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Apple's push for micro LED technology has been widely praised as a potential replacement for OLED

CnBeta Reuters, 2009, developed by the University of Illinois, Tsinghua University jointly created many famous universities jointly called "ultra compact Micro-LED" inorganic LED, both brightness and durability are higher than the traditional LED.

In May 2014, Apple Corp acquired LuxVue, a company specialising in low-power micro-LED technology, suggesting the display technology is expected to fit into apple products. The new technology is a very small LED display, and the LED display array can reduce power consumption and increase brightness.

Apple is optimistic about the industry in the selection of micro LED technology, moreover from the LuxVue patents also saw the potential of micro LED array manufacturing flexible, positive competition in the future and thus flexible AMOLED screen.

In this week's Display Week trade show in P, Nouvoyance CEO and Samsung OLED is arranged in the pixel panel founder Candice Brown-Elliott in an interview with reporters said: "like the screen display technology may potentially screen revolution, only a few in the field of personnel before Apple acquired LuxVue last year, and now there are a lot of people began to discuss the technology in the community."

Two experts said the Micro-LED screen panel at present the technology level is still very difficult to produce all kinds of practical application in the Display Week, which means that at least in the short term is unlikely to see this screen technology in iPhone, iPad or iMac in the product line. However, for smaller screen sizes, Micro-LED is still possible, and apple now uses OLED screen technology in Apple Watch, but Micro-LED could be a potential replacement.

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