Jade Bird Display (JBD) launched its new microLED microdisplay platform, branded as Roadrunner, increasing the resolution to 10,160 PPI (pixel pitch of 2.5 micron). JBD says that it is progressing towards mass production of these new displays, with a phased market rollout expected in the second half of 2026.
JBD says that it managed to decrease the pixel pitch to 2.5 micron (down from 4 micron in their previous generation panels), through the use of chip processing innovation and a novel device architecture. This enabled an increase in microLED efficiency (the main challenge as die sizes decreases). The displays are produced on a new 22nm backplane, which further enabled power consumption reduction (JBD says that the backplane power is capped at 18mW).
JBD has recently completed its Series B1 financing round. In 2023 JBD announced that its $92 million production line in Hefei is starting production. The production line's total capacity is 120 million 0.13" panels, but it hasn't yet reached its full capacity.
JBD was the first company tot mass produce microLED microdisplays. The company reported several design wins, including with Xiaomi, TCL, Alibaba, Vuzix, Rokid - and likely Meta for its Orion glasses.
In 2023, JBD started shipping engineering samples of single-panel RGB microLED microdisplays, branding these as the Phoenix series, while its monochrome panels were branded as Hummingbird (these are the 1st-gen panels, offering a pixel pitch of 4 micron). The Phoenix series is designed to be used with 50+ degree FOV waveguides.
