This is a survey of the current state of the theory of F--(super)manifolds
(M,β), first defined in [HeMa] and further developed in [He], [Ma2],
[Me1]. Here β is an \Cal{O}_M--bilinear multiplication on the tangent
sheaf \Cal{T}_M, satisfying an integrability condition. F--manifolds and
compatible flat structures on them furnish a useful weakening of Dubrovin's
Frobenius structure which naturally arises in the quantum K--theory, theory
of extended moduli spaces, and unfolding spaces of singularities.Comment: 16 pages. Talk at the Conference dedicated to the memory of B. Segre,
Inst. Mat. Guido Castelnuovo, Rome, June 200