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Dr. Doom Meets the Naysayers

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

By David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis Those of you who know me know that I do not suffer fools gladly and that I often play the role of Dr. Doom. Those of you who know Norse mythology also know that doom is not a bad thing, necessarily. In old English, ...

Syntax-Brillian Files for Bankruptcy

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

by Paul Gagnon, Director, North American TV Research Syntax-Brillian (BRLC), plagued by financial and supply chain issues, filed late Monday night for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, an end that many have been anticipating for months following numerous management, financial and market disruptions since Q3'07. While the company continues to ship Olevia ...

A Time of Turbulence in the Panel Market

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 ...

A Call to Paul*

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 ...

Oxide Semiconductors: Potential Revolutionary AMOLED Fabrication Technology

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. ...