Apple is accelerating the pace of mass production at the Longtan plant of the new generation of display technology and the R&D strength of next-generation products. Recently, it has more closely cooperated with its partner Epistar. The MiniLED technology jointly developed by the two parties at the Longtan plant has entered the mass production stage. As the cooperation has been quite smooth, Apple Decided to continue to work with Epistar to develop the next generation of Micro LED technology. Recently, the Longtan plant is continuously moving in equipment and opening new production lines to deploy applications in the next year in advance.
With the good news of the MiniLED technology of Longtan Factory and Epistar, it means that next year Apple will launch products equipped with MiniLED, and it is expected that the new iPad will be the first to adopt. The continued extension of cooperation with Epistar from MiniLED to the more difficult Micro LED technology highlights the recognition of Epistar technology and also shows that Taiwanese manufacturers will play a key role in Apple's new generation of display technology.
In response to the recent frequent actions of the Apple Longtan plant, Epistar does not comment on a single customer. Epistar's speech system pointed out that MiniLED can fully upgrade the user experience of displays, which is an irreversible technology trend. The company has developed MiniLED technology very smoothly. In the second half of this year, more than 50% of the production line has been converted to MiniLED. The conversion rate in the first quarter of next year Will exceed 90%.
Epistar pointed out that from the current customer product development status, MiniLED will be the first to be applied to terminal products such as tablets, laptops and TVs, and the amount will be quite large. It is estimated that the MiniLED market demand will fully explode next year, and Epistar has already completed the quantity. Production is ready to meet customer needs at any time.
The supply chain revealed that in order to further enhance the user experience of iPad and Mac Book, Apple expects to introduce MiniLED technology in new products next year to upgrade the color rendering and contrast of the device display, as the main selling point of the new product, so it continues to urge its partner Epistar to complete it as soon as possible Preparations for mass production. Due to the smooth cooperation, Apple has decided to continue to work with Epistar to develop the next generation of Micro LED technology. Recently, the Longtan plant is constantly moving in equipment and opening new production lines.