The OLED-Info Newsletter, May 2020
Published: Mon, 05/04/20
EDO starts producing tablet and laptop rigid and flexible AMOLEDs
China-based EverDisplay (EDO) has recently started to produce AMOLED displays for tablets and laptops. The first rigid AMOLEDs are a 11" 1728x2368 and 15.6" 3840x2160 4K rigid displays for tablets and laptops. The first flexible ones are a 12.8" 1888x1728 panel for tablet-like devices and a 15.6" 3840x2160 4K flexible AMOLED for laptops.
These new 11", 12.8" and 15.6" AMOLEDs are now available in the OLED Marketplace. This is great news from EDO, as up until now Samsung Display was the exclusive supplier of AMOLEDs for tablets and laptops. If you are interested in this display for your device or new project, contact us now, or check out more information over at the OLED Marketplace.
EverDisplay was the first Chinese OLED maker when it started mass producing 5" 720p AMOLED displays towards the end of 2014 in its 4.5-Gen line in Shanghai. In 2016 EDO started to construct a 6-Gen flexible AMOLED fab also in Shanghai and the company is now ramping up this fab.
Will CSoT expand its flexible OLED line in Wuhan?
Reports suggest that TCL's CSoT is planning to build a new flexible OLED production line in Wuhan. The T5 line is still only at an early planning stage, but investment could reach about $1.4 billion. The T5 line will be CSoT's 2nd flexible OLED line - it's current T4 line (which has a monthly capacity of 45,000 6-Gen substrates) started production in 2019.
In 2019 CSoT demonstrated its latest OLED technologies - including foldable OLEDs, ink-jet printed OLEDs, transparent OLEDs and OLEDs that use perovskite quantum dots as a color conversion film.
Kyulux announces first shipment of OLED TADF emitters to Wisechip
TADF emitter developer Kyulux announced that it has shipped the first batch of its yellow TADF emitter to Taiwan's Wisechip to be used it the world's first TADF / Hyperfluorescence display, the 2.7" PMOLED announced in October 2019 - which means that the display will likely start to ship soon.
Wisechip's first HF PMOLED is a 2.7" 128x64 monochrome yellow display, that reaches a brightness of 220 nits - 2.5 times brighter than Wisechip's fluorescent yellow PMOLED. The lifetime of this display is 50,000 hours. Wisechip says this display is aimed for the medical, industrial and electronic products markets, and in the future it will launch TADF/HF PMOLEDs for the wearable and consumer electronics markets as well.
Kyulux was established in Japan in 2015 to commercialize Kyushu University's 4th-generation Hyperfluorescence TADF emitter technology. The company raised $13.5 million from Samsung, LG, Japan Display and JOLED in 2016 and in 2019 the company raised $31.8 million in its Series B round. This first shipment of TADF materials is an exciting news for the OLED industry.
OLED-Info releases new editions of its OLED market reports
In April we published new versions of our market reports - that cover the flexible, VR/AR, microdisplays, automotive, PMOLED and graphene OLED markets. OLED-Info provides comprehensive OLED market reports, and our reports cover everything you need to know about the niche market, and can be useful if you want to understand how the OLED industry works and what this technology can provide for your own industry. The reports are now updated to April 2020.
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LGD's revenues and earnings were below analysts expectations - the company's business was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic which caused lower demand for smartphones and TV panels
Merck announced that it has acquired over 700 OLED display applications patent families from Konica Minolta. The acquired IP will be used to further enhance Merck’s position as key supplier of OLED materials.
Royole announced its 3rd-Gen fully flexible OLED displays, with significantly improvements over its previous displays
SDC has two LCD production lines in Korea. One of these will be converted to next-generation QD-OLED TV panels (in a $10.8 billion investment announced in October 2019), the second line will also be converted to QD-OLED in the future.
Doosan Corp is looking to raise funds to bail out its Doosan Heavy I&C company and wants to sell its $500 million stake in OLED host material maker Doosan Solus
MBC studio in Korea used six 55-inch LGD transparent OLED displays in its 2020 Korean Election broadcast
This high-end laptop features SDC's 15.6-inch 4K AMOLED display
The 2020 version of the Blade 15 gaming laptop sports an optional 15.6-inch 4K AMOLED display (SDC).
A content creators laptop with an optional 15.6-inch 4K AMOLED display (SDC)
Huawei's first OLED TV sports a 65-inch 4K 120Hz 1000-nits LGD WOLED panel and is now shipping in China
The OnePlus 8 flagship smartphone uses a 6.55-inch 1080x2400 90Hz Fluid AMOLED (SDC). The OnePlus 8 Pro sports a 6.78-inch 1440x3168 120Hz Fluid AMOLED
An entry-level smartphone with a 6.5-inch 720x1600 Super AMOLED display
Motorola's new flagship smartphones use a 6.7-inch 1080x2340 90hz displays (HDR10+ supported on the Edge+).
An Android smartphone with a 6.47-inch 1080x2340 HDR AMOLED display
Huawei Honor's latest smartphones use 6.53-inch 1080x2400 Visionox AMOLED displays (with 90Hz refresh rate on the Honor 30 Pro+).
A 5G smartphone with a 6.44-inch 1080x2400 HDR AMOLED display
An entry-level smartwatch with a 1.39-inch 454x454 AMOLED display
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