Among the many innovations presented at CES in Las Vegas, Intel had shown a notebook prototype of the future i ndated with the name of Horseshoe Bend . It was a mobile solution with a mirror form factor to that of a notebook with a 13 inches diagonal, but in fact made up of a single flexible screen of 17 inches that could be completely opened to operate as a tablet, or partially closed to turn into a notebook with a touch keyboard.

Intel Horseshoe Bend prototype, shown at CES 2020 of Las Vegas

ETNews, a Korean day, reports how Samsung, Intel and Microsoft are working to bring notebooks with flexible screens to market similar in design and mode of operation to the Intel prototype seen at CES 2020. The 3 companies will contribute to the initiative with different components: from Samsung the flexible screen and from Intel the processors of the Core family, while Microsoft will provide a specific version of its operating system that is well suited to the specific methods of use of this product. .

A screen of this type, according to forecasts, should only be available in production during the 2011; for this reason a notebook of this type could be released during the 2022 , year in which Microsoft should make the Windows operating system available 10 X. This is a version of Windows 10 specifically developed for the needs of mobile devices with flexible screen

This is an undoubtedly interesting approach to design, which replicates on a large scale what we have seen over the past 18 months with smartphones with a flexible screen. In terms of flexibility of use a screen of this type represents a very important innovation but it remains to be seen in the extent to which this feature will affect robustness and image quality.