Samsung Produces New AMOLED Panel

on 06/01/2009, filed in Home > Photo-Video

Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) has underlined their intention to release a new AMOLED display that will feature an WVGA resolution of 800 x 400 pixels. This new display touts to bring four times the clarity as well as a brand new 300 PPI (Pixel Per Inch) level. In addition, Samsung also addresses power consumption issues by improving the performance while sipping less juice than ever before, so here’s to Samsung releasing such technology to the masses soonest possible.

AMOLED: stands for Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode, is a display technology in which an electro-luminescent organic compound (organic=contains Carbon) is used to light up pixels. Active Matrix refers to a technique to control the pixels and sub-pixels (RGB components) state which was introduced in the mid-70s. Active Matrix is used with many kinds of displays, but the most famous are TFT LCD and AMOLED.

Samsung: Samsung is a South-Korean conglomerate which counts many subsidiaries like Samsung Electronics, which you probably know very well, but also Samsung Heavy Industries which builds ships, or Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities and many more. Samsung is responsible for an amazing 20% of South Korea's exports. In the consumer electronics world, Samsung has gone from being a company with a reputation for cheap products to becoming one of the most respected companies in the world.

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