Does Apple collaborate with TSMC for micro LED display replacing iPhone X's organic EL display?

Melvin Thambi

Apple released "iPhone X"Is the first iPhone series adopted OLED (organic EL display) terminal. However, Apple is expected to replace OLED within the next few yearsMicro LED displayWe are also engaged in the development of technology, which has been reported to cooperate with Taiwanese electrical machine manufacturer TSMC.

Apple reportedly whittles down Micro LED R & amp; D team in Taiwan
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Apple reportedly working with TSMC on microLED displays expected to supersede OLED | 9to5Mac
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As display technology, it is OLED which corresponds to the upper version of liquid crystal, but it is the micro LED display that can provide superior brightness, saturation and power efficiency, succeeding its main advantages. To research and develop that micro LED display, Apple has collaborated with TSMC in TaiwanDIGITIMESIt reports.

According to information DIGITIMES got from Taiwanese LED supplier, Apple is organizing a research and development team of micro LED display in Yongtan District of Taiwan,Mass transfer(Mass transfer) technology, and it seems that it has decided to reduce the scale of the team. Due to the delay in the development of mass transfer technology, it is thought that related panel manufacturers will hinder mass production of micro LED display in a short time, so stakeholders have said Apple to reorganize the staff of the research and development team I am trying to persuade him.

However, regarding Apple's research and development team in Taiwan, "Apple's micro LED display has been far beyond the research stage and further development is under way in the United States, so Taiwanese research and development team There is a possibility that it is trying to shrink, "according to the Apple-related news media 9to5Mac. In addition, Apple has been reported to work with TSMC in Taiwan to avoid the problems occurring in chips for micro LED displays, and to develop another new solution of building devices on silicon wafers It is reported that it is working on it.

Vlad Tchompalov

Apple has acquired LuxVue, a micro LED display development in 2014, and has often been touted as "Will the new Apple Watch be equipped with a micro LED display?" As in the case of OLED, it is speculated that micro LED display will be installed in Apple Watch before it is adopted by iPhone, and then will come to iPhone.

In addition, iPhone X, iPhone 's first OLED adopted terminal, reports that "vertical mysterious green vertical line" appears due to initial failure of display, and due to this problem Samsung pays penalty to Apple It has evolved into the situation. According to officials, one of the reasons why the release of iPhone X was delayed is that it was said that there was a "lower than expected" quality of organic EL display supplied by Samsung, so Apple made a micro LED It is also possible to switch to a display.

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