Displays are a vital part of industrial and consumer products throughout the world.
Once thought of as simple indicator lights, they have become major devices in the performance of computing, medical imaging, and process control, and have also become a fixture in the world of entertainment. From video to kitchen appliances and portable computers or even your digital wristwatch, they are now an enabling technology. Other display technologies include electroluminescence, plasma, vacuum fluorescent, light emitting diode and a new entrant, the field emission display. Keeping ahead in this rapidly evolving technology is a challenge to investor and technologist alike. A major objective of flat panel displays is the replacement of the CRT with its bulky vacuum tube and expensive power needs.