Conference
S2K lights the way to a greener future
JEMI UK has been hosting the S2K event for a decade now so it is the perfect time for the conference to reflect on the achievements of the past while looking to the future as the market expects greener solutions in the microelectronics world.
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The Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
his year’s S2K event in Cardiff on the 1st and 2nd of June will focus on the
positive environmental impact that the microelectronics sector can make on the global economy.
2010 marks the beginning of a new decade with the IC market on track to grow 30 percent reversing the trend during the 2000s where the IC market stagnated in relative terms growing by an average CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of only 0.8 percent, the worst in the industries history.
Nevertheless during the last 10 years the sector has continued to invest heavily in R and D and new technology has emerged which has moved the microelectronics industry into new areas.
This has seen the development of new huge
markets for products manufactured using microelectronic technologies. One of the most exciting of these is the development of new techniques for producing lighting and display technology.
Lighting a new direction
Today, solid-state light sources are able to start a new era in lighting. Theoretically more than 50% of electrical energy used for lighting could be saved with advanced LED technology which, in turn, will lead to a massive reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. According to Display Search (USA) the market for OLED displays alone is predicted to be US$5.5 billion in 2015 and that for OLED Lighting is US$ 1.5 billion in 2015
10 years ago light-emitting diodes (LED) and
organic light emitting diodes (OLED) only offered low power at low efficiency levels . Today they now outperform almost all other light sources in terms of efficiency and provide unique properties such as long lifetime, instant-on and color tunability.
When this technology is combined with intelligent light management systems which control the light output according to ambient lighting conditions or people’s presence additional energy savings are possible. Recent introduction of OLED’s (organic light emitting displays) into mobile phones (Samsung- SDI) and OLED –TV’s (Sony) is a clear sign that the OLED technology is becoming accepted as a credible flat panel display technology. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have been successfully adopted for many applications
www.euroasiasemiconductor.com Issue II 2010
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