Other companies are also trying to turn
electrowetting display technology into a viable business, so it seems that, like the development of the LCD display, which began in the US but was not perfected until the technology was acquired by Korean companies like Samsung and LG, this is the sort of technology that could take a long time to develop and will eventually give rise to an ecosystem of competing manufacturers.
It's unlikely Amazon will release another large - screen E Ink ereader again, especially now that they've invested in color
electrowetting display technology.
However,
electrowetting display technology is very scalable, so will support all diagonal sizes that currently exist in the market.
Samsung had acquired the Netherlands based digital publishing company that specializes in
electrowetting display technology in early 2011, though we have yet to see any product based on it entering large scale production.
Not exact matches
According to Professor Alex Henzen, the core member of the SCNU team and technical leader on e-paper, outdoor billboards made of such an
electrowetting based reflective e-paper
technology would take up less than 1 % of the power consumption of LED and TFT - LCD
displays of a similar size, making the new
technology very attractive for the digital signage market.
The essence of
Electrowetting technology is that it is highly scalable as the e-reader and tablet market has gravitated from small screens to
displays exceeding 10 inches.
Philips generated considerable interest at this year's Society for Information
Displays in Seattle, USA with a demonstration of its
electrowetting - based electronic - paper
technology in a 1 - inch square, monochrome direct - driven...
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 LiquavistaBright and LiquavistaColor
display screens makes use of the
electrowetting technology, which is all about putting to use electricity to bring about a contraction or expansion of the surface tension of colored oil films.
Based on
electrowetting technology, it can deliver monochrome reading experience having high brightness while at the same time, the screen can also deliver a vivid hi - fidelity video
display having rich colors.
The manufacturing of the
electrowetting displays will be done at the Beijing Century Joyo Information
Technology Co., Ltd Shenzhen Branch.
The
electrowetting technology, which operates in transmissive, reflective, transparent and transflective modes, enables the creation of
displays with bright, colorful images with dramatically reduced power consumption.
There are also some other e-paper
technologies apart from E-Ink like
electrowetting that can produce fairly deep colors, but the
displays are expensive and consume more power, Gasman said.
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.
Electrowetting technology sandwiches the
display media between a top and bottom layer of glass, while electrophoretic
technology simply uses a polymer layer on top.
Chapter 5 Global E-Paper
Display Market Analysis, By
Technology 5.1 Overview 5.2 Market Analysis 5.2.1 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue Share, By
Technology, 2014 & 2022 (% Value) 5.3 Electrophoretic 5.3.1 Global Electrophoretic E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) 5.4
Electrowetting 5.4.1 Global
Electrowetting E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) 5.5 Cholesteric 5.5.1 Global Cholesteric E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) 5.6 Others 5.6.1 Global Other E-Paper
Display Technologies Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %)
FIG. 1 Global E-Paper
Display: Market Segmentation FIG. 2 Global E-Paper
Display Market: Research Methodology FIG. 3 Top - Down and Bottom Up Approach FIG. 4 Global E-Paper
Display Market, By Product, 2014 (US$ Mn) FIG. 5 Global E-Paper
Display Market, By
Technology, 2014 (US$ Mn) FIG. 6 Global E-Paper
Display Market, By Geography, 2014 (US$ Mn) FIG. 7 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn) FIG. 8 E-Readers Shipment Worldwide, 2011 — 2015, (Mn Units) FIG. 9 See - Saw Analysis: Global E-Paper
Display Market FIG. 10 Value Chain Analysis: Global E-Paper
Display Market FIG. 11 Market Positioning of Key E-Paper
Display Manufacturers, 2014 FIG. 12 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue Share, By Product Type, 2014 & 2022 (US$ Mn) FIG. 13 Global E-Paper
Displays for E-Book Readers Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 14 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Mobile Devices and Computers Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 15 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Poster and Signage, Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 16 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Smart Cards and Smart Packaging, Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 17 Global E-Paper
Display Market for Other (Avionic
Displays, Navigation Screen etc), Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 18 Global E-Paper
Display Market Revenue Share, By
Technology, 2014 & 2022 (% Value) FIG. 19 Global Electrophoretic E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 20 Global
Electrowetting E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 21 Global Cholesteric E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 22 Global Other E-Paper
Display Technologies Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 23 North America E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 24 Europe E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 25 Asia Pacific E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) FIG. 26 Rest of World E-Paper
Display Market Revenue and Growth, 2013 — 2022, (US$ Mn)(Y - o - Y %) List of Tables
IDTechEx also expects new
display technologies such as Liquavista's (now Samsung)
Electrowetting technology and Qualcomm's Mirasol to enter the market soon.