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New Display Technologies Unlikely to Dethrone LCDs

The increasing dominance of LCDs is limiting opportunities for emerging technologies in the display industry, although there remains plenty of room for innovation in materials and components, according to Paul Semenza, vice-president, displays, for iSuppli Corp.

Speaking at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2006 event in San Francisco, Semenza said TFT-LCD technology will grow more pervasive in display applications in the coming years due to factors including its established manufacturing infrastructure and the rise of flat-panel television.

“We simply don’t see anything on the horizon that will challenge the LCD,” Semenza said. “The gestation period for new display technologies is measured in decades, not years, so the LCD’s dominance will continue for some time.”

Semenza cited iSuppli research that predicts LCDs will represent two thirds of the global LCD market by 2007, up from half in 2003. LCD growth is expected to benefit from the rise of flat-panel television more than other display technologies will. While revenue for other flat-panel technologies, such as plasma and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), will rise as well, this growth will not enough to derail LCD’s advance.

Some of the companies featured in the June issue of Canadian Electronics magazine will agree; others may not. See what you think, in our special section on optoelectronics.

Tim Gouldson,
Editor, Canadian Electronics
tgouldson@clbmedia.ca  

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