Intel led off its Innovation 2022 occasion with a flurry of giant bulletins. Within the midst of stories about its Arc GPUs, Raptor Lake CPUs, and different different merchandise, Intel and Samsung snuck in an idea “slidable” PC that featured an extendable OLED display.
Innovation acquired off to a quick and livid begin, as CEO Pat Gelsinger offered a plethora of bulletins throughout his opening presentation. Social media was abuzz, attempting to maintain up with all of the information popping out of San Jose. Within the midst of all of it, Gelsinger and Samsung Show CEO JS Choi added an surprising shock, a prototype slidable PC that extends from a 13-inch show right into a 17-inch show. (Click on the picture beneath to see the “slidable” display in motion.)
The stage get together—additionally together with Ria Cheruvu, AI Ethics Lead Architect at Intel—took turns passing the system round. The show membrane stays remarkably flat with only a slight trace of bending within the left half.
“We’re asserting the world’s first 17-inch slidable show for PCs,” Choi stated to these in attendance. “This system will fulfill numerous wants for a bigger display and portability as nicely.”
The design permits the person to drag from one edge, and switch what first seems as a pill, into extra of a laptop computer dimension display. Gelsinger remarked that it’s a demonstration of what’s potential with OLED show expertise that’s constructed onto a versatile plastic substrate.
Different corporations have not too long ago been exploring foldable screens, and making them bigger and extra sturdy. One instance is the ThinkPad X1 Fold, a tool created by Lenovo that unfolds right into a 16-inch system.
Whereas the product is kind of intriguing, it’s potential it would by no means see manufacturing. Nonetheless, it does showcase what is feasible and that corporations are nonetheless seeking to stretch the bounds of the creativeness so far as potential when it comes expertise.
