As promised, Corning yesterday unveiled its Gorilla Glass 2, the next generation of its damage-resistant cover glass for consumer electronic devices. Up to 20 percent thinner, it promises to be as tough and resistant to scratches as the original Gorilla Glass.
The thinner Gorilla Glass 2 enables slimmer and sleeker devices, brighter images, and greater touch sensitivity. These benefits can provide electronics manufacturers with superior design flexibility as they address consumer demand for increasingly high-performing, touch-sensitive, and durable mobile devices.
One class of devices that will benefit from this new glass will be Windows PCs (presumably laptops and ultrabooks). But there is no word yet on exactly what device will be the first to sport Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2.
Gorilla Glass was first unveiled in 2007 and has been used in more than 575 devices, spanning more than 500 million units worldwide.
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