Samsung Electronics successfully developed the world's first and largest single-sheet 40-inch active matrix (AM) organic light-emitting diode (OLED) for flat panel TV applications. The world's biggest liquid crystal display (LCD) maker said that it has succeeded in developing the prototype of 40-inch high-definition OLED wide screen that boasts faster video response times with low power consumption. "Our development of a 40-inch OLED will provide a firm basis from which we can become the unassailable market leader in the flat panel display market of the future," said Chung Kyu-ha, vice president of Samsung Electronics LCD R&D Center. "We are taking an early leadership position in the next-generation display market, building on Samsung Electronics' success in the LCD market." The 40-inch OLED panel will be demonstrated for the first time at the world's largest display industry event, Society for Information Display (SID) 2005 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition in Boston, May 24- 27. Manufactured on Samsung's fourthgeneration production line with a mother glass size of 730 millimeters by 920 millimeters, the new OLED prototype combines all of the traditional features of emissive OLED technology, including wide viewing angle, thin package size and no color filter and no backlight. After launching its OLED development initiative in 2001 to secure leadership in next-generation display technologies, Samsung developed a 14.1- inch OLED panel in 2004, followed by the world's first 21-inch HD-class OLED panel in January 2005.