December 2005

Emerging

High temperature process suppresses TFT performance variation; reading from SRAM on flexible printed circuit board demonstrated

Inorganic EL

Sumitomo Precision Products "pioneers the MEMS field with its exclusive technology"

CMO of Taiwan "expands in both PC and television markets and launches two plants at the same time"

Immersion vs. EUV

Next strategy in LSI design and manufacturing

NEC develops modeling technique for integrated analysis of chip-package-board

FPD strategy towards 2010 stakes on a "once in ten years" kind of technological innovation

Successive debuts of embedded non-volatile memory realized using CMOS process

JVC's high-quality image processing LSI chip for FPD TVs

Fully depleted SOI transistor achieves double-digit reduction of off-leak current with an eye to small handheld devices

President of FMA, based in the U.S., talks about strategy for winning in the U.S. semiconductor market

Samsung's number one strategy creates a new market for themselves and changes the silicon cycle

FY2005 mid-term financial results show clear division between winners and losers

Single-crystal silicon device transfer technology developed, aiming at 70-inch LCD with manufacturing cost under 200,000 yen

Luminous efficiency improvement and low-voltage both realized at the same time in PDP - newly developed protective film material is the decisive factor

LCD production base strategy that wisely alternates between concentration and distribution

"Exhibition Micromachine" flash report

Microfabrication technology of 120-nm pitch applied to polarizing films for LCD panels

New triaxial acceleration sensors compete on small size and cost reduction technology

Macquarie Electronics USA Inc. "will gain on competitors with a plentiful line-up of used equipment"