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LG Display demonstrates Qualcomm’s ARM-based

12-inch panel that stretches up 12-core desktop CPU coming

to 14 inches in 2024

lthough foldable displays As far as prototype panels go ince last year, Qualcomm has GSM Arena.
have been making headway this display seems pretty high qual- been producing PC chipsets, The Phoenix core architecture
Ain the smartphone mar- ity. At 100ppi it has pixel density Sbut its efforts have been rather from Nuvia, created by former Ap-
ket, a related technology known as similar to that of a 40” 4K TV. And modest, with the majority of them ple employees who worked on the
stretchable displays is also gradually it has full-color RGB capabilities, re- recycling designs from its phone company’s existing ARM-based Ap-
emerging. ported GSM Arena. products. ple CPUs, is reportedly what Qual-
According to GSM Arena, LG The display is built on a special According to GSM Arena, now comm would adopt.
Display has demonstrated a 12” silicon substrate that is also used a reliable source has claimed that Qualcomm acquired the Nuvia
panel that can be stretched to 14” for contact lenses. It features mi- the company is about to finally take start-up some time ago so it’s no
and released back to 12” without cro-LEDs that are connected via the project seriously and deliver a surprise that the company will make
damaging it. S-shaped springs instead of straight beastly desktop CPU. The report use of the new architecture, which in
This type of bendy, stretchy wires so that they can stretch 20 per claims it will be unveiled in 2024 turn promised a 50 to 100 per cent
display can be used in clothing and cent without breaking. and it’s codenamed ‘Hamoa’, which performance increase in a 5-watt
furniture as it can easily conform to As per GSM Arena, last year, a would be helpful in tracking future per core limit. That’s of course
complex shapes and the ability to company named Royole had show- leaks about the chip. based on respective numbers from
stretch will make it more comfort- cased a stretchable display demo The Hamoa chip will house back in 2020.
able to wear. LG Display foresees panel that was 2.7” and had 96 x 12 CPU cores in an 8+4 configu- Either way, the report suggests
uses in various industries including 60px resolution. Before that in 2017 ration. The big cluster consists of that the performance is “extreme-
“fashion, wearables, mobility and Samsung demoed a stretchable dis- eight performance cores, while the ly promising” so might finally be a
gaming”. It can even find a place in play, though that one was mostly cluster of four is made of energy-ef- proper ARM-based Windows expe-
the automobile and aircraft industry able to survive deformation rather ficient cores. The chip will support rience in the next couple of years, as
as well. than stretch to a new size. discrete GPUs as well, reported per GSM Arena.

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