E-reading taking on mainstream

Callandor · Aug 21, 2010, 01:27 AM

Hsinchu - The marriage of an American technology firm and a Taiwanese display panel manufacturer has helped make digital reading a prospective challenger to paper as the main medium for transmitting printed information.

Four years ago E Ink Corporation and Taiwan's Prime View International Co hooked up to create an e-paper display that now supplies 90% of the fast growing e-reader market.

The Taiwanese involvement has led some observers to compare e-reading to the Chinese technological revolution 2 000 years ago in which newly invented paper replaced the bulky wooden blocks and bamboo slats on which Chinese characters were written.
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Source: News24

Aug 21, 2010, 01:27 AM	#1
Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 7,250 Rep Power: 304 System Specs	E-reading taking on mainstream Hsinchu - The marriage of an American technology firm and a Taiwanese display panel manufacturer has helped make digital reading a prospective challenger to paper as the main medium for transmitting printed information. Four years ago E Ink Corporation and Taiwan's Prime View International Co hooked up to create an e-paper display that now supplies 90% of the fast growing e-reader market. The Taiwanese involvement has led some observers to compare e-reading to the Chinese technological revolution 2 000 years ago in which newly invented paper replaced the bulky wooden blocks and bamboo slats on which Chinese characters were written. ______________ Source: News24 __________________