As the first definitive gaming keyboard created For Gamers, By Gamers, the Razer Tarantula packs an ultra-large high resolution (up to 256 x 64 dots) Organic LED (OLED) screen for built-in advanced interactive menu display, programmable function keys, customisable macro commands, up to 95 programmable keys which can be stored via an on-board memory of up to 5 profiles powered by Razer Synapse.

The built-in 85mm X 25mm high resolution OLED screen, which is one of the largest designed and built in the industry, will allow users to simultaneously view in-games statistics and display information from other applications such as incoming email and message alerts, multimedia key functions, full-color image files and graphic sound equalizers, without interfering with current gameplay. The screens’ high image quality is achieved by utilizing advanced Graphic User Interface (GUI) powered by Razer’s Intuition Engine. Gamers will not only be able to keep a keen eye and close track of their performance, they will also be able to effectively communicate with their team mates.

Although handset sub displays are the current major application for OLEDs MP3 players may become the top application in terms of OLED panel shipments in 2006.
Handset sub displays currently account for half of all OLED panels shipped worldwide, while MP3 players account for 45%. Car-use display applications are a distant third, accounting for only 3% of overall shipments.
Currently, about 22% of MP3 players use OLED panels.

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Samsung SDI, South Korea's largest display screen manufacturer, announced a plan to invest 450 million dollars in its next generation mobile display production lines by 2006.
Samsung SDI set aside 465.5 billion won (450 million dollars) to boost facilities to produce the panels which use active matrix organic light emitting diodes (AM OLEDs), it said in a statement.
Screens using AM OLEDs are regarded as promising displays to replace existing liquid crystal displays (LCDs) because they are more energy efficient.
Samsung SDI plans to begin mass producing the AM OLED-based displays from 2007 with an annual capacity of 20 million units, which should rise to 50 million by 2008.

The president of consumer sales for Sony Electronics raised eyebrows when he said the key technology in Sony’s quest to capture that over 40-in. flat-panel television (TV) market would be in Organic-light-emitting-diode (OLED) technology, rather than LCDs.

He said Sony was actively partnering with companies on OLED development, but declined to be specific as to what and when products would emerge.

IEK says that the production value of OLED panels in the second quarter grew by 27.1 percent from the previous quarter to NT$1.17 billion (US$34.93 million), mostly due to strong demand from cell-phones and MP3 players. The center predicts that the third-quarter production value for OLED panels will reach NT$1.22 billion (US$36.42 million), up 4.2 percent.

Currently, the greatest part of local OLED production value comes from passive-matrix (PM) LED panels. The market is now shifting to active-matrix (AM) OLED panels, which are expected to enjoy higher growth ratios in the coming years.

Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2005 of $1.1 million was sequentially up 69% from second quarter. Revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $1.1 million and $2.5 million as compared to $1.1 million and $3.1 million for the same periods ended September 30, 2004.

Net loss and loss per share applicable to common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $3.8 million, or $0.05 per share and $11.7 million, or $0.14 per share as compared to a net loss of $1.8 million or $0.03 per share and $9.8 million, or $0.16 per share during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004.

Balance sheet showed $5.1 million in working capital at September 30, 2005 as compared to $14.9 million on December 31, 2004. In October a private placement of stock and warrants was completed increasing cash $8.4 million after expenses.

"I'm pleased to report that we have made significant progress on many fronts this quarter. This quarter marked a milestone when we began shipping our first direct-to-consumer product, our Z800 3DVisor, which delivers capabilities beyond those of most current professional simulation headsets. We believe that this product represents a major breakthrough for the emerging virtual imaging industry," said Gary Jones, chief executive officer of eMagin.

eMagin Corp. has teamed with the Univ. of Michigan's Solid-State Electronics Laboratory (SSEL) to win a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract from The Office of Naval Research to study novel approaches for thin-film encapsulation. This research will enable small, lightweight displays and, potentially, flexible displays. For this project, eMagin and the Univ. of Michigan team will demonstrate a rugged and reliable thin-film encapsulation method for OLED displays.

"This award will advance technology to foster new generations of displays," said Susan Jones, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, eMagin Corp., in a statement. "The promise of this research is a rugged, low-cost encapsulation technique and process that can be applied to microdisplays as well as larger format OLED devices." According to professor Jerzy Kanicki, head of the Organic & Molecular Electronics research group at the University of Michigan, "This project should enable us to move key technology from the lab to the customer and enable a whole new generation of display products."

Cambridge Display Technology today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2005. The Company is a pioneer in the development of polymer organic light emitting diode technology, and completed its initial public offering in December 2004.

Revenues in the third quarter of 2005 were $6.6 million, compared with $1.6 million for the corresponding quarter in 2004, an increase of 299%. Year to date revenues for 2005 were reported at $10.8 million, compared with $5.5 million for the first three quarters of 2004, an increase of 96%. In the third quarter of 2005, the largest source of revenue was equipment and supplies, including the sale of four ink jet printers and associated ink supply, sales of CDT's Eclipse range of digital test equipment and technical services revenues.

Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) has announced another important step in the development of polymer light emitting diode (P-OLED) display technology with the production of a number of 14 inch full color displays using ink jet printing.

The displays were produced at CDT's Technology Development Centre in the UK, and feature a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels x RGB, equivalent to almost three million sub-pixels, or over 30 million ink jet drops.The active matrix panels use an amorphous silicon backplane, and were made using a multi-nozzle approach - up to 128 nozzles - with no interlacing, and are believed to be the first of their kind ever produced.

Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2005 were $3,372,870, compared to $1,711,629 in the third quarter of 2004. Revenues increased as the Company saw gains in contract research revenue and development chemical revenue during the quarter. Continued revenue growth in development chemicals sales demonstrates increased ongoing pre-commercial activity in the development and commercialization of the Company’s OLED technologies.

The Company reported a net loss of $2,979,140 (or $0.10 per share) for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to a net loss of $3,752,662 (or $0.14 per share) for the same quarter in 2004. The decreased loss was due primarily to increased revenues, offset to some extent by increased total operating expenses.

Revenues for the nine month period ended September 30, 2005 were $7,851,932, compared to $5,313,642 for the same period in 2004. The Company’s net loss for the nine-month period was $11,160,021 (or $0.39 per share), compared to a loss of $12,380,535 (or $0.47 per share) for the same nine months in 2004. Again, the decreased loss was due primarily to increased revenues, offset to some extent by increased total operating expenses.

The Company was cash flow positive from operations for the third quarter of 2005. Net cash provided from operating activities was $1,087,311 for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to cash used in operating activities of $1,653,539 for the same period in 2004. The positive cash flow position was a result of increased revenues, decreased operating losses, and the receipt of over $2.1 million of technology development fees during the quarter.