If it is a device featuring an Amazon
Liquavista electrowetting screen (which I hope it does), what kind of impact do you see it having on the e-reader market?
Not exact matches
The technology is based on
electrowetting, the same type of technology that
Liquavista developed.
Freescale is the leading supplier of e-reader processors with the majority of e-readers currently doing the rounds in the market having a Freescale processor at its core while
Liquavista is a pioneer of color e-reader display and has the
electrowetting LiquavistaColor display technology to its credit.
The essence of
Liquavista is
Electrowetting technology that is highly scalable.
Samsung spends a ridiculous amount of money on developing its own screens and purchased
Liquavista for its
electrowetting display, but could not do anything with it and sold it to Amazon.
Liquavista is based on
Electrowetting, which modifies the surface tension of liquids on a solid surface by using a voltage.
There hasn't been any official announcement yet, but it appears that Samsung has acquired
Liquavista, a company developing displays that use
electrowetting to allow for full color visibility both indoors and out.
Consumer electronics giant Samsung acquired
Liquavista and is pushing the development and commercialization of the company's display technology based on the principles of
electrowetting.
Touting a «simplified LCD - like manufacturing process,»
Liquavista specializes in
Electrowetting technology, which the Netherlands - based company explained on its website is more ideal for video content.
Johan joined Philips Research Labs back in 1999, where he co-invented
Electrowetting displays and co-founded
Liquavista.
Liquavista's display are based on the principle of
Electrowetting (when a voltage is used to modify the wetting properties of a solid material).
Liquavista uses an ePaper technology (
electrowetting) that allows for Video.
Liquavista announced a new dynamic frame rate capability down to frequencies as low as 1Hz, resulting in ultra-low power
electrowetting display driving.
Liquavista's
electrowetting displays are color, unlike the black - and - white screens used on the Kindle ebook readers.
Back in 2013, Samsung sold
LiquaVista, its
electrowetting display unit, to Amazon (Samsung itself bought
Liquavista in 2011).
IDTechEx also expects new display technologies such as
Liquavista's (now Samsung)
Electrowetting technology and Qualcomm's Mirasol to enter the market soon.