Apple trying to make it's own displays
Apple's
laptops, smartphones, tablets and watches rely on hundreds of parts, most
of which Apple sources from other companies around the world. But the more of
those parts Apple can make itself, the more profit it can generate as well as
making its supply chain more reliable. Apple already started for making
own chips now it's attempting to make displays.
As Bloomberg reports, Apple is thought to be designing
and producing its own displays in a secret manufacturing facility near
California. More specifically, the focus is on producing Micro Led screens
like those recently produced by Samsung to form the 146-inch modular TV launching
in August.In Apple's case, perfecting Micro
LED screen production would remove the need to rely on companies including
Samsung, Japan Display, Sharp, and LG Display. We could see Apple displays used
in the Apple Watch , iPad pro etc in the future, but there's one big
problem: Micro LED is extremely difficult to manufacture.
Apple's focus on Micro LED is due to the benefits offered, notably they create
thinner, brighter and less power-hungry displays without the downsides of
OLED (limited life span, brightness). However, because each pixel has its own
light in a Micro LED array, it throws up some manufacturing challenges. Those
challenges apparently almost made Apple shut down the project last year, but it
didn't, and now working displays are being produced.
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Apple trying to make it's own displays
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March 21, 2018
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