6 Jun 2023

IDTechEx Explains What Apple's Vision Pro Headset Does Differently
On June 5th, Apple ended years of speculation and finally announced a mixed reality (MR) headset. The US$3499 Vision Pro headset confirmed some expectations and confounded others. IDTechEx has been tracking the mixed, augmented and virtual reality markets since 2015, with reports on headsets and accessories and optics available now and a report on displays for AR/VR soon to be released. This insight into the AR/VR industry and associated technologies provides context to IDTechEx's initial analysis of Apple's headset design philosophy.
External press release
20 Apr 2022

E Ink Joins Forces with Six Module Partners to Promote Color ePaper
E Ink announced they are working with six ePaper module partners, including BOE Technology Group, DKE Co., Ltd., Jiangxi Xing Tai Technology Co., Ltd., Innolux Corporation, Qingyue Technology, and Yes Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. to promote E Ink Gallery Palette and E Ink Gallery Plus color ePaper products.
15 Jul 2021

Micro-LED Displays From 2021 Onward
From mobile phones, TVs, to cars and public screens, displays have become an important component in daily life to convey information. The importance of displays becomes more significant during COVID-19, as the demand to have a display for remote communication is higher. There is an emerging display type— Micro-LED display, which has the potential to become the next-generation mainstream, with its ability to be fabricated from tiny to huge sizes. The challenges and opportunities are discussed in the IDTechEx report "Micro-LED Displays 2021-2031: Technology, Commercialization, Opportunity, Market and Players".
22 Jun 2021

Mini-LED to Micro-LED Displays: The Industry Game-Changer is Coming
2020 and 2021 are the years for the Mini-LED displays to boost. Backlit Mini-LEDs' taking off has also paved the way for Micro-LED displays, a potential display industry game-changer.
Topic overview
24 Apr 2021

Micro-LED Displays for 2021 Onwards
From mobile phones, TVs, to cars and public screens, displays have become an important component in our daily life to convey information. There is an emerging display type— Micro-LED display, which has the potential to become the next-generation mainstream.
Update interview
23 Apr 2021

Rohinni
On April 22 Rohinni announced its 100 Hz bond-head for mounting mini-LEDs from a wafer at very high speed - this is 14x faster than competing technology and regarded as a significant development.
External press release
11 Jan 2021

Rohinni Doubles Mini LED Placement Speed with 100 Hz Placement Tech
Rohinni,a leading developer of enabling technology for design and production of mini LED- and micro LED-based products, today announced that it has achieved the fastest proven mini LED placement speed at 100 Hz with its new bondhead.
Full profile interview
21 Sep 2020

Rohinni
Rohinni has developed a direct transfer technology for mounting mini-LEDs. They are commercializing their lighting technology for LCD displays backplanes, keyboard backlights and automotive lighting via multiple joint ventures.
Topic overview
29 Jun 2020

Emissive QLED: the ultimate display technology?
In this article we discuss emissive QDs. This is potentially the ultimate display technology since it can offer printability, ultra-narrow FWHM and thus ultranarrow color gamut, high efficacy, etc. The challenges are however many, and the technology roadmap is long.
10 Apr 2020

Pervasive Displays Increases Manufacturing Capacity
The use of increased automation reduces the human interaction required in the lamination process, one of the many critical phases of e-paper display production.
Background
23 Jan 2020

BOE
BOE reported some work on photopatterning QD colour filters (CFs).
Full profile interview
23 Jan 2020

Nanosys
Nanosys is the leading player in QDs. They were founded in 2001 (historical overview in next slides). It has raised some $160M over the last 15 years.