SHARP: the future of liquid crystal, solar cells and LED

SHARP chairman and CEO Machida Katsuhiko will be scheduled to be held on October 29 ~ 31 FPD comprehensive exhibition and forum FPDInternational2008, published a special keynote speech. With the "low carbon society DC ecological house" as the theme, describes the upcoming LCD, solar cells and LED to create the future picture.

10 years ago in 2005 (in 1998) served as president of SHARP, immediately confidently said that by the year to make the Japanese domestic sales of all LCD tv". Although initially have a lot of questions, but since the beginning of the declaration, social change. FPD industry has now developed to the panel shipments of 10 trillion yen, more than 100 million TV panels. Now, TV panels accounted for the proportion of the total market value of the panel up to about 40%, more than the size of the previous industry as a leader in the PC panel".

Today, the field is about to announce the existence of the electronic industry in the low carbon society. Liquid crystal, not to mention, but also with solar cells, LED, and superconducting technology, batteries, to change the shape of the family, city and office. The theme of the keynote speech, DC ecological house is one of them. That is, Tian Tian advocated the use of home electricity to DC (DC), thus eliminating the loss of AC and DC conversion of the green house. In order to challenge the global environmental problems and greenhouse gas emissions by half, and now is the material, equipment, inspection manufacturers should be across the industry, unified technical personnel research direction of the moment.

Source: Nikkei BP