The ever-growing importance of display-centric technologies in products such as smartphones and TVs has prompted the electronics industry to spend upwards of hundreds of million dollars developing ever-larger and clearer displays. Many current and future display technologies will take center stage at the Society for Information Display’s Display Week symposium and tradeshow in San Jose, California. Here is a sampling of some underlying display market trends that are defining the products on display.

Spencer Chin is a Senior Editor for Design News covering the electronics beat. He has many years of experience covering developments in components, semiconductors, subsystems, power, and other facets of electronics from both a business/supply-chain and technology perspective. He can be reached at [email protected].