A roll-away computer is an idea introduced as part of a series by
Toshiba in 2000, which aimed to predict the trends in personal computing five years into the future. Since its announcement, the roll-away computer has remained a theoretical device.
A roll-away computer is a computer with a
flexible polymer-based display technology, measuring 1
mm thick and weighing around 200 grams.
Flexible and
rollable displays started entering the market in 2006 (see
electronic paper).
The R&D department of Seiko Epson has demonstrated a flexible active-matrix LCD panel (including the pixel thin film transistors and the peripheral TFT drivers), a flexible active-matrix OLED panel, the world's first flexible 8-bit
asynchronous CPU (ACT11)—which uses the world's first flexible SRAM.
University of Tokyo researchers have demonstrated flexible flash memory.
LG Corporation has demonstrated an 18-inch
high-definition video display panel that can roll up into a 3 cm diameter tube.
[Mat Smit]
"LG has a very flexible 18-inch display, promises 60-inch rollable TVs"
.
2014.
See also
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Tablet PC
*
Roll-up keyboard
References
External links
* http://www.toshiba-europe.com/computers/tnt/visions2000/7/
"Foldable, Stretchable Circuits" by Kate Greene 2008
Classes of computers
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