Recent Developments: Troubled Hynix to Sell to LG.Philips? • The High End for IBM Applications: Demand for Large-Screen Displays • Asian Comic Market to Drive eBook Sales Commercial Development Parameters: The $500 15-Inch LCD Monitor
April -		Recent Developments: ADT-Unipac Announces a Merger • Philips Unveils Aggressive Plans for Flat-Panel Displays • NEC and Thomson Multimedia Will Boost the Plasma Display Market Commercial Development Parameters: Internet Appliances Have Mixed Market Fortunes • Taiwanese Flat-Panel Manufacturers Get the Samsung Seal of Approval • Toshiba and Matsushita Aim for the World's Largest LCD Capacity
March -		Recent Developments: Sony Reveals EL Future for Displays • Hitachi Concentrates on the Bigger Picture • Sharp Moves to Cut LCD Power Consumption • Ritek Adds to OLED Manufacturing • Hitachi Has a Second PDP Fab Plant Applications: Screen Technology for Internet Applicances Is New Commercial Development Parameters: Messages for Demand Are Mixed LCD Prices Tumble
February -		Recent Developments: Organic EL Display Makers and Cell Phones • First Edition of Electronic Paper Prototype • Sharper Cell-Phone Pictures Applications: Applicance Market Momentum • Sony: The Shape of Things to Come Commercial Development Parameters: Plunging LCD Prices Market Development: New Record for LCD Sales

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Vendors Seek Phone Market as Display Screen Prices Tumble Recent Developments: Inventor Fluorescent LCD • NEC Adds Life to LCD Products • LCD Production is Cheaper • Sony and Candescent Extend FED Agreement Players: Chinese Firms Set Sights on Plasma Markets
October -		Recent Developments: A Plastic: The Future for Philips? • New Breed of PDAs and Cell Phones Applications: Use of Internet Appliances • Sony's New Walkman for the Internet Market Development: Key Supplier Out of Active-Matrix Display Business • Screens to Ramp up PDA Production
September -		Recent Developments: Elevator Internet Devices Give Lift to Flat Panels • Monitor Prices Fall Steadily • Panel Shortages May Hold Back PDA/Games Products • Samsung Displays New Telephone Technology • Taiwan Targets Touch Technology • Casio Hastens PDA Development
August -		Recent Developments: ZBD Displays • Improved Displays to Extend Phone Life • New High for Active-Matrix Resolution • PDA Market Development Arrested • Standards Row Applications: Whole New Game for Olympus Market Development: Tough Short Term, Brighter Long Term for Flat Panel Displays • Taiwan: From Strength to Strength
July -		Recent Developments: Will LEP Take Over from LCD? • Sharp Glass Cuts Computer Prices • Microsoft Reads the Future • Big, Low-cost Alternative High-End Displays Applications: Dual-Purpose Displays Commercial Development Parameters: Expensive Flat Screens Flatten Consumer Computers
June -		Recent Developments: DuPont and Displays • New Way to Get Small • Interesting Patent Battle • Change in Korean Display Industrial Policy? Commercial Development Parameters: Expanding Microdisplay Markets
May -		Recent Developments: Flexible Sony Display Strategy • Reflective Color LCD Alliance Commercial Development Parameters: New Projection Relationships • Deceptive Profits The Technology in Brief: Improved Light-Emitting Organic Materials
April -		Recent Developments: Changes at FED Corp. • Consumer Behavior and Flat TVs Commercial Development Parameters: Caveat Emptor • Doomed to Repeat History?
March -		Is the Window of Opportunity Closing for a Successful U.S.-Based Display Industry? Recent Developments: Westaim Progress Continues
February -		Recent Developments: Automotive FEDs • FED Manufacturing • Philips Commercial Development Parameters: Microdisplay Investment • The Materials Paradox The Technology in Brief: Flexible Transistors

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Recent Developments: Continuous Display Manufacture? • Another Samsung Deal The Technology in Brief: Tiling Redux Commercial Development Parameters: More OELD Licensing • Mitsubishi and Chungwa
October -		Recent Developments: Sharp and Toshiba Open Fabs for Consumer-Oriented LCDs Commercial Development Parameters: FPDs Will Be Digitized • The Plasma Display Industry Is Optimistic • Koreans Are Poised to Challenge Japanese Manufacturers in Flat CRTs
September -		Recent Developments: Apple and Samsung • Philips/LG Deal The Technology in Brief: National Semiconductor/Samsung Technology Alliance Commercial Development Parameters: Display Operation Divestment • Microdisplay Manufacturing Agreement
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
*Before August 1999, the Explorer service was called TechMonitoring, and Viewpoints* were TechLinks.**
July -		Recent Developments: Canon and Toshiba to Develop Surface-Conduction Electron-Emitter Displays • Philips: 50% Share in LG LCD • Samsung's LCD Production Commercial Development Parameters: LCD Prices Likely to Rise • Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon Microdisplays to Hit the Market
June -		Impressions from SID '99 Recent Developments: dPix Business Resolution
May -		Recent Developments: Nearing the End of the FED Line? • The Digital Micromirror: Ready for Primetime? • Progress at Westaim Commercial Development Parameters: The Market Penetration of Desktop LCD Monitors: Inevitable?
April -		Recent Developments: The End of the Line Once Again • FED Consolidation • Pioneering Event? • Thinking Small with Ferroelectric LCDs
March -		Recent Developments: Printable Field Emitter • Rear Projectors Ready? Commercial Development Parameters: The No-Win Situation
February -		The Electroluminescent Display Race Recent Developments: Organic Electroluminescent Display Alliances • In Focus in the Home

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Recent Developments: Pioneer and Organic Electroluminescent Displays • Laser Projection The Technology in Brief: Image Scaling and Flat Panels Commercial Development Parameters: Plasma Display Alliances • New LCD Agreement
October -		Recent Developments: The Death of OIS • Technology Transfer to China and Taiwan The Technology in Brief: Intelligent, Integrated Display Elements
September -		Recent Developments: Wall-Hanging TV Collaboration • LCD Shortages? The Technology in Brief: Brighter ELDs
August -		Recent Developments: Hype and SI Diamond • Drivers and Plasma Display Panels • Colored Backlights Commercial Development Parameters: Phantom Standards Issue?
July -		Notes from SID '98
June -		Recent Developments: Drivers and Field-Emission Displays The Technology in Brief: Intelligent FEDs • Displays and the PC on a Chip
May -		The Technology in Brief: Rebirth of Full-Color Solid-State Electroluminescent Displays? • The Challenge of Large Field-Emission Displays Players: A Boost for Photonics Systems
April -		Display Technology Scenarios
March -		Recent Developments: Joint Venture Boosts Polymer • Equipment for the Taiwanese • NEC and Thomson Join Forces Commercial Development Parameters: Is the Window of Opportunity Open for Flat-Panel-Based Rear-Projection Monitors and TVs?
February -		Diamond Field-Emission Displays? Recent Developments: Potential Boost for Solid-State Electroluminescent Displays Commercial Development Parameters: Mitsubishi Out of Conventional TV Market

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Recent Developments: Intel and CDT • Another Display Agreement • Improved Plasma Display Manufacturing The Technology in Brief: The Problem with Silicon Commercial Development Parameters: Popular Notions of Price
October -		Mini- and Microdisplays: Market Outlook Is Inversely Proportional to Size Recent Developments: Alternative Displays Continue to Improve
September -		Recent Developments: The Telegen Mystery • Display Acquisition The Technology in Brief: Virtual Displays and Portable Devices
August -		3-D Displays Recent Developments: Plasma-Addressed LCD Boost?
July -		SID '97
June -		Recent Develoments: Color Reflective Display • Surprise from LG Semiconductors • Large-Area Polysilicon LCDs Commercial Development Parameters: Novel Marketing Concept
May -		Beyond the Publicity for Plasma Displays • Flexible Displays
April -		Notes from DisplayWorks '97
March -		IBM and High-Resolution LCDs • Increased Plasma Competition • Automotive Display Alliance • LCD Industry Problems • Strange Bedfellows?
February -		The Future of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals • Hot New Display Technology? • Questionable Market Growth

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		Philips and Hosiden Form Joint Venture • Sharp Prepares Reflective LCDs for Early 1997 Release • Shortage of 12.1-Inch Displays Is Likely in 1997
October -		The Photoluminescent Liquid-Crystal Display • Plasma-Addressed LCD Boost?
September -		Japanese Companies Begin Mass Production of Plasma Displays • Philips Licenses Light-Emitting Polymer Technology • Stanford Develops 3-D Video Display
August -		Daimler-Benz in Partnership to Develop Laser Display • Automated Systems to Handle Higher-Capacity, Larger Substrates in Manufacturing Process • Another Wide-Angle TFT Display
July -		Citizen Enters Market with Supertwisted Nematic Displays • Forecast Suggests Substantial Market in Military and Avionics Displays • Lam Research Introduces New FPD Etching System • Asian Manufacturers Place Bets on the FPD Market
June -		Vivid Semiconductor Introduces New Display Drivers for Full-Motion, True-Color Flat-Panel Displays • Brookhaven National Laboratory Develops POD for Potential CRT Replacement • Japanese Companies Make LCD Improvements to Improve Competitve Pricing
May -		LCD Manufacturers Show Wide-Angle Active-Matrix Displays • Displaytech Announces Development Efforts for Miniature Color Displays • Canon Will Sell Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystal Display Screens for the Macintosh • LCD Maker, Hosiden, Reports Deficit of ¥11 Billion for FY95 • VESA Is Active in Developing Standards for Flat-Panel Display Interfaces
April -		High-Resolution FECD • Philips and FECDs • New Polarizer for LCDs • Porous Silicon Update • U.S. LCD Player Update
March -		TI's Changed Outlook on Field-Emission Displays • Xerox Spin-Off • Ultralarge Passive-Matrix LCD
February -		News from Display Works '96
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996