Samsung SDI leapt to the world's largest supplier of AMOLED

In recent years, is regarded as the next generation display technology of active electroluminescent diode (AMOLED), although the leading investment of many manufacturers, but as early as 2007 in the leading production is Samsung SDI (Samsung SDI), is currently the largest supplier of AMOLED, although the large size production, was Sony 11 inch OLED TV grab the lottery, but because the Sony of the product supply is limited, so the actual shipments and shipments, Samsung still topped SDI. On the other hand, due to the Samsung SDI no TFT segment production line, CSTN market has gradually declined, so one of the small size of the future after the independence of the business, to be able to turn a deficit to the hope of sending, will fall on the AMOLED.

Samsung SDI OLED into the field very early, the original production is passive (PM) OLED, but PMOLED difficult due to the large size of the application, only a mobile phone panel, plus the price by TFT compression, profit is difficult, so the Samsung SDI to the development of large-scale AMOLED. Because the AMOLED needs TFT back, although the Samsung SDI TFT front line, but it can get Samsung support within the group, although the development of the early AMOLED is not smooth, the amount of labor from the end of 2006 delayed, although the production time is 2007 officially announced the end of the first quarter, but according to the material supplier said, really mass production time is 2007.

The Samsung SDI starting from small size production, so its products to 2~2.8 inch, 3~8 inch since 2008 and gradually launched products, but the production of 3 inches above the threshold high, current supply is still dominated by small size 3 inches. In addition, although Samsung SDI foreign said, AMOLED monthly production capacity of millions of pieces of spectrum, but due to yield and other factors, the actual estimate of a single month shipments of up to one million, has been quite high standard.

Samsung SDI small and medium size enterprise products quite diverse, including MSTN, CSTN, TFT and OLED (module), which accounted for the largest proportion of revenue of products is still CSTN, followed by TFT, according to the future development of MSTN and CSTN are the gradual decay of the market; TFT, as the front panel is mainly from outsourcing therefore, the possibility of development is relatively small; as for OLED, due to the production of the first step, the main customers are operating at the same time, it is the small size of the hope of the future profit business.

Source: DIGITIMES