With the increasing demand for Mini LEDs, Apple is actively adding new suppliers to consolidate the scale of mass production. According to relevant supply chain sources, FJSA Optoelectronics Technology Corporation, a leading Chinese LED chip manufacturer, has recently passed Apple's certification and is expected to join the supply ranks as soon as the second quarter of 2022.
At Apple's autumn conference in 2021, the MacBook Pro laptop with Mini LED panel will be launched for the first time, which is also the second product line to introduce Mini LED panel in 2021 after the iPad Pro.
Previously, FJSA's Mini LED chips have been supplied to Samsung in batches, becoming Samsung's primary supplier and signing a supply agreement. FJSA said that in addition to the TV market, the company's Mini/Micro LEDs are also widely used in display fields such as tablet computers, notebook computers and car screens, and shipments are increasing month by month.
FJSA is mainly engaged in the research and development and application of compound semiconductor materials and devices, with epitaxial wafers and chips involved in new compound semiconductor materials such as arsenide, nitride, phosphide and silicon carbide as its core business. Now it is the largest full-color system in China. Ultra-high-brightness LED chip manufacturer, China's leader in the field of optoelectronics. Its downstream customers are mainly LED packaging companies (including well-known domestic and foreign listed companies and non-listed companies) and compound semiconductor integrated circuit design companies.