Samsung Display boasts form factor innovation via flexible, micro LED displays

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 outfitted with Samsung Show’s rollable show is exhibited on the panel maker’s non-public sales space on the Encore at Wynn resort in Las Vegas, Wednesday (native time). Courtesy of Samsung Show

LAS VEGAS – Samsung Show showcased its experience in creating numerous show kind components at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, unveiling, Wednesday (native time), a laptop computer with a rollable display and a micro LED for smartwatches.

Throughout a media tour of its non-public sales space for company shoppers, the corporate showcased its foldable, rollable, and stretchable shows featured in numerous units, together with the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, the world’s first laptop computer that includes a rollable show.

The laptop computer, set to be launched in June, turned one of many most-talked-about devices at this yr’s CES after being unveiled by Lenovo the day earlier than. That includes Samsung Show’s rollable OLED panel, the laptop computer has a 14-inch display with a 5:4 facet ratio when rolled in, however extends to a 16.7-inch display with an 8:9 facet ratio when unrolled.

An official from Samsung Show showcases a rollable show on the panel maker’s non-public sales space on the Encore at Wynn resort in Las Vegas, Wednesday (native time). Korea Instances picture by Nam Hyun-woo

It takes roughly 8 seconds to completely unroll, and the display seems to be about 150% the scale of its base when prolonged. As soon as unrolled, customers can stack two completely different apps vertically, just like utilizing twin screens.

For this panel, Samsung Show stated it not solely utilized its rollable know-how but in addition Eco Sq. OLED know-how, a primary for laptop computer shows. This know-how integrates the polarizer, or light-filtering layer, into the panel utilizing on-cell movie know-how, leading to a 30 % enchancment in energy effectivity and a slimmer design.

Samsung Show’s Micro LED for smartwatches exhibited on the panel maker’s non-public sales space on the Encore at Wynn resort in Las Vegas, Wednesday (native time) / Courtesy of Samsung Show

Additionally on the sales space, Samsung Show showcased the primary micro LED show for smartwatches. The show contains a 2.1-inch rectangular panel, created by transferring roughly 700,000 LED chips in pink, inexperienced, and blue. This design achieves a most decision of 326 pixels per inch and a brightness of 4,000 nits, setting a brand new business benchmark.

Through the use of on-cell movie know-how and a polyimide substrate, the corporate stated the show presents improved energy effectivity and better design flexibility in kind components.

Micro LED shows are considered a next-generation show know-how, as every LED chip capabilities as a pixel with out the necessity for an exterior backlight. This leads to increased brightness, enhanced reliability, and decrease energy consumption, making it a most well-liked resolution for future shows.

Samsung Show’s stretchable show exhibited on the firm’s non-public sales space on the Encore at Wynn resort in Las Vegas, Wednesday (native time). Korea Instances picture by Nam Hyun-woo

On the sales space, the corporate additionally showcased its stretchable show, which expands from the middle to kind a bulge earlier than returning to its flat state. This represents an improve of the corporate’s first swelling stretchable show, which was revealed in 2017.

Additionally showcased on the sales space was a laptop computer outfitted with a glass-free 3D show, an ultra-thin show that may be mounted on a wall, and a spread of world-first improvements, together with the five hundred Hz QD-OLED monitor.

“Samsung Show was in a position to make sure sturdiness primarily based on its intensive expertise in foldable manufacturing,” an official on the firm stated. “These numerous new show applied sciences will convey groundbreaking adjustments to person experiences in IT units together with laptops, tablets and smartwatches.”