Next Chips: Organic Transistors and Memories and the Applications They Will Enable

As with TFTs there is a lot of R&D that is being carried out in the field or organic memory that does not get much publicity. But at the commercial level, most of the activity is centered on one company, Thin Film Electronics (TFE). This was the company originally backed by Intel as a supplier of new technology that could ultimately replace flash. When Intel withdrew its support TFE, TFE was able to remake itself and has surrounded itself with a number of firms that are enabling it to pave a way towards printable organic memory. For example, one of TFE’s partners is Xaar, which is helping it develop industrial inkjet methods and processes for producing printed memory applications efficiently and in high volumes. On the manufacturing side, TFE is collaborating with OTB Engineering and Soligie.