As the era of artificial intelligence (AI) gains full steam, the display industry is accelerating its race for next-generation OLED technologies. During Computex 2026 in Taipei, Samsung Display and LG Display each unveiled future OLED and gaming OLED technologies, signaling that displays will play an even bigger role in the AI era.
LG Display held the Taiwan Gaming OLED Roadshow in Taipei from the 4th to the 10th for major global clients and released a roadmap for next-generation gaming OLED technologies. Representatives from global PC makers and monitor companies gathered at the venue to watch product demonstrations.
LG Display showcased its DFR (Dynamic Frequency & Resolution) 2.0 technology, which lets users freely switch between sharp image quality and smooth motion depending on the usage environment. The company also set a goal of achieving technology capable of displaying up to 1,000 frames per second in the future.
It also unveiled a 39-inch 5K2K gaming OLED and RGB stripe OLED technologies. In addition, it introduced for the first time a technology that reduces ghosting and delivers smoother motion even with low-spec graphics card environments, underscoring the competitiveness of gaming OLED.
Jang Jun-hyeok, executive director in charge of large product planning at LG Display, said, "Graphics processing units (GPUs) are advancing rapidly, and based on that, the pace of content development used on monitors will also accelerate," and added, "We will proactively present to clients not only technologies and products that can be used immediately in the market, but also a roadmap for future products."
At the Computex exhibition hall, Samsung Display unveiled the world's first QD-OLED panel to simultaneously deliver 4K resolution and a 360Hz refresh rate. Until now, sharpening the image often made motion appear somewhat choppy, while smoothing motion often meant giving up some image quality. Samsung Display said this product achieves both sharp image quality and smooth motion at the same time.
In particular, the product supports a dual mode that can reach up to 680Hz when the resolution is adjusted. Samsung Display introduced it as a flagship product that demonstrates OLED competitiveness in the AI-era gaming and high-performance PC markets.
The company also showcased Penta Tandem OLED technology, which increases the number of emitting layers from four to five, and an ultra-slim OLED for AI PCs. Penta Tandem is a technology that can deliver a brighter screen with the same power or the same brightness with less power.
The OLED for AI PCs is about 0.8 mm thick. The explanation is that as PCs with enhanced AI features require larger batteries, competition to make panels thinner and lighter is becoming more important.
In the final zone of the booth, the company also unveiled stretchable OLEDs that make the panel protrude three-dimensionally, along with a future robot display concept. Samsung Display introduced these as future technologies to be applied to in-vehicle displays and physical AI robots.
Industry insiders expect that as competition in Generative AI spreads beyond data centers to PCs, robots, and mobility—into real product and service domains—the display industry will also enter a new growth phase. That is because, in the end, the screen is the interface where users check information and interact with AI.
A Samsung Display official said, "Even if AI advances, a screen is ultimately necessary for people and AI to communicate," and added, "No matter what form physical AI takes, the role of displays will continue to grow."