Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. (TMDisplay), the leading manufacture of thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD modules for mobile applications, announced mass production of an 12.1-inch wide-format (16:10) low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCD for notebook PC applications using a new light emitting diode (LED) backlighting system and thinnest glass substrates. This approach results in a module with thickness of 2.9mm (at the thinnest part) and weight of 183g, which is about half thickness and 32% reduction of weight compared with current product.

Items	Specifications
Display Size (diagonal)	31cm (12.1-inch)
Pixel Format	1280 x 800 (16:10 wide-format WXGA resolution)
Outline Dimension	270.5 x 180.0 x 4.5mm (thinnest area at 2.90mm)
Luminance	300cd/㎡
Weight	183ｇ

(via TMDisplay)