Roll-away computer
Template:Short description A roll-away computer is an idea introduced as part of a series by Toshiba in 2000, which aimed to predict the trends in personal computing five years into the future. Since its announcement, the roll-away computer has remained a theoretical device.
A roll-away computer is a computer with a flexible polymer-based display technology, measuring 1 mm thick and weighing around 200 grams.Template:Citation needed
Flexible and rollable displays started entering the market in 2006 (see electronic paper).
The R&D department of Seiko Epson has demonstrated a flexible active-matrix LCD panel (including the pixel thin film transistors and the peripheral TFT drivers), a flexible active-matrix OLED panel, the world's first flexible 8-bit asynchronous CPU (ACT11)<ref>"Introduction of TFT R&D Activities in Seiko Epson Corporation" Template:Webarchive by Tatsuya Shimoda (2005?)</ref>—which uses the world's first flexible SRAM.<ref>"Epson Develops the World's First Flexible TFT SRAM" Template:Webarchive 2005</ref>
University of Tokyo researchers have demonstrated flexible flash memory.<ref>"Bendy flash memory raises prospect of flexible displays" Template:Webarchive by Chris Mellor 2009</ref>
LG Corporation has demonstrated an 18-inch high-definition video display panel that can roll up into a 3 cm diameter tube.<ref>Mat Smith "LG has a very flexible 18-inch display, promises 60-inch rollable TVs" Template:Webarchive. 2014.</ref>