Appleがmicro-LEDディスプレイの開発で有機EL勢を一気に葬り去る決意を固めた模様

Apple expected to focus on micro-LED displays at new Taiwan facilities
Jessie Lin, Taipei; Alex Wolfgram, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 16 December 2015]
Apple is expected to focus on developing micro-LED displays at its new facilities in Taiwan in order to
create thinner and more energy-efficient products, according to Digitimes Research analyst Jessie Lin.

Micro-LED displays eliminate the need for backlighting unlike traditional LCDs, and allow for improved color gamut in addition to higher resolution.
However, the technology suffers from low yields when used in a TFT manufacturing process and therefore is difficult to mass produce.

Part of Apple's efforts at the Longtan facilities in Taiwan will be to improve yields for developing this emerging display technology,
which is expected to be a contender against OLED displays, said Lin.

However, it is still too early to know whether Apple plans to use micro-LED displays for existing or new applications.
Apple is showing signs of moving toward OLED for most of its small- to medium-size products as early as
2017-2018 based on emerging developments in the display industry.

The reported new Taiwan facilities follows the acquisition of micro-LED developer LuxVue in 2014.

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