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Table of Contents

2 Editorial

Snapshot of Cuba

 - Kenneth I. Werner

4 The Display Continuum

A Great Cup of Coffee …

 - Aris Silzars

12 Smart Integration in Flat-Panel Displays

Using large-scale integration to combine many interface and controller functions on one chip reduces the parts count and improves manufacturability, but there are risks.

 - Doug Bartow

16 Are Head-Mounted Displays Going Anywhere?

Just as most of the growth of LCDs has been in new applications, the early growth of consumer-friendly HMDs will be in enabling new packaging of traditional systems and new systems that could not exist without them.

 - Tom Holzel

22 Single-Board Computers: Expanding Applications for Flat-Panel Displays

As single-board computers (SBCs) get smaller and more powerful, they are appearing in more applications – from industrial controllers to sub-notebook PCs.

 - Fred B. Salloum

26 Take a Trip to “Technology Island”

In LCD panel and monitor production, Taiwanese manufacturers are planning to hold most of the cards for a winning hand. Computex Taipei is where the plans unfold.

 - Bryan Norris

35 SID News

40 Index to Advertisers

40 Sustaining Members