Samsung To Adopt Super TFT Due To AMOLED Shortage?

By Matthew Chung on 09/14/2010, filed in Home > CellPhones

The shortage of AMOLED displays is already a well known fact, but now word is going around that Samsung Electronics might also be affected, with reports in that Samsung is preparing LCD versions of its Galaxy S and Wave phones, both of which currently tout Super AMOLED displays as one of the main features. There isn’t any confirmation if the displays will be regular LCD displays or Super TFT displays that are used on the Galaxy Tab. The use of LCD displays will apparently lower the prices of said devices. Samsung Mobile Display currently supplies 98 percent of the AMOLED displays worldwide and Samsung Electronics is its major customer. The shortage is expected to ease after a new facility is opened next year, boosting the AMOLED production to 30 million units per month.

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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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