What They Say
Silicon Core was at Display Week with some great looking video walls, as usual, but also has a new encapsulated version that is ideal for a number of applications including virtual production, where you may need some images from below to create realistic reflections (reflections are very hard to create in post production). The pitch is designed to be viewable from eye height with no visible pixellation. Although staff on the booth were happy to demonstrate that dancing is possible on the displays, these are unlikely to be used in that application as LED dance floors tend to be much larger pitch to save cost. The ones on show were 1.2mm pitch, but other sizes could be used. Loading is up to 1000kg/m².
The firm also explained how it is making its core LED modules (CCT-ZL2 modules) (including drivers and featuring its existing common cathode and Zach/Lisa technologies) to other LED makers that are interested in the cabinets and other aspects of the display. There are two sizes available, although others could be supplied. The smaller one is 4.5 x 2.6″ (114 x 67) but I didn’t get a scale for the larger ones (shown below). One of the things that SiliconCore has done to get the 2,000 cd/m² of output that it can achieve with the modules is that rather encapsulating the whole surface in a dark resin (as first done, I think, by ROE several years ago), the firm gets the black mask between the pixels, not over the surface of the LED.
What We Think
It’s unusual to see a large LED maker at Display Week and the company is to be commended for supporting both ISE and Display Week at the same time. The new business model is an interesting extension of the firm’s business. It has its own drivers, so selling modules should, I would think, potentially allow greater volumes which will help its own costs. I suspect that the best margins are in the module itself rather than in cabinets and metalwork. (Although if any readers have data on that, I’d be very happy to see it!) (BR)
