Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
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 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.