Samsung Display has unveiled what it says is the world’s first 31.5-inch QD-OLED monitor panel that combines 4K resolution with a 360Hz refresh rate.

The company is showcasing the new panel at Computex 2026 in Taipei. Samsung Display says the product represents a major step forward for gaming monitors by combining two specifications that have traditionally required compromises.

Until now, manufacturers typically had to lower refresh rates when using 4K resolution or reduce resolution to achieve refresh rates above 360Hz.

Samsung Display says it solved that challenge by optimizing the panel’s circuitry and driving system.

A new flagship for gaming

The 31.5-inch panel targets gamers who want both image quality and speed.

The combination of 4K resolution and a 360Hz refresh rate allows the display to deliver sharp visuals while maintaining smooth motion during fast-paced gameplay.

Samsung Display also equipped the panel with Dual Mode support.

This feature lets users switch operating modes depending on their needs. When set to Full HD resolution, the monitor can increase its refresh rate to as high as 680Hz.

That could appeal to competitive players who prioritize responsiveness in esports and first-person shooters.

Beyond refresh rates

The new panel also introduces several technologies designed to improve everyday use.

Samsung Display says the monitor carries VESA DisplayHDR True Black 600 certification. The standard measures both brightness and black-level performance, allowing the display to deliver brighter highlights while preserving OLED’s deep black levels.

The panel also uses Samsung Display’s new V-Stripe pixel structure.

Instead of focusing solely on gaming, the company says the design improves text clarity. That could benefit users who spend time coding, editing documents, creating content, or working with graphics.

The addition helps position the display as more than just a gaming product.

Mass production planned

Samsung Display says it is currently in discussions with more than 10 global customers regarding the new panel.

The company plans to begin mass production during the second half of the year.

While Samsung Display itself does not sell finished monitors, its panels are used by many of the industry’s biggest monitor brands.

That means consumers may not have to wait long before seeing 4K 360Hz QD-OLED monitors arrive from manufacturers later this year.

As gaming hardware continues to improve, monitor makers are increasingly trying to remove bottlenecks between what graphics cards can produce and what displays can show.

Samsung Display believes its newest panel is a step toward that goal.

Last year, Dell killed off the XPS lineup. However, the brand quickly learned the error of its ways and resurrected the lineup this year. When the XPS 14 and 16 launched last January, the XPS 13, touted as the lineup’s thinnest laptop to date, made some interesting teases. Now, at COMPUTEX 2026, the new 13.4-inch notebook finally made an appearance.

Though the number in the name says “13,” the XPS 13 is defined by more than just its screen size. It’s the thinnest notebook in the entire XPS lineup, measuring at only 12.7 millimeters and weighing only 2.2 pounds. And yet it’s still remarkably durable with a premium CNC aluminum construction.

Inside, the XPS 13 can carry up to a Series 3 Intel Core Ultra 7 chipset. This is paired with up to 32GB of memory and up to 1TB of storage.

Meanwhile, the 13.4-inch display touts 2.5K resolution and an InfinityEdge touchscreen display. It has a 500nit typical brightness, up to 120Hz VRR, and Dolby Vision. You’re also getting a quad speaker setup with two main speakers and two tweeters, all of which are compatible with Dolby Atmos.

Despite its size, the notebook is fitted with 2 USB-C ports with DisplayPort 2.1 and power delivery. Finally, the XPS 13 comes with a 52Whr battery, providing up to 17 hours of charge and is compatible with the included 65W charger.

It will start at only US$ 599 for eligible students.

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Was 2025 the year of AI? If a few companies are to be believed, it definitely was. Now, the industry has a new buzzword. To start off COMPUTEX 2026, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, in his keynote speech, declared 2026 as the year of the agents. Is he right?

Today, everyone’s digital lives are still centered around the smartphone, especially with 6 billion phones out in the world today. However, the rise of agentic AI is changing the entire industry. According to Amon, today’s devices aren’t built for agents.

NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin

Because they want agentic AI to be a thing, companies will force more powerful hardware into the hands of users: ones with stronger CPUs for the orchestration of multiple devices and with an all-day battery life. In the year of the agents, devices will become better just to accommodate a strong influx of agentic AI. And, of course, Amon is quick to point out that Qualcomm has a definite advantage in delivering powerful chips.

Everyone, meet the robots

It’s not just the rise of better personal devices, though. Amon explains that physical AI is already here.

In terms of function, most people will likely know this as automated traffic systems that can detect situations in real time. Spatial camera infrastructure can also analyze a space, like a store, in real time. For example, an AI-powered system can assemble a heat map of shelves that customers normally frequent. In doing so, owners can better create effective store layouts for an optimized shopping experience.

In terms of popularity, these are also autonomous cars. With visual intelligence, today’s autonomous cars can simultaneously deliver a convenient cockpit experience for riders, while analyzing road conditions in real time.

And, finally, in terms of the future, these are robots. Where once robots were finicky and clumsy machines, the industry is now moving to make them more responsive and useful to humans, especially for situations that humans can’t physically attend to.

The rise of 6G

It still feels like yesterday when 5G first entered the scene. Now, the connectivity standard is almost certainly a given in most of the developed world. But, as Amon explains, that’s not enough.

6G, when it arrives, will be instrumental in the development of agentic AI, and vice versa.

Because there’s so much information involved in AI, a faster connection, such as that delivered theoretically by 6G, will enable more seamless interactions between different devices. It will enable continuous intelligence from device to cloud.

And finally, agentic AI can use 6G connections to literally sense the world. With 100 million connections, 6G can map an entire space and detect objects, introducing new potential in infrastructure applications.

A token economy

In 2026, 31.7 billion tokens are consumed every ten seconds, according to Amon. He estimates that in 2030, 1.27 trillion tokens will be consumed in the same 10-second timeframe.

If his prediction rings true, the world will run on a token economy, the single unit that runs agentic AI. Tokens will be profitable. Companies will adopt the economy to fuel their own systems, and consumers have no choice but to adapt.

“Resistance is futile,” Amon concludes. We are now in the year of the agents.