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Tim Culpan's avatar

I am not sure they can without significant government help. But packaging is become a big issue in semiconductors, and Panel-Level is a future trend. I believe there’s a high chance that SMIC or JCET may take a stake in an LCD player like BOE (or vice versa), or some other type of JV/cooperation.

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Imperceptible Relics's avatar

I miss the days of the old green tinted passive matrix displays on laptops. I would go to Best buy and compare the IBM Thinkpads with active matrix and passive matrix in the 90s. They had a soft intensity that is hard to recreate on new screens, even OLEDs. But e-paper/ e-ink has round pixels and there is only one company that tried to give new life to passive matrix displays:

https://rdotdisplays.com/articles/passive-matrix

https://rdotdisplays.com/articles/how-to-drive-displays (that was 2019 but there hasn't been any research recently by the company that acquired it)

There certainly were disadvantages to DTSN but with 30+ years of advances in process technology, materials, and knowledge, surely alternative displays can improve on those screens, offer ultra low-power, and return without all the dominant display makers getting all the market share?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSTN

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