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Toshiba to buy Panasonic's shares in LCD joint venture
Around seven years after it was originally established, Toshiba has decided it best to stop waiting for Panasonic's input on decisions regarding Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Company. If all goes to plan, Toshiba -- which currently owns a 60 percent stake in the joint venture -- will buy out Panasonic's 40 percent stake on April 28th. For those unaware, the venture was responsible for developing, manufacturing and selling LCDs and OLEDs, most of which were classified as "small to medium-sized." After the share transfer is finalized, TMD will change its name to Toshiba Mobile Display Company, and according to the jointly-issued release, it'll allow Tosh to "further accelerate decision-making and promote comprehensive restructuring of TMD's business." The consumer takeaway here? "Looking to the future, TMD aims to establish OLEDs as an engine for growth and to enhance its display business in the medium- to long-term." Boom.[Via Wall Street Journal]
Toshiba and Matsushita to jointly manufacture small OEL displays
The world already knew of Toshiba and Matsushita's separate plans to barrel into the OLED realm, but Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology is all set to become the first in Japan to "mass produce organic electroluminescent, or OEL, display panels." Reportedly, the two outfits will establish manufacturing lines in the Ishikawa Prefecture in fall of 2009, with plans to churn out one million 2.5-inch EL displays. Granted, the products will be rather minuscule in nature, with the idea being to fit them into cellphones, PMPs and other handheld gadgetry. Better hurry -- Samsung's pulling away over in South Korea.[Via CNET]
Toshiba Matsushita announces 20.8-inch OLED display
It's not the biggest OLED display we've seen, but Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology's new 20.8-inch model is apparently the largest yet developed that's based on low-temperature poly-silicon technologies. That key distinction supposedly not only reduces power consumption, but actually increases the brightness of the display -- certainly not an insignificant feat. On the downside, the display's 1,280 x 768 resolution isn't exactly all that impressive for something this size, although we suspect/hope that'll get a boost by the time this is eventually commercialized. Unfortunately, it's not exactly clear when that might happen, although the company does seem seem confident that the technology will wind up in the "next-generation" of TV sets and monitors.[Via Impress]
