Samsung Display demonstrated a new OLED microdisplay at K-Display 2024, a 1.3" 12,000 nits 4000 PPI display. It is not clear whether this display is a direct-emission display, or one that uses white OLEDs with color filters.
Samsung Display's CEO, Choi Joo-seon, said during the conference that SDC will soon commercialize OLED microdisplays based on eMagin's direct-patterning deposition technology (SDC acquired eMagin in 2023). Choi says that the price of OLED microdisplays is an important differentiating factor. Last week Omdia estimated that the price of OLED microdisplays is set to decline sharply in the near future.
Samsung is accelerating its OLED microdisplay plans, as the company hopes to supply displays for companies such as Apple and Microsoft . In fact, Microsoft has reportedly signed an agreement with Samsung Display for the supply of OLED microdisplays for a 2026 MX device.
In May 2024, during SID Displayweek, Samsung unveiled its a 1.03" direct-emission OLED microdisplay. At the same trade show, LGD showed an impressive 10,000 nits 1.3" 4K (4,175 PPI) OLED microdisplay that uses new OLED materials and LG Display's micro lens array (MLA) to increase brightness by about 40% compared to LGD's previous generation microdisplays.
Japan's Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) demonstrated its own OLED microdisplay technology at Displayweek 2024, a 1.5" 3840x2880 (3207 PPI) display that achieves a brightness of 15,000 nits by using a tandem architecture and a direct-emission design.
