AMOLED shortage to become a surplus in 2011

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Samsung's beautiful Super AMOLED panels are becoming more and more
common in mobile devices, but they're not as common as they could be
if there were more of the things flying out of Samsung Mobile Display
factories. Predictably that's set to change in 2011, with SMD planning
to fulfill its promise and bring another production facility online,
while other competitors in Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore will ramp up
their own AMOLED facilities in the coming year. Meanwhile, China is
said to be working on its OLED supply chain as well, meaning those
displays of the passive matrix variety will also be flying off of
assembly lines soon. So, 2011 may still not be the year of a chicken
in every pot, but it could be the year of glowy organic goo in every
smartphone.