June 2006

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CMO to Enter 26-, 52-in. LCD Panel Markets

TAINAN COUNTY, Taiwan - Liquid-crystal display (LCD) giant Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will add 26- and 52-in. panels to its line of liquid-crystal-display (LCD) TVs, according to a July report in the Taiwanese news service, DigiTimes.

Development on the 26-in. panels based on twisted nematic (TN) technology will begin in the third quarter of this year, with volume production scheduled for Q4. The 52-in. panels will launch by the first half of 2007, CMO told DigiTimes.

The company's line of LCDs already includes 20-, 20.1-, 27-, 32-, 37-, 42-, and 47-in. models, as well as a recently announced 56-in. Quad Full High Definition (QFHD) model, which is expected to enter volume production in Q3 of 2006.

CMO added that in Q1 2007, it will begin production on new 47-in. LCD TV panels that will deliver faster response time and higher contrast ratio. It is also aiming to upgrade its 32-in. panels by increasing the contrast ratio from 1200:1 to 1500:1 during the second half of 2006.

Ness Display to Produce 1.5- and 1.8-in. OLED Panels

Singapore - Ness Display in late June told the EE Times Asia that it has developed a 1.5-in. organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display with increased brightness and higher resolution at its R&D branch in Korea. The panels are now in production at the company's manufacturing plant in Singapore, which has expanded from producing 1-in. OLED panels and will soon make 1.8-in. models as well, according to the EE Times report.

The displays are intended for use in products such as mobile phones, MP3 players and digital cameras.

"More products like mobile phones and even car audio systems that require larger display screens will benefit from the advantages that OLED has over traditional display technology," Ness CEO Kim Myung Jin told the magazine. "I expect the 1.5-in. display panel and the 1.8-in. display panel, which will be launched next year4, to soon replace the LCD in next-generation flat-panel displays for most consumer electronic appliances. I am confident that Ness Display will expand even further with the expected increase in demand for OLED display panels worldwide as OLED technology improves and more applications become available."