Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 13th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
When I was a kid, oiling my bicycle chain was a good thing. Back then, riding through a creek full of muddy water was a good thing.
Today, navigating through the muddy waters of our global economy is not so fun. Oil and the display ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
By David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
Natural disasters, a credit crisis and commercial cycles are sending confusing signals as we approach a peak in the crystal cycle. Fasten your seatbelts; it looks like 2008 will be a rough ride.
As the year began, TFT LCD suppliers predicted tight supply. They looked ...
Posted in David Barnes, Economics, Notebook PCs, TVs | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
by Barry Young, Senior Advisor and Consultant
Intel introduced the 2W+ Atom, its latest low cost, low power microprocessor, which is yet another attempt to expand their market by creating a product family, falling between the Smart Phone and the notebook. This “middy” device which in previous incarnations has failed miserably ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
by Charles Annis, Vice President, Manufacturing Research
SID, the display industry’s leading annual academic conference, is always a great source of information on R&D into future display technologies. Crystallization of a-Si to p-Si and its application to AMOLED fabrication have been a favorite topic of the symposium for several years now. ...
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