Samsung Display Corporation stands today as the world's dominant OLED panel manufacturer, commanding approximately 40% of global OLED revenue and producing around 500 million AMOLED panels annually. SDC’s OLED business is as profitable as the entire display industry together, if not more. This remarkable position represents the culmination of more than two decades of strategic investments, technological innovation, and calculated risks that began when OLED technology was still in its infancy.
Indeed, Samsung was the first company to fully commit to AMOLED production, and invested heavily in early R&D and took a leap of faith that was needed as the technology was not fully ready for mass adoption.
In this article, we detail Samsung Display's history, AMOLED and QD-OLED capabilities and fabs, its technology roadmap, opportunities and challenges, and its OLED microdisplays and microLED projects.
The Samsung SDI Era: PMOLED and early AMOLED production (2002-2008)
The story begins with Samsung SDI, the company's original display subsidiary responsible for picture tubes and early flat panel displays. In August 2002, Samsung SDI commenced mass production of PMOLED (Passive Matrix OLED) displays, marking Samsung's entry into the OLED business. By October 2005, the company had shipped over 30 million PMOLED units, primarily used as secondary displays in clamshell (flip) phones, which were highly popular at the time, up until the iPhone introduction.
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