Lightening up
Organic light-emitting diodes make better display units
PEOPLE in the computer business often fret about growing organically. Now they might start thinking seriously about glowing organically—for several computer-display makers say that screens using organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are ready to enter the market. Barry Young of DisplaySearch, a market-research firm based in Austin, Texas, claims that 30 firms have announced plans to produce OLED displays. Next week, at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Display in San Jose, California, several manufacturers will show off the latest gizmos employing this technology.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Lightening up”
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