The Galaxy Fold features a 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display, which folds into a compact device with a cover display. The Galaxy Fold delivers a new kind of mobile experience allowing users to do things they could not do with an ordinary smartphone, according to the vendor. The Galaxy Fold brings together material, engineering and display innovations, developed over eight years following the debut of Samsung's first flexible display prototype in 2011. Samsung invented a new polymer layer and created a display around 50% thinner than the typical smartphone display. The new material makes Galaxy Fold flexible and tough. Samsung said it also engineered a sophisticated hinge with multiple interlocking gears that are housed in a hidden enclosure for a seamless look.

Corning demonstrated its Gorilla Glass automotive applications during the Touch Taiwan 2017 trade held in Taipei in late September. The Gorilla Glass is cold-formed into irregular and curved shapes for cater to various interior designs of cars, according to Corning. The cold-form process enables lower production cost than hot forming. Corning is eyeing the huge business opportunities offered by the automotive market. It cites research firms as estimating that the number of connected cars will reach 69 million by 2020, and that the number of on-board display per car will grow from 0.9 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2024. This year marks the 10th anniversary since Corning unveiled the Gorilla Glass. While the glass has found growing adoption in consumer electronics, the automotive market for both interior and glazing applications has also been a major target for Gorilla, according to Wang.

Texas Instruments (TI) has developed a new 0.2-inch DLP2000 chipset and US$99 DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 evaluation module (EVM), making it more affordable to leverage DLP technology and design on-demand, free-form display applications such as mobile smart TVs, pico projectors, digital signage, projection displays for smart homes, smartphones and tablets, and control panels and Internet of Things (IoT) display solutions. With the DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 EVM, developers can easily design with DLP technology, according to TI. The EVM's dual connector is set up to support any flexible GPIO-driven video interface capable of up to 24-bit red/green/blue (RGB)-capable processor, including the BeagleBone Black development board based on TI Sitara AM335x processors, and includes software drivers and BeagleBone Black code examples for easy programming. This makes the technology more accessible for developers to incorporate high-performing DLP Pico displays into new applications.