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Apple exited microLED after multiple billions of investment, https://web.archive.org/web/20240624161521/https://www.yolegroup.com/strategy-insights/did-apple-ju
by walterbell 2y ago
Apple exited microLED after multiple billions of investment, https://web.archive.org/web/20240624161521/https://www.yolegroup.com/strategy-insights/did-apple-just-kill-the-microled-industry/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240624161521/https://www.yoleg... & https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/microled-market-still-alive-after-apples-exit https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/microled-marke...
> The cost of microLEDs remains high and the technology has struggled to compete with organic LEDs (OLEDs), he said, which keep improving while getting cheaper and lasting longer. It’s possible that Apple went the wrong route when it came to developing the technology. “Maybe their design was over engineered,” Virey said. “Maybe it was expensive by design.”
- namuol 2y agoYeah the names are confusing here. I actually had to edit my post after I realized I used “MicroLED” when I meant “MiniLED” so I’m not sure if you saw that one. If so, sorry! For those who are mercifully unfamiliar: MiniLED is different than MicroLED. MiniLED means a backlight panel with more addressable “zones” due to use of smaller and more densely packed LEDs. It’s arguably more of a marketing term for high-resolution LED backlighting, but the impact of this incremental improvement shouldn’t be overlooked - it’s very effective for most applications. MicroLED on the other hand is like OLED in that each pixel is a single addressable unit that emits its own light, but differs in that it’s essentially using an actual grid of semiconductor-style LEDs, where OLED manufacturing uses something totally different IIRC.
- walterbell 2y agoThanks for the explanation!
- cubefox 2y agoI don't think this has anything to do with LCDs, since microLED doesn't use LCD, unlike miniLED.