3D Nanowire MicroLED developer Aledia launched its new FlexiNOVA product-ready epiwafer platform, saying that first samples will be available for customers in the second half of 2025, in both 6V and 9V variants.

FlexiNOVA microLED wafers will be offered to display makers to be integrated into full displays, targeting applications such as wearables, automotive displays, TVs and monitors. The FlexiNOVA platform offers high flexibility in chip size, shape, and power usage. 

Avicena, a developer of microLED-based chip-to-chip interconnects, announced that it has secured its Series B funding round, raising $65 million. Avicena raised a total of $120 million to date. 

The B round was led by Tiger Global and other participating VCs include Maverick Silicon, Prosperity7 Ventures, Venture Tech Alliance, SK hynix, Cerberus Capital Management, Hitachi Ventures and Lam Research. The company says it will use the new funds to further scale its team and ramp our first product into production. 

At Displayweek 2025, TCL CSoT demonstrated several new microLED displays. The most interesting one seems to be the world's smallest microLED microdisplay at 0.05-inch. The display offers a density of 5080 PPI, and a brightness of 4 million nits. This is the first time TCL shows a microLED microdisplay.

OLEDs and MicroLEDs by TCL CSoT, SID Displayweek 2025

TCL also showed a large format display, a 219-inch 5760x1440 120Hz tiled display. The company did not disclose any technical specifications. The company also showed a microLED display designed for automotive HUD applications, that offers a brightness of up to 45,000 nits and a wide FOV.

LG Display is demonstrating new microLED modules at SID Displayweek 2025. These are tiled zero-bezel displays, that the company is showing in a nice demo:

Each module is 22" in size, offering a resolution of 480x540 (pixel pitch - 0.783 mm), a refresh rate of up to 144Hz (VRR), and a peak brightness of 1,700 nits (3% APL). 

UK-based IQE announced its financial results for Q1 2025, and the company says that it has expanded its customer pipeline with new qualification orders. IQE also announced that it has secured a partnership extension with annual purchase order commitment from leading AR smart glasses designer for GaN based microLED displays.

IQE also updated that it launched a 8" GaN-on-Si microLED foundry service with in-house wafer cleaning, compatible with advanced Silicon CMOS manufacturing. This seems to have been announced also in 2023, maybe IQE expanded its foundry service.

Taiwan-based MicroLED developer PlayNitride announced its financial results for Q1 2025, with revenues of 299 million TWD (about $9.8 million USD), up 4%5 from Q1 2024 (205 million TWD). The net loss was about $1.7 million, down from $2.8 million last year.

At the end of the quarter, PlayNitride reported it had about $106 million USD in cash and equivalents. A couple of months ago PlayNitride secured 800 million NTD ($24.3 million USD) in a convertible bond private placement (the company also raised 800 million NTD in a bonds issue towards the end of 2024).

Most companies in the display industry believe that microLED is the leading next-generation display technology, that will be able to replace LCDs and OLEDs in many applications. MicroLEDs offers many advantages – both technical such as higher durability and higher brightness and efficiency, but also in unique production processes and models.

The two leading Taiwanese display makers, AUO and Innolux, have been pushing forward aggressively with their microLED projects. This is mainly due to the fact that both companies do not have any real OLED projects, which means that it is easier for them to develop microLEDs as their next-generation technology. MicroLEDs could provide a way for both AUO and Innolux to “leapfrog” over OLED technology.

Against this backdrop, a potential merger between AUO and Innolux presents an intriguing strategic opportunity. By combining their technological expertise, manufacturing capabilities, and financial resources, a merged entity could potentially accelerate microLED development, and perhaps also receiving meaningful financial support from the Taiwanese government, as such as move could strengthen Taiwan's position in the global display industry.

Note that we have no indications that such a merger is even considered by the two companies, but we feel this is a fascinating topic that should be explored and is supported by several strong arguments.

LED screen designer and producer Nanolumens announces a strategic partnership with AUO Display Plus, to co-develop microLED large-format displays.

Nanolumens says that together with AUO, it will deliver advanced solutions for markets such as transportation, enterprise, retail, public art and cultural institutions. The two companies will showcase first prototypes next month.

The Fraunhofer IPMS institute announced that it has developed a custom microLED microdisplay backplane, based on its high-performance OLED backplane technology.

Developers at the Fraunhofer IPMS, funded by third-party Vuzix customers with targeted applications in mind, adapted its existing OLED microdisplay backplane to the requirements of a high-current microLED frontplane. The samples, supporting 1080P+ resolutions in both monochrome and full-color displays, were tested first with an OLED frontplane and then with microLED arrays.

MicroLED-Connect 2025, the premier industry-focused microLED event, is set to be a powerhouse of innovation in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on September 23-25, 2025. Co-located with ARVR-Connect 2025, this will be the perfect opportunity to explore cutting-edge advancements in microLED technology, meet with leading industry experts, and engage in tours, masterclasses, and other networking activities. MicroLED-Connect also offers a chance to gain access to a year-long program of online events.

Confirmed speakers include as Google, Intel, Meta, ASML, PlayNitride, JBD, Corning, CEA-Leti, Mojo Vision, Fraunhofer, Trendforce, LAM Research and many early stage companies, researchers, and dozens more - click on the image above to see the preliminary agenda. This will be a truly global event, with speakers and exhibitors from North America, Europe and Asia, covering the entire value chain and representing the leading microLED innovators, developers and application makers.