Sharp takes aim at e-Ink with new LCD technology

Sharp hopes to compete with e-Ink with a new 6" LCD screen that updates regularly but draws significantly reduced amounts of power.

The 'continuous-grain silicon' technology allows for logic transistors to be placed directly on the LCD substrate, which permits the memory cells to be placed right next to LCD pixels allowing for reduced power requirements.

The LCD has more of a bluish cast to it, as opposed to e-Ink's gray/white cast.