Microsoft Samsung Unveil 40 Inch Tabletop LCD Touch Panel

  • By Dan Thompson
  • 01/07/11
microsoft touch panel, tabletop computers, samsung touchpanel, lcd touchpanel, large screen touchpanels, sur40, school technology, campus technology, educational technology, presentation equipment for schools, campus a/v equipment, av gear for classrooms, classroom presentation tools
The Sur40 40-inch touch panel system can sense 50 inputs simultaneously.

At the 20ll International CES conference being held this week in Las Vegas, NV, Microsoft and Samsung debuted the product of a joint venture, a large screen touch computer with the ability to recognize more than 50 touch inputs simultaneously.

The new touch panel system, dubbed the Samsung SUR40, uses Microsoft Surface Software, built in computer hardware, and a 40-inch Samsung LCD panel to take advantage of PixelSense, a technology that allows and LCD screen to sense objects without the use of a camera.

The Samsung SUR40's LCD panel is 4 inches thick and offers a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080. It's built around an AMD Athlon II X2 dual-core 2.9 GHz processor and a Radeon HD 6700M series graphics processing unit.

Microsoft Surface software gives the SUR40 quick controls, customization options, and the ability to recognize hands, fingers, and other objects in contact with the screen.

The SUR40 is expected to ship later this year for $7,600.

Samsung will be displaying its technologies in central booth 12006 and north hall meeting rooms N116 through N228. Microsoft will be displaying its technologies in Tuscona booths 3607, 3608, 3806, Venetian booths 32105, 32140, and booth 7144.

About the Author

Dan Thompson is a freelance writer based in Brea, CA. He can be reached here.

Featured

  • data professionals in a meeting

    Data Fluency as a Strategic Imperative

    As an institution's highest level of data capabilities, data fluency taps into the agency of technical experts who work together with top-level institutional leadership on issues of strategic importance.

  • stylized AI code and a neural network symbol, paired with glitching code and a red warning triangle

    New Anthropic AI Models Demonstrate Coding Prowess, Behavior Risks

    Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, its most advanced artificial intelligence models to date, boasting a significant leap in autonomous coding capabilities while simultaneously revealing troubling tendencies toward self-preservation that include attempted blackmail.

  • university building with classical architecture is partially overlaid by a glowing digital brain graphic

    NSF Invests $100 Million in National AI Research Institutes

    The National Science Foundation has announced a $100 million investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, part of a broader White House strategy to maintain American leadership as competition with China intensifies.

  • black analog alarm clock sits in front of a digital background featuring a glowing padlock symbol and cybersecurity icons

    The Clock Is Ticking: Higher Education's Big Push Toward CMMC Compliance

    With the United States Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 framework entering Phase II on Dec. 16, 2025, institutions must develop a cybersecurity posture that's resilient, defensible, and flexible enough to keep up with an evolving threat landscape.