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Table of Contents

2 Editorial

A Lesson in Display Manufacturing and Cross-Strait Diplomacy from Chunghwa Picture Tubes

 - Ken Werner

4 The Display Continuum

Crossing the Threshold …

 - Aris Silzars

10 If Microdisplays Are the Answer, What Is the Question?

Manufacturers are making tiny, highly effective windows on the high-tech world – but the quantities are not yet large enough for system makers to embrace the mini-devices for high-volume applications.

 - Chris Chinnock

16 Providing the Missing Links

Just having a good display doesn’t guarantee success. Displaytech and Hewlett-Packard are attracting customers by providing the missing links in the microdisplay technology and supply chains.

 - Haviland Wright, Mark Handschy, and Bob Myers

22 S-Vision Staked Its Claim, Then the Gold Mine Collapsed

S-Vision developed a technically successful digital LCOS display, found interested customers, bought a fab, and then found the company was built on a shaky foundation of “impatient capital” – justifiably impatient.

 - Chris Chinnock, Al Davis, and Ken Werner

25 Calendar of Display-Related Events

26 Flat Information Displays Conference

In Stanford Resources’ annual snapshot of the display industry, good and bad news abounded – but advances in the face of uncertainty appeared to be the order of the day.

 - Stephen P. Atwood

30 Michigan Strategic and Technical Symposium

A strategic vision and a slant toward automotive display technology has created a regional conference with more than regional appeal.

 - Samuel Musa and Robert Donofrio

36 Index to Advertisers

36 Sustaining Members