Samsung bought the Dutch-based display company Liquavista couple of years back for its Electrowetting display (EWD). Now Bloomberg reports that Samsung is in talks to sell the company because the acquisition didn’t meet its “expectations”. Another reason could be Samsung’s reliance on OLED as the superior display technology. Samsung is reportedly in talks with Amazon […]
Electrowetting Display
Samsung to mass produce Electrowetting Displays in 2013
Samsung acquired Netherlands-based Liquavista last year to capitalize on its Electrowetting Display (EWD) technology. However, it seems EWDs won’t be ready for mass production until next year. Speaking at an e-reading & tablet event, Johan Feenstra from Samsung LCD Netherlands R&D Center (SNRC) confirmed that these energy-efficient displays won’t hit mass production until 2013. […]
Samsung buys Liquavista for Electrowetting Display
Samsung has confirmed that they’ve bought the Dutch-based display technology firm Liquavista. Liquavista is a spin-out from Phillips Research Labs and specializes in display technology named Electrowetting (EWD). The EWD is known to work in transmissive, reflective, transparent and transflective modes and offer picture quality at par with LCDs at very low power consumption, […]