Here are some of our top MicroLED stories and updates featured at MicroLED-Info, in case you missed it:

• Konka shows a massive 310" 4K-Plus microLED display
• STRATACACHE to integrate Lumiode's backplane deposition technology
• Apple may further delay its first microLED watch to 2027
• Samsung shows a transparent microLED display prototype
• Avicena demonstrates the world's first microLED-based transceiver IC in 16nm
• Aledia raises €120 million as it starts to mass produce microLEDs
• Mojo Vision closes its Series A funding round, raising $43.5 million
• The MicroLED Industry Association publishes its first microLED industry roadmap
• AUO reiterates microLED smartwatch display production plans by the end of 2023
• PlayNitride to build a microLED production line for AUO, in a $21 million deal
• Yole: significant microLED production in 2-3 years, broader adoption in 5-10 years
• LG Electronics launches a 118-inch 4K MAGNIT MicroLED TV
• PlayNitride to expand its production volume to 10,000 6-inch wafers per month
• SID Displayweek 2023 - MicroLED summary
• HC Semitek starts building a $700 million microLED production line in Zhuhai, China
• Samsung Electronics launches a $100,000 89-inch microLED TV in Korea

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In 2022, we launched the MicroLED Industry Association, as an international industry forum to promote microLED technologies and collaboration. The association closed a successful first year, growing to over 40 companies, including leading microLED developers, supply chain companies, researchers, and more. If you are looking to learn about the latest microLED technologies, connect with leading developers and help shape the future of our industry, please consider joining our exciting association.

US-based iBeam Materials develops a technology that uses ion-beam to grow microLED devices on a variety of large-area substrates, including thin, flexible large-area metal foils. iBeam's founder and president, Vladimir Matias, will give a talk at the upcoming MicroLED-Connect startup showcase event on February 2024, and he was kind enough to send us a short update on the company's technology and status, and his views on the microLED industry and market.

Hello Vladimir, thank you for your time. Can you tell us a bit about iBeam, your technology and current status?

iBeam Materials is an early stage technology company developing a revolutionary approach to the epitaxial semiconductor growth process required for making LEDs and microLEDs such as in the next generation of displays. Instead of GaN crystal growth on expensive, rigid single crystal substrates that are limited in size, iBeam technology allows growth of the same high-quality semiconductor material on large-area, low-cost metal foil that permits roll-to-roll processing due to its flexibility.

MicroLED-Info is happy to announce the 2024 edition of The MicroLED Handbook. This book is the industry's trusted and comprehensive guide to MicroLED display technology, industry and market. MicroLED displays are thin, efficient, bright and flexible and are on track to revolutionize the display industry. The handbook is now updated to January 2024 and lists recent developments and new companies, initiatives, products and research activities.

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

• MicroLED technology, materials and production processes
• How MicroLEDs compare to LCDs and OLEDs
• What are the challenges towards commercial production
• LED technology and manufacturing processes
• MicroLED driving and full-color architectures
• The MicroLED displays currently on the market

The book also provides: an in-depth guide to MicroLED Microdisplays, potential applications of MicroLED displays, a comprehensive list of MicroLED companies, an introduction to other emerging display technologies (such as quantum dots and OLEDs), a current overview of the MicroLED market, market and industry forecasts and much more!

NS Nanotech, based in the US, develops nanowire microLED technologies, branded as nanoLED, using MBE deposition. The company targets the microLED display market, and also the LEDs for pathogen-neutralizing far-UV. NS Nanotech's CEO, Seth Coe-Sullivan, will give a talk at the upcoming MicroLED-Connect startup showcase event on February 2024, and was kind enough to send us a short update on the company's technology and status, and his views on the microLED industry and market:

Seth Coe-Sullivan: NS Nanotech is a spin-off from McGill University and the University of Michigan, with offices in Ann Arbor and Montréal near both campuses. We have exclusive licenses to portfolios of patents for breakthroughs in sub-micron-scale vertical nanowire LEDs, and we have published peer-reviewed results showing world-class efficiency for red and green nano-LEDs. And now we are working to demonstrate how this technology can scale to commercially relevant processes and wafer sizes for both main displays and microdisplays.

Our go-to-market strategy involves partnering with larger companies that have the balance sheet to scale quickly, while we remain a technology provider. As we map a clear path to commercialization of our nanowire technology, we have started to fabricate demonstration wafers to make samples available to potential manufacturing partners.

MicroLED-Connect is a hybrid event series, a year-long program of virtual and onsite events, all focused on the microLED industry. The first online 2-day webinar was hosted successfully last month, with over 25 lectures (all recordings accessible for pass holders). The next event is a startup showcase, that will be hosted on February 22, 2024.

The startup showcase includes lectures from 8 leading microLED startup companies, covering topics such as microdisplays, AR headset development, microLED production, transfer processes and microLED inspection.

Now is a great time to reserve your ticket and make sure you stay updated with the latest innovation from the following startup companies: Rayleigh Vision, Inziv, Comptek Solutions, QustomDot, Terecircuits, iBeam Materials, Kura Vision and NS Nanotech. You can read the complete agenda here.

The MicroLED Industry Association has published its first MicroLED Industry Roadmap and State-of-the-Industry document. 

The 2024 MicroLED Roadmap covers the latest microLED technology trends, details the MicroLED Association’s roadmap and projections for the future of the microLED industry and market, by application segments. The summary edition can be downloaded here.

MicroLED Industry Association members can access the full document here, which includes detailed insights into technology and architectures, challenges and forecasts.

MicroLED-Connect is a hybrid event series, a year-long program of virtual and onsite events, all focused on the microLED industry. The flagship MicroLED Connect display conference will take place in Europe in 2024 (Eindhoven, September 24-26).

MicroLED Connect posted a call-out to potential speakers for the event. Companies, research institutes, start-ups, analysts, and academics are all welcome to propose a talk. We encourage contributions from round the world. In general, we prefer talks which represent state-of-the-art technologies or real commercial and industrial impact.

MicroLED-Connect is a hybrid event series, a year-long program of virtual and onsite events, all focused on the microLED industry. The first event took place last month, a 2-day virtual event that will be focused on microLED (and also miniLED) technologies. Over 25 speakers, including leading companies, researchers and market analysts, gave excellent talks.

The event offered a single track, so that the 120+ event participants could listen to all the talks, and also participate in online networking sessions. If you missed the event, you'll be happy to know that all the sessions were uploaded online, and can be accessed with a MicroLED-Connect yearly pass. Here in this post we share samples of two of the talks (only the first few minutes).

This is definitely the best on-line event for microLED and on-par with SID Display week for all events. Great program, format and easy to navigate - Eric Virey, Yole Group

"I enjoyed the conference very much and learnt a lot. I look forward to listening to couple of the talks I missed and of course see the pdf presentations" - Homer Antoniadis, independent consultant

"I really enjoyed the talks. The quality was very high and sessions were very informative. Looking forward to future events!" - Hossein Zamani Siboni, PhD, Director of Device Engineering, VueReal Inc."

MicroLED-Connect is an upcoming hybrid event series, a year-long program of virtual and onsite events, all focused on the microLED industry. The first MicroLED Connect virtual event is coming up later this month, a 2-day virtual event that will be focused on microLED (and also miniLED) technologies. The event will include over 25 lectures from leading companies, researchers and market analysts. The series is organized by the MicroLED Industry Association together with TechBlick.

In this post we share three online presentations, taken from last year's online microLED event (November 2022). The first video, above, is from the SSLEEC group (led by Prof. Denbaars and Prof. Nakamura) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, that discusses the latest microLED research performed at this world-renowned group.