In its latest analyst firm DisplaySearch said that revenue from global sales of OLED set a new record – $192 million in the second quarter of 2009, up 32% over the previous quarter and by 22% – the same period the previous year. According to the forecast of the company, the market displays based on organic diodes will reach $6.2 billion by 2016 from $0.6 billion in 2008, and the average annual growth to be 33%. The basic OLED devices will be mobile phones, which will bring seven years, $3 billion profit. Second place – a TV with the $2 billion
Increased market AMOLED (OLED Active Matrix) is due to the supply of mobile devices, gained momentum with advertising campaigns Samsung Electronics, Nokia and Sony Ericsson in the first half of 2009, when it was presented more than 15 models of phones. Leadership retained PMOLED-panel (passive matrix). After a certain weakening of their position in the first quarter of stabilization was observed in the second. Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) has shown positive performance in the second quarter, as a result – the first position with 38% market share, just behind Samsung unit should RiTdisplay. “AMOLED displays have become an important feature of high-quality electronic products, – the head of Display Technologies at DisplaySearch Kolegrouv Jennifer (Jennifer Colegrove). – This technology is applicable not only to the screens of mobile phones, but also entered the sector of portable media players, digital cameras. In the next three years will about 20 new or updated product line with AMOLED “.
TV panels based on OLED manufacturers plan to produce more with diagonals of 11″ already in the current year. So, LG Display has announced delivery of 15 “AMOLED-screens, and LG Electronics will begin selling televisions with screens on organic diodes to the holiday season. But the advertisement in 2008, 20 “OLED-TV from Sony will not be on shelves this year. Along with the improvement of AMOLED technology, it was used in a greater number of medium-and large-format devices. In the notebook segment corresponding displays significantly increase the share in mid-2010, netbook – in the end. Then there were 20-29 “TV, and electronics with 30″ screens and above will be available only in 2011.
Materials on the topic:
– Samsung will release OLED-notebook in 2010;
– 32 “OLED-TV promises to LG in 2010;
– IT-Tales: Rubber electronics.
