AUO announced the launch of curved displays, LCD panels just over a half millimeter thick and TFT multi-touch panels.

• The curved displays are said to be the first built on glass substrate

• Because the display has a curve radius of 100mm, it requires a special thinning technology.

• AUO will also release a superthin, 1.9" TFT display that is .63 mm thick, while the 8" multi-touch TFT panels

• A specially designed curved backlight unit is supposed to maintain uniformity in brightness and contrast on the curved surface.