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LETI Shows First WVGA microLED Display

by Chris Chinnock

CEA-LETI presented two papers at DisplayWeek and showed a demo in their booth on the show floor. Their papers described a new monolithic bonding technique and the booth showed the results. In one paper, …

Tags:MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

BC20 Yole Updates on MicroLED Progress

by Bob Raikes

Eric Virey is from Yole Développment, a market research consultancy. and he spoke about Microled. (We have reported data from Yole in Display Daily – MicroLED Heads for Commercialisation) Sony showed a FullHD 55″ …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Exciting Times….

by Bob Raikes

This week is a bit shorter than some of our issues as we are beavering away to produce our SID report. We still have a lot to do, so it will be early next …

Tags:Cinema| Editorial| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Projectors| Quantum Dots| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 21

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 …

Tags:Editorial| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 20

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 20

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 …

Tags:Flexible Displays| MicroLED| OLEDs| QLED| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 20

VueReal

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

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 …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 13

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 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| MicroLED| OLEDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 11