Matsushita has enough cash and will be investing in important businesses such as PDPs and the semiconductor industry.

Sharp pulls out a prototype LCD with a resolution of 4,096 x 2,160.

Fujitsu offered visitors to the Ceatec exhibition in Chiba, Japan, a look at entertainment PCs of the future with the display of two prototype computer designs.

Printing technology to manufacture electronic components will soon be ready for practical use, starting with inkjet or copy technologies to manufacture lightguide plates used for backlights in LCD panels.

ViewSonic is gearing up to release more than two dozen display products in the next three months to better penetrate the digital home.

Sharp will showcase LCD TVs made with 8th-generation glass substrates at the show.