Yasuo Nakane, an analyst at Japan’s Mizuho Securities, has said that 2020 would be “a realistic timeline” for the newly-merged Foxconn-Sharp to begin producing OLED displays. Sharp has previously researched OLEDs but has concentrated production on LTPS and IGZO technologies.
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Sources in Taiwan have separately claimed that Sharp will outsource its volume production to Innolux, a Foxconn company. Sharp will instead focus R&D and production on panels with ‘cutting-edge’ technologies, instead, such as IGZO TFT-LCDs and AMOLEDs. (TA)
