Samsung Display Company is World's Largest Display Maker

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Samsung Display announced that it has begun operation under a new structure that combines the former Samsung Mobile Display and S-LCD corporations.

The new entity is now the world's largest display maker with seven fabs, 39,000 employees and a 2011 sales volume of about $25.5 billion. The company said that it is focusing on smartphone, digital cameras, tablet PC, notebook PC, monitor, and TV panels using AMOLED and TFT LCD technologies.

“Samsung Display is destined to attain virtually unlimited growth, through continuous efforts to combine our proven know-how in the display field with an overwhelming creative spirit,” said Oh-hyun Kwon, previously vice chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, as well as CEO of Samsung Display. “Our combined strengths will guide Samsung’s display business through the next decade and longer, in turning the many synergistic benefits of the company into far-reaching, tangible results.”

The foundation for Samsung Display was created when Sony decided to leave the S-LCD joint venture with Samsung last year. Samsung paid Sony about $939 million for Sony's stake.

Douglas Perry
13 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Parsian
    no SH!T!!!
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  • math1337
    When will I be able to buy a freaking retina display(high ppi) monitor. Why does apple get this good stuff first.
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  • The Greater Good
    math1337When will I be able to buy a freaking retina display
    Please stop calling it a "retina" display. That's one of the most annoying buzz words to come from Apple.
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  • kcorp2003
    they are also focus in biopharmaceuticals. it's part of their future investment about 2 trillion yen.
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  • george21546
    You can at $2500 a pop http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824002579
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  • eddieroolz
    When you say that your new company has the chops to "attain virtually unlimited growth" you know the business unit is in trouble.
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  • anonymous_user
    george21546You can at $2500 a pop http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod 6824002579If you just want the resolution, why not go for the cheaper Dell UltraSharp U3011?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260028
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  • eddieroolz
    math1337When will I be able to buy a freaking retina display(high ppi) monitor. Why does apple get this good stuff first.
    Probably because Apple is the one that develops them. Heck, you're using a terminology that Apple coined.
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  • thezooloomaster
    There's always someone other than Apple doing it, but they just don't market it in the same way. NEC is the perfect example, as George21546 illustrated, and has been the dominant manufacturer of high quality displays for consumers and professionals.
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  • hate machine
    eddieroolzProbably because Apple is the one that develops them. Heck, you're using a terminology that Apple coined.
    You mean a screen developed and made by LG right?
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