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The article discusses about electronic paper. The story of electronic paper (e-paper), so far, has proved to be what could be termed techno-hyperenthusiasm. Electronically rewritable paper requires two basic components. A substrate and something electrically controllable that can serve as the ink. If the epaper material has good enough image retention, it can be written by a device analogous to a printer, and then taken out and used just like a normal sheet of paper.

Highlights the development of a prototype electronic paper, a display technology from E Link Corp. and Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories. Key features of the display technology; How the display technology is manufactured; Components of the display technology.

Focuses on the White Paper issued by the eight participants in the Darpa-financed Microwave and Analog Front-End Technology (Mafet) program detailing their achievements in radio-frequency design tools. Contents of the document; Three conferences where the Mafet-inspired improvements to EDA tools were demonstrated; List of participant achievements; Criticisms of Custom Integrated Circuits Conference on Mafet Design Environment (MDE) improvements.