SEL News
- April 2021
- Semiconductor Energy Laboratory and Silvaco Jointly Develop SPICE Model of Oxide Semiconductor FETs
- December 2020
- Exhibits at IEDM2020 (December 6 to 18, 2020)
- December 2019
- Smartphone using CAAC-IGZO® technology wins 2019 R&D 100 Award
- November 2019
- Exhibits at IEDM2019 (December 9 to 11, 2019)
- August 2019
- Exhibits at SSDM2019 (September 3 to 5, 2019)
- June 2019
- Wins Best Poster Presentation Award for the paper on “Analysis of IGZO crystalline structure and its stability by first-principles calculations” at ULSIC vs. TFT 7
- June 2019
- Wins Distinguished Paper Award for the papers on “OLED Display Incorporating Organic Image Sensor” and “5291 ppi OLED display” at SID Display Week 2019
- April 2019
- Exhibits at SID Display Week 2019
- March 2019
- Exhibits at AI EXPO TOKYO 2019 - 3rd Artificial Intelligence Exhibition & Conference -
- February 2019
- Exhibits at BATTERY JAPAN 2019 - 10th Int'l Rechargeable Battery Expo
- November 2018
- Exhibits at The 59th Battery Symposium, IEDM 2018, and SEMICON Japan 2018
- November 2018
- President Yamazaki wins W. David Kingery Award
- August 2018
- Exhibits at SSDM2018 (September 11 to 13, 2018)
- May 2018
- SEL wins Invention Award from Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
- March 2018
- Exhibits at 2nd AI EXPO (April 4 to 6, 2018)
- November 2017
- Exhibits at AI WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO (December 11 to 13, 2017) and SEMICON JAPAN（December 13 to 15, 2017）
- September 2017
- SEL's Approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- June 2017
- Exhibits at 1st AI EXPO (June 28 to 30, 2017)
- May 2017
- Sample shipment of extremely low power (XLP) LSI chip and the application of the chip to AI
- May 2017
- Topics : OS display～81-inch Multidisplay～
- March 2017
- Exhibits at 27th FINETECH JAPAN - LCD/OLED/SENSOR TECHNOLOGY EXPO (April 5 to 7, 2017)
- November 2016
- SEL awarded Corporate Technical Achievement Award with co-recipient, Sharp Corporation, from ACerS; President Yamazaki awarded Medal for Leadership in the Advancement of Ceramic Technology from ACerS.
- October 2016
- SEL announces that the business of Advanced Film Device Inc. (SEL's subsidiary) is transferred to SEL.
- June 2016
- Book Announcement: President Shunpei Yamazaki is going to publish three jointly edited books on crystalline oxide semiconductor CAAC-IGZO®, sequentially from October 2016.
- May 2016
- Wins SID's Distinguished Paper Award for the papers on "8K4K 120-Hz 12-bit OLED Display Using Top-Gate Self-Align (TGSA) OS-FETs" and "1058-ppi Flexible OLED Display Using OS-FETs."
- November 2015
- World ranking 2 in Technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum (Semiconductor Manufacturing Category)
- June 2015
- Received SID’s Distinguished Paper Award for the paper on "Apparatus for Manufacturing Flexible OLED Displays" and for the paper on "New Pixel Circuits Using OS-FET" presented at SID 2015
- April 2015
- President Shunpei Yamazaki is a winner of 2015 SID Special Recognition Awards
- January 2015
- Exhibited a 13.3-Inch 8K OLED display at IBC Content Everywhere MENA 2015 and at other exhibition venues in collaboration with NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).
- December 2014
- CSJ Award for Young Chemists in Technical Development from The Chemical Society of Japan for the report on Organic EL Device utilizing Exciplex (ExTET)
- November 2014
- World ranking 2 in Technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum (Semiconductor Manufacturing Category)
- November 2014
- SEL is a winner of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators
- October 2014
- Display Innovation Award, Grand Prize for Ultra High-Definition and Ultra Thin Flexible Organic Display exhibited at Display Innovation 2014
- June 2014
- SID Distinguished Paper Award for the paper on OLED Display Using CAAC-OS FETs at SID 2014
- December 2013
- SEL wins Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Prize of the 27th Chunichi Industrial Technology Awards (co-recipient with Sharp Corp.)
- November 2013
- World ranking 3 in Technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum (Semiconductor Manufacturing Category)
- October 2013
- SEL exhibits at FPD International 2013 and wins Outstanding Achievement Prize at FPD International 2013 for flexible display/lighting/battery using oxide semiconductor
- October 2013
- SEL is a winner of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators
- September 2013
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SEL's paper wins Paper Award from SSDM 2013 (CPU incorporating CAAC-OS®)
- May 2013
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SEL wins Gold Award in Display of the Year at SID Display Week 2013 (for IGZO LCD and co-recipient with Sharp Corp.)
- December 2012
- World ranking 3 in Technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum (Semiconductor Manufacturing Category)
- June 2012
- SEL develops of CPU incorporating degradation-free nonvolatile memory
- June 2012
- SEL develops a new technology of oxide semiconductor contributing to innovation of displays with Sharp Corp.
- December 2011
- SEL is a winner of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators
- December 2011
- World ranking 3 in Technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum (Semiconductor Manufacturing Category)
- August 2011
- Further support to the areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake
- March 2011
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Support to the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and those who live in the areas.
- August 2010
- SEL is certified to ISO 9001.
- July 2010
- SEL wins Invention Award from Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
- March 2010
- SEL wins Okochi Memorial Technology Award from Okochi Memorial Foundation (co-recipient with Sharp Corp.)
- April 2009
- SEL wins Prize for Science and Technology in The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (co-recipient with Sharp Corp.)
- February 2009
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President Yamazaki receives Special Award of Kanagawa “Kirari” Challenger Award
- December 2008
- SEL is ranked high in the rankings of Technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum
- November 2007
- SEL is ranked high in the rankings of technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum
- March 2007
- SEL is certified to ISO/IEC27001
- November 2006
- SEL is ranked high in the rankings of technical evaluation of U.S. patent portfolios according to IEEE Spectrum
- December 2005
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SEL develops of RFCPU using flexible substrate and glass substrate
- August 2005
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SEL joins Atsugi Science Carnival
- May 2005
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The governor of Kanagawa Prefecture visits SEL
- October 2004
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SEL develops of QXGA organic EL panel (with the highest pixel density in the world)
- October 2004
- SEL develops of high-definition fullcolor and high-pixel-density monochrome active matrix organic EL displays
- April 2004
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SEL succeeds in formation and driving of CPU on plastic substrate
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