Organic tellies
Sony has announced that it intends to invest approximately 22 billion yen (~$200 million/£100 million) in OLED technology in the fiscal year starting 1st April 2008.
It also announced that it plans to gear some of its production technologies towards producing middle and large sized OLED panels, with the implementation of this change occurring in the 2009/10 fiscal year.
Sony appears to be betting that OLED will become a major display technology. In its press release it says it is “positioning the OLED panel as a new device capable of expanding the future potential of televisions and other AV products.”
Official press release: Sony to Invest Approximately 22 billion Yen to Strengthen Middle and Large Size OLED Panel Production Technology