CES 2025 grand opening: Micro LEDs lead a new trend in display technology

On January 7, local time, Las Vegas, USA, welcomed the annual event in the technology industry-CES 2025. This exhibition attracted more than 130,000 participants to witness the latest breakthroughs and innovative achievements in the field of science and technology. It is worth mentioning that the number of exhibitors from China has reached more than 1300, setting a record high, demonstrating the increasingly important position of China technology companies on the global stage. Among the many high-profile technologies, Micro LED is undoubtedly one of the focuses of this year's CES. Hisense, Samsung, AUO, Tianma Microelectronics, Thunderbird Innovation, Innolux, VueReal, Vuzix, Sitan Technology, Goer, Aledia and many other manufacturers have demonstrated their innovative products based on Micro LED technology, covering everything from TVs and car screens to AR glasses, watches and other fields, and even extend to new application scenarios such as beauty mirrors and smart mirror displays. New consumer-grade Micro LED TV products compete for beauty

At the CES 2025 booth, Hisense launched its first 136-inch consumer-grade Micro LED TV, which has undoubtedly become the focus of attention. This TV is equipped with 24.88 million high-density Micro LED arrays, showing amazing visual effects. Its peak brightness is as high as 10000 nits, and its native contrast ratio reaches 1000000:1. At the same time, in terms of color performance, BT.2020 color space coverage reaches 95%, bringing users the ultimate visual feast.

Samsung also refused to be outdone and announced two new Micro LED TVs at the exhibition. One of the direct-display Micro LED TVs adopts a widescreen ratio of 21:9 and is specially designed for movie lovers. With its unique transparent glass technology, it effectively reduces the presence of splicing gaps and enhances the viewing experience. The other model uses RGB three-color LEDs as light sources in the LCD TV backlight module. By accurately controlling the lighting of the LED colors and combining color filter technology, it not only reduces light loss, but also reduces power consumption by 30%., achieving a perfect balance of performance and energy conservation. Car screen: Micro LED opens a new experience in smart cockpit

The field of car displays has also become an important display stage for Micro LED technology. AUO teamed up with its automotive display subsidiary BHTC to demonstrate a smart cockpit display solution based on Micro LEDs, bringing more possibilities to future travel. Among them, the Mirage Panorama Skyscape seamlessly integrates a large transparent Micro LED display into the sunroof, which not only creates an immersive driving experience, but also connects with the side windows and supports transparency adjustment to create a personalized interior space for users. At the same time, AUO also brought a hidden smart driving interface independent instrument panel display. In autonomous driving mode, the Micro LED display can be fully deployed to meet users 'needs in multimedia entertainment, shopping and meetings. In terms of the center console, the Micro LED screen with the variable shape of the central control display further demonstrates AUO's innovative thinking in car display design.

Samsung showed off Micro LED transparent windshields. This technology uses Samsung's previously launched Micro LED transparent screens to transform transparent windows into a multi-functional information display, which can not only provide practical functions such as navigation and vehicle information, but also create a cinema-like entertainment experience while parking. It is worth mentioning that this technology is completely transparent during driving and will not cause any interference to the line of sight. At the same time, it maintains high resolution and brightness, providing a guarantee for driving safety.

Tianma Microelectronics demonstrated a 27-inch seamless splicing Micro-LED display screen. This product relies on Tianma's original GOA backplane drive design, independently developed 3D integrated film-forming side routing process, and precise and efficient all-laser massive transfer process., realizing infinite splicing in the horizontal and vertical directions between screens, and at the same time reaching a pixel point distance of P0.6mm in terms of image quality Excellent performance indicators such as (up to 0.4mm), contrast ratio of 1000000:1, and ultra-low reflectivity SCE1500nits have set a new benchmark for in-vehicle displays. The commercialization process of Micro LED micro displays accelerates

In the field of Micro LED micro-displays, major manufacturers have also taken frequent actions, accelerating the commercialization of this technology. Thunderbird Innovation held a Meta and Beyond conference at the exhibition, officially launched Thunderbird V3 AI shooting glasses, and demonstrated AI + AR glasses equipped with a firefly light engine and RayNeo waveguide-Thunderbird X3 Pro. This product will be officially launched in 2025 Q2. Firefly Light Engine is a full-color Micro LED light engine independently developed by Thunderbird. It has a volume of only 0.36cc, which is 40% smaller than the previous generation, providing strong support for the lightweight and miniaturization of AR glasses.

Samsung showed off a prototype of a 2.1-inch Micro LED screen specially designed for smart watches. Its resolution reaches 418 x 540 pixels, a pixel density of 326ppi, and a peak brightness of up to 4000 nits. With its excellent brightness performance, it is expected to be used in the next generation of smart watch products such as the Galaxy Watch Ultra, bringing users a clearer and brighter visual experience.

Vuzix and Quanta Computer collaborated to develop two advanced smart glasses reference designs-the AI-Enabled Ultralite Pro OEM platform and the Ultralite Audio OEM platform. Among them, the Ultralite Pro OEM platform is specially designed for seamless AI interaction, while the Ultralite audio OEM platform is equipped with a monochrome Micro LED projector, providing new ideas for the functional expansion of smart glasses.

For the AR/XR field, Sitan Technology has brought 0.2 full-color display modules and independently developed 0.2 white light display modules. Compared with existing car projection lights, the white light display module has significant improvements in resolution, pixel spacing and brightness. The resolution has been increased to 110110, the pixel spacing has reached 4040 m, and the brightness is 150 lm, which provides a new solution for related fields. Optimization of display effects provides new solutions.

Goer has launched lightweight AR reference designs Mulan 2 and Wood 2, which weigh only 36 grams and 58 grams respectively. Among them, the Mulan 2 uses an ultra-thin carbon fiber frame and ultra-light titanium alloy hinge, coupled with holographic waveguide lenses and Micro LED optical machines, demonstrating Goer's superb craftsmanship in AR hardware design and bringing users a more comfortable wearing experience.

Aledia has launched a new Micro LED technology. Its Micro LEDs designed specifically for AR applications use 3D nanowire GaN-on- Si technology, which has the advantages of being thinner, more energy-efficient, and easier to mass production. At the same time, Aledia invested US$200 million to build a Micro LED production line in Grenoble, France. The production line is located in the center of the European Display Valley. It aims to accelerate the widespread application of next-generation smart glasses in the mass consumer market and promote Micro LED technology in the AR field. Commercialization process. Micro LED expands into innovative applications such as beauty

Compared with last year, at this year's CES show, Micro LED technology achieved new breakthroughs in application fields, and many companies introduced it into beauty and other innovative fields. Samsung Electronics has partnered with Amore Pacific, a leading South Korean cosmetics brand, to launch Micro LED beauty mirrors. This innovative product not only analyzes users 'skin types, but also provides personalized skin care product recommendations based on the analysis results. Samsung said that the panel of the beauty mirror has a reflectivity of more than 80% and a transmittance of more than 90%, providing users with excellent visual effects and experience.

Innolux displayed a variety of Micro LED display products at the exhibition, of which the 9.6-inch Micro LED Smart Mirror smart mirror display was particularly eye-catching. The display is equipped with vehicle-grade RGB self-illuminating Micro LED technology and has the characteristics of high brightness (1200nits), high contrast (1000000:1), high color gamut (NTSC 120%), high reflectivity and energy saving, bringing new display solutions to beauty and home scenes.

VueReal has launched a new microled design reference kit covering multiple fields such as automotive, AR, consumer electronics and lighting, aiming to help companies apply Micro LED technology to actual products faster and more cost-effectively. The kit includes lighting panels that provide Micro LED power, 3.5-inch or 10-inch passive matrix and active matrix (LTPS) Micro LED displays with high transparency (up to 85%), and Micro LED displays, etc., providing companies in different industries provide a diverse range of Micro LED technology application options. Summary: Micro LED is a critical year for mass production

Judging from the display of CES 2025, Micro LED technology has become a popular application direction in consumer TV, car scenes, AR glasses, watches and other fields. Major brand manufacturers continue to optimize costs and functions and launch many new products. As the technology gradually matures, the application fields of Micro LEDs are constantly expanding. For example, Samsung has extended it to the beauty field, which shows a further breakthrough in the commercialization process of this technology. It also indicates that Micro LEDs are gradually entering large-scale production. The preparatory stage for mass production.

Looking back on 2024, panel factories such as Chenxian Optoelectronics, Tianma Microelectronics, TCL Huaxing, and BOE Crystal Core have made new progress in the construction of Micro LED production lines. Many companies have announced that Micro LEDs will soon start small batch shipments, and It is planned to reach and full production by 2025. It is foreseeable that 2025 will be a critical year for the development of Micro LED technology, and it is expected to achieve greater breakthroughs in mass production scale and application fields, bringing more innovative products based on Micro LED technology to consumers.