5 Jan 2011

Printed Electronics-Predictions for 2011
IDTechEx examines the Printed Electronics market for 2011.
20 Dec 2010

E ink Pearl wins 2010 PE award for best commercialization
Paper-like E Ink Pearl Display drives multi-billion dollar e-reader market.
External press release
20 Dec 2010

The Second Life mobile phone concept
The Second Life Mobile Phone Concept works on the premise that we often forget about the battery life of our mobile phones, hence run out of juice, just at the wrong time
8 Dec 2010

Printed Electronics USA 2010 Highlights
Last week the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics event was held in the heart of Silicon Valley in California. Almost 1200 people attended the conference and 49,000 square foot exhibition.
3 Dec 2010

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2010 award winners
The fourth annual printed electronics winners were announced on Dec 1st at the IDTechEx Awards Dinner in Santa Clara, USA.
6 Oct 2010

Printed Electronics Asia 2010 event preview
IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia 2010 and Wireless Sensor Networks, Energy Harvesting & RFID Asia are now less than a week away. The two co-located conferences will cover a multitude of topics and will give you access to detailed presentations on these mutually supporting subjects, covering both the technologies and their applications.
17 Sep 2010

TSMC begins building solar R&D center and fab in central Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company enters into the thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) market.
6 Sep 2010

Printed electronics without borders
Printed Electronics are being developed by over 3,000 companies, universities and research institutes worldwide - although a significant percentage of these developers are located in countries such as the USA, Germany, Japan and South Korea, there's a lot of research effort in other countries.
28 Jul 2010

Printed Electronics in Asia - the hot sectors
There are about 3,000 organizations worldwide actively involved in the development of printed electronics. By number of organizations, Europe has the edge over the U.S., then comes Asia. However, this disguises the fact that those involved in Asia tend to be large conglomerates that can invest much more than those in the West.
14 Jul 2010

E Ink - next generation display platform
E Ink expands the marketplace for electronic reading with the introduction of E Ink Pearl, the next generation, easy-to-read electronic paper display with high contrast and sunlight readability.
21 Jun 2010

PVI is now E Ink Holdings Incorporated
Yuan Tai Technologies Inc. has changed the international version of its name from Prime View International (PVI) to E Ink Holdings Incorporated (E Ink).
14 Jun 2010

IRex files for bankruptcy
E-reader maker IRex Technologies has filed for bankruptcy. According to some press reports, the device was too technology focussed, repeatedly delayed (missing out on key sales seasons) and not enough effort was given to services, the critical factor as Sony had learnt to their cost initially and as Amazon had achieved so well.
31 May 2010

IDTechEx report back from SID - Day two
As the interest in electronic paper technologies continues some of the major developers where present in the exhibition.
External press release
28 May 2010

E Ink and Chilin to build electronic paper displays
"Solutions with E Ink and Chilin technology reduce dependency on paper, printed labels, and large batteries."
6 May 2010

IDTechEx exhibiting at SID later this month
Visit IDTechEx at our booth at SID (1309), where you will have a chance to speak with the IDTechEx team as well as the opportunity to discuss specific developments with our analysts.
30 Mar 2010

Transistors on plastic
Last week, the Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN put together a one day seminar that gave an overview of the activity in the UK on the topic of flexible organic and inorganic transistors. Speakers were representing both Universities around the country as well as companies that are developing transistor/backplane technologies. Inorganic, organic and hybrid versions are being developed in order to evaluate the performance of each type of device.