Samsung SDI plans to mass-produce 14-inch AM OLED panels probably from the first-half of next year to meet growing demand for profitable IT-related products, including notebooks.

The suggested retail price for the 14-inch AM OLED TV is likely to be around 3 million won 3000 Dollar, when it is commercialized,'' Yoo said.

Both 31-inch and 14-inch panels will be exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show to be held in Las Vegas from Jan. 7-10.

Samsung SDI said Thursday that it has successfully developed the panel by using advanced active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AM OLED) technology and a low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) manufacturing process for the first time in the world.

In 2005, Samsung Electronics' LCD division stunned the global panel industry by developing a 40-inch AM OLED panel by applying a less advanced amorphous Silicon (a-Si) process but failed to equip the panel for OLED TVs.

Despite power and life-span advantages compared to the a-Si method, the LTPS process has widely been considered a much tougher method to make larger-sized panels, resulting in wide adaptation to smaller electronic gadgets such as car navigation and high-end cell phones.

Talks are under way to set the specific timing for mass-production but we are positive about its prospects,'' Yoo Eui-jin, vice president of Samsung SDI's AM OLED Supervision, told reporters at a press conference held in central Seoul. We will develop 40- and 42-inch full high-definition AM OLED panels in 2010.''

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