Leading OLED and Emerging Display Technology Companies to Present at DisplaySearch US FPD Conference.

AUSTIN, Texas -- DisplaySearch, an NPD Group Company and the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting, is proud to announce that nine leading companies in the OLED and emerging display technology markets and DisplaySearch will present during the OLEDs and Emerging Technologies session at the upcoming 8th Annual DisplaySearch US Flat Panel Display (FPD) Conference. Executives from CDT, Clairvoyante, DisplaySearch, Eastman Kodak, iFire, IGNIS Innovation, Qualcomm, Samsung SDI and UDC will be on hand to present the latest technology innovations in OLEDs, MEMs, electronic ink, solid state displays and flexible displays.

The 8th Annual DisplaySearch US FPD Conference is being held at Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego on March 21-23, 2006.

"The flat panel display industry has always attracted new technologies, but the strength of AMLCDs has beaten down most newcomers. A new group of display companies hope to challenge the incumbents, and they are targeting everything from the rapidly-changing mobile market to the fast-growing TV market. OLEDs have gained much of the interest but solid state displays, MEMS technology, electronic ink, flexible displays and new techniques to enhance LCDs are beginning to reach maturity," states DisplaySearch Senior VP, Barry Young.

The OLEDs and Emerging Technologies session will feature these nine speakers on Wednesday, March 22:

--Barry Young, Senior VP at DisplaySearch, will provide the latest outlook for the OLED market, including a forecast through 2010, along with an analysis of OLED participants. He will also address the outlook and challenges for AMOLEDs.

--Gopalan Rajeswaran, VP of Advanced Development and Strategic Initiatives for the OLED Systems Product Group at Eastman Kodak, will present a competitive overview for the AMOLEDs market, which will include a discussion of Kodak's four sub-pixel design using color filter on array for AMOLEDs. He will also discuss how Kodak has addressed low yield LTPS backplane problems, and will include a discussion on the advantages of linear source evaporation tools.

--Dr. Hye-Dong (H.D.) Kim, Senior Engineer at Samsung SDI R&D Center, will discuss Samsung's new fab -- the world's first 4th Gen AMOLED facility. Mr. Kim will also discuss how Samsung SDI's attempts to solve LTPS yield problems and how the company produces high yields with the use of evaporation tools beyond 3rd Gen. He will also provide an outlook on how the company aims to win the high-end mobile phone main display market.

--Dr. Michael Hack, VP of Strategic Product Development at Universal Display Corporation (UDC), will present a winning case for AMOLEDs by explaining how they are highly desirable for both mobile and large-area video rate display applications. He will also present an outlook for phosphorescent OLEDs (PHOLEDs), which are critical to AMOLEDs being competitive with AMLCDs, due to their reduced power consumption, longer battery life, lower mobility backplane technologies and overall cost savings.

--Dr. David Fyfe, CEO of Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), will provide an outlook for polymer-based OLEDs. Dr. Fyfe will also provide an overview of the advantages of ink-jet printing as a solution for AMOLED patterning, which will include an update on Litrex and scaling through Gen 7.

--Corbin Church, VP of Operations at IGNIS Innovation, will present the key challenges of backplane requirements -- stability, lifetime, uniformity and cost -- and why solving backplane problems is key to AMOLEDs' success. He will also provide a comparison of a-Si, LTPS technologies and an overview of circuit strategies.

--Miles Kirby, Director of Product Management at Qualcomm, will present Qualcomm's corporate mission to enable applications for wireless applications. He will address the issues faced by displays, with the proliferation of applications for wireless handsets, including power consumption, viewability and readability.

--Don Carkner, VP of Product Planning at iFire, will discuss iFire's TDEL technology, suitable for large-size HDTV markets, which can provide 'CRT-like' performance with low capital and model costs. iFire is now ramping up a pilot production line for 34" 720p prototypes, and Mr. Carkner will discuss the company's future strategies for success.

--Tom Credelle, VP of Engineering at Clairvoyante, will discuss how the growth of widely available multimedia content for portable devices, such as mobile phones, game units, and media players, is creating serious design challenges for display manufacturers. Mr. Credelle will present cost-effective ways of balancing the features needed to jump on the multimedia bandwagon through the use of novel RGBW pixel layouts and sub-pixel rendering processing.

For a full agenda with speaker biographies and abstracts, please visit http://www.DisplaySearch.com/usfpd2006/agenda.html.

The 8th Annual DisplaySearch US FPD Conference is sponsored by 3M Vikuiti, LG.Philips LCD, Samsung, Syntax-Brillian, Micronas, Coherent Lambda Physik, Silicon Image and the USDC. Media supporters include Cleverdis, CustomRetailer, Dealerscope, HomeToys and Veritas et Visus. The official newswire sponsor is Business Wire.

For more info, please contact DisplaySearch at 512-459-3126 x107 or [e-mail] or register online at www.DisplaySearch.com/usfpd2006.

About DisplaySearch

DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company, has a core team of 34 employees located in North America and Asia who produce a valued suite of FPD-related market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses. The company also organizes influential events worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DisplaySearch has regional operations in Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, Kyoto, San Diego, San Jose, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo, and the company is on the web at www.displaysearch.com.

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