Samsung has confirmed that they’ve bought the Dutch-based display technology firm Liquavista. Liquavista is a spin-out from Phillips Research Labs and specializes in display technology named Electrowetting (EWD). The EWD is known to work in transmissive, reflective, transparent and transflective modes and offer picture quality at par with LCDs at very low power consumption, […]
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Samsung and IBM team up to research new semiconductor technology
Samsung has collaborated with IBM to research on semiconductor technologies. Under this new collaboration, both the companies will research new materials, transistor structures etc. to enable next-generation process technology that will be used in variety of devices like smartphones to high-end communications infrastructure. The researchers will work at the Semiconductor Research Alliance at the […]
TVs with Rollable-OLED displays expected by 2014; paper-thin OLED by 2015
Samsung has etched up a bright future for OLED displays. Samsung Mobile Display’s Kim Seong-cheol recently showed off a 0.2mm flexible AMOLED display but confirmed that with the technology available currently, OLEDs can be produced with a 0.1mm thickness. Such display, Kim reckons can be used for television sets and the commercialisation could happen […]
Samsung develops Super PLS LCD
Samsung Mobile Display has announced that they’ve developed the next-generation LCD display, which is touted to be better than the conventional IPS panels. Super PLS or Super Plan to Line Switching display is claimed to have an improvement of about 100 percent in viewing angle and is 10 percent brighter. The Super PLS display […]
Samsung develops NFC chip with embedded flash memory
Samsung has announced that they’ve developed its Near Field Communications (NFC) chip with embedded flash memory. The chip scheduled for mass production in 2011, is an advanced NFC chip that boasts a low power design with advanced RF sensitivity. The chip is apt for smartphones and consumes very less power in both active and […]