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The year 2007 is already shaping up to be one that poses many challenges for the semiconductor industry.

Bio Pic Paul Dempsey, EDA Tech Forum Journal Editor-in-Chief

Look at what is supposed to be a stellar-performing market: displays. According to data from the Consumer Electronics Association, large screen plasma and LCDs are flying out of the stores.Yet the major suppliers spent much of Q4 2006 getting seriously beaten up on price. Moreover, the likelihood of a third technology entering that market, SED (or surface-conduction electron-emitter display), now hangs in the balance following the enforced break-up of the Canon-Toshiba joint venture. Meanwhile, 802.11n wireless-on-steroids and next generation DVD are both now in the market – and there are good products available for both technologies from Apple TV to the PlayStation 3 – but unresolved standards issues continue to dog both.

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