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"Sharp this week made its case to CES attendees that IGZO technology is the future of mobile displays, leading one market watcher to believe it's likely inevitable that Apple will adopt them.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/SnUUXoFsjoY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/iframe&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nDuring its media briefing at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sharp stressed the importance of IGZO technology for the company's future. Also participating in the IGZO demonstration was Corning, which took the wraps off of its &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/03/cornings-third-gen-gorilla-glass-could-be-bound-for-next-iphone-ipad\"&amp;gt;third-generation Gorilla Glass&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; at this week's show.\r\n\r\nIn attendance for Sharp's event was analyst Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets, who lauded the abilities of IGZO technology. Sharp's advanced displays were described as having twice the resolution of a conventional LCD screen with up to 90 percent power savings.\r\n\r\n\"Even after turning off the power of a device, IGZO allows the image to continue to be displayed on the screen,\" White explained. He said he believes Apple is a \"prime candidate\" to adopt IGZO in future devices.\r\n\r\nApple has been rumored &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/29/apple_again_rumored_to_switch_to_igzo_displays_for_ipad_3\"&amp;gt;for years&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to be interested in Sharp's IGZO display technology. One report from &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/12/rumor_sharps_igzo_display_didnt_make_the_cut_for_apples_third_gen_ipad.html\"&amp;gt;last year&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; claimed that Apple investigated using IGZO panels in the third-generation iPad, but the technology was not yet ready for mass production.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/igzo-130108.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"660\" height=\"361\" alt=\"IGZO\" /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nRumors again cropped up &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/12/27/apple-reportedly-evaluating-igzo-display-tech-for-next-gen-iphones-and-ipads\"&amp;gt;in December&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, claiming that Apple is evaluating IGZO display technology for its next generation of iPhones and iPads. The technology's acronym stands for the materials that make up the advanced panels: indium, gallium, and zinc oxide.\r\n\r\nWhite believes that Apple \"increasingly requires new innovative display technologies to compete with Samsung.\" A deal with Sharp could also reduce Apple's reliance on LG Display, which initially &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/20/sharp_meets_apples_standards_for_ipad_retina_display_lg_lags_behind___report\"&amp;gt;struggled to meet&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; required standards for the iPad's Retina display in early 2012."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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