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Hitachi, Ltd. Annual Report 2006 05
Infrastructure Technology/Products
High Functional Materials
High functional materials have an increasingly important part
to play in various fields, ranging from devices for semiconduc-
tors and LCDs to automobiles. Hitachi Group companies are
contributing to advances in the device field: Hitachi Chemical
Co., Ltd. with anisotropic
conductive films for displays,
Hitachi Metals, Ltd. with
sputtering target materials for
LCDs, and Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
with semiconductor packag-
ing materials.
HDDs
Amid the trend toward hard
disk drives (HDDs) that are
more compact but have
greater storage capacity,
perpendicular magnetic
recording technology is
stealing the limelight. Hitachi
has started shipments of
2.5-inch HDDs based on this technology. Plans are also in
hand to begin shipments of 1.8-inch drives in the latter half
of 2006.
LCDs
Hitachi’s IPS (In-Plane-Switching) technology achieves
vibrant, natural images even where a display is viewed from
an angle. This technology has already been incorporated in
TVs and mobile phones. Now, Hitachi has started mass pro-
ducing high-function, high-definition LCDs based on IPS
technology for digital still
cameras, which continue to
deliver even higher perfor-
mance. This will enable digital
still cameras to display the
same detailed, vibrant images.
Hitachi Cable TAB tapes for
high-density mounting for
semiconductors