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Display Week Buzzes with New Technology

by Bob Raikes

Phew! It’s been a busy week with the SID Display Week plus some admin issues – not quite the full Wannacry or BA IT disaster, but I had the joy of helping our IT …

Apple Rumoured to Start MicroLED Production

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes has reported that Apple is planning some low volume production at its R&D plant in Taoyuan, Taiwan which we have previously reported is looking at making 6″ wafers. (Micro-LEDs on Wearables by 2018). …

Tags:Apple| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Sharp Buys eLux

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn will acquire US-based MicroLED company, eLux, for around $28 million through shareholdings by Sharp (31.82%), Cybernet (45.45%), Innolux (13.64%) and AOT (9.09%) – all of which are owned by Foxconn. The company was …

Take a Big Breath, It’s Display Week…

by Bob Raikes

Next week is the annual SID Display Week, the highlight of the display industry and a real pleasure if you are a geek like me. There will be plenty to see and hear. I …

VueReal Announces Super High Pixel Density Micro LED Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

VueReal, a Canadian company, announced a super high pixel density micro LED display with 4K resolution. In their press release they say that according to their records this display is the highest pixel density …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Will Samsung Buy PlayNitride?

by Bob Raikes

There have been reports that Samsung may be looking to acquire a Taiwan-based microLED developer, PlayNitride for around $150 million. PlayNitride exhibited its PixelLED technology which is for smartwatches and can reach 1,500ppi at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Could Epistar Start MicroLED Production in 2017?

by Bob Raikes

Epistar is planning to start making microLED chips at about 100 micron size in the second half of 2017 and to be used in large displays according to a report from Digitimes. The bloq …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Apple to Make Micro LED Displays this Year?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an article published by Taipei Times, they break the news that according to IDC analyst, Annabelle Hsu, Apple is preparing to manufacture micro LED displays by the end of 2017 and entering into …

Immy to Develop MicroLED-based HMD for AR & VR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Immy Inc. has developed the Immy Neo iC 60 see-through HMD, initially for augmented reality (AR) applications but follow-on units will eventually be usable for virtual reality (VR) applications as well. This unit is …

Power Is Nothing Without Batteries

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this editorial on the plane on the way back from the MWC event in Barcelona. My tablet is having to be used with its ‘hunt and peck’ keyboard. Although I’m usually very …

MicroLED Heads for Commercialisation

by Bob Raikes

We’ve covered microLED quite a lot over the last couple of years. Any technology where Apple buys a leading company (Luxvue in this case) is bound to become a topic of interest and, as …

Tags:MicroLED| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Is Micro LED the Next Big Thing or Not?

by Norbert Hildebrand

I love writing about new technologies, in most cases they offer so much opportunity and so little is known about the real challenges the technology will have to face. I vividly remember discussions about …