From CNET: Corning is developing a new material that combines the toughness of its Gorilla Glass smartphone displays with a scratch-resistance that comes close to sapphire.
The developmental Gorilla Glass-like composite, currently dubbed Project Phire, was announced Friday at a New York investor meeting by Corning executive James Clappin. He said the company plans to start selling the material by later this year.
"We have developed a new product that will provide sapphire-like scratch resistance while maintaining the legendary toughness and break resistance of Gorilla Glass," Clappin, president of Corning Glass Technologies, said in a statement.
Corning's Gorilla Glass business was under pressure for much of last year amid concerns that Apple would flip from using Gorilla to synthetic sapphire, an extremely hard material that is incredibly difficult to scratch. While Corning repeatedly said sapphire is a poor alternative to its glass in mobile devices because it shatters easily when dropped, the situation highlighted a weakness of Gorilla -- while it may not break, it scratches much more easily.
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