SID Starts Today
What is normally an excursion out to sunny California, the 2nd virtual SID (Society for Information Display) conference begins today. Historically the show has been a 3 day+ event where technical papers and talks concerning various aspects of the display industry are presented, with an exhibition that showcased companies both large and small and gave visitors the opportunity to see new or potential products. As of last year, the show became virtual and no longer gave the opportunity to wander through the exhibits and ask questions to staff and management so we take our virtual walk-thru a bit more selectively and pick a few topics to focus on as we ‘walk’ the virtual aisles.
While announcements from display and related companies will be made over the next two days, Samsung Display (pvt) was one of the first out of the box, showing off its S-Foldable prototype, a double folding OLED panel, a tablet/notebook size foldable that unfolds to become a 17” monitor, and the slide-bar foldable that we have mentioned in the past. No dates about if and when these displays will make it into commercial products, and we note that Samsung Display is only the supplier of the displays and not the producer of actual CE products that might include or use them, so actual releases would be dependent on the brand, which in all likelihood would be Samsung Electronics, with an over 80-% share of the small/medium OLED display market. None of these prototypes are new in that they have been seen in IP or other demos, but Samsung has promised to expand its line of foldable devices this year, which almost implies that at least one or two are on a path toward commercial production.
While announcements from display and related companies will be made over the next two days, Samsung Display (pvt) was one of the first out of the box, showing off its S-Foldable prototype, a double folding OLED panel, a tablet/notebook size foldable that unfolds to become a 17” monitor, and the slide-bar foldable that we have mentioned in the past. No dates about if and when these displays will make it into commercial products, and we note that Samsung Display is only the supplier of the displays and not the producer of actual CE products that might include or use them, so actual releases would be dependent on the brand, which in all likelihood would be Samsung Electronics, with an over 80-% share of the small/medium OLED display market. None of these prototypes are new in that they have been seen in IP or other demos, but Samsung has promised to expand its line of foldable devices this year, which almost implies that at least one or two are on a path toward commercial production.
Samsung Tri-fold smartphone display - Source: Samsung Display
Samsung 17" Foldable laptop - Source: Samsung Display
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