Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) is a major non-pure play, owning LED powerhouses Osram Opto Semiconductors and Osram Sylvania.

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On Friday, Samsung LED filed its complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against Osram and its units Osram Opto Semiconductors and Osram Sylvania Inc.

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And that's where the opto chip makes the difference.

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The Opto-electronics group at the national Physics Lab (FIAN), part of the Academy, and Samsung, recently devised a new method for a 3D display that adapts itself to each user.

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The opto chip's speed also stands to benefit businesses that transmit large amounts of data around the globe, and the military could use it to improve navigation systems for ships and aircraft.

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He digs like a dog to learn his subject, particularly if the subject is narrow and peculiar, such as opto-electronic switches, P-N junctions or a hailstorm's effect on spread spectrum wireless video transmission.

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Samsung Opto-Electronics has been a free spirit until now, but Sammy says that in order to achieve its goal of becoming one of the top three digital camera vendors in the market by 2010, it's going to have to tame those wild horses and bring everything under one roof.

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