A year ago Foxconn announced a strategic partnership with Porotech to co-develop microLED microdisplays, targeting AR, wearable and other applications. Foxconn said that this partnership will utilize Porotech's Dynamic Pixel Tuning color-tunable GaN-on-Silicon microLED technology and Foxconn's technologies in semiconductor wafer manufacturing, packaging, IC drivers, CMOS backplanes, module assembly and system assembly.
According to a new report from China, Foxconn plans to build a microLED epiwafer production line in Taichung, Taiwan. Foxconn aims to start mass production by the end of 2025.
In 2022, Porotech demonstrated a full-color native microLED microdisplay prototype, the first of its kind, based on its color-tunable pixel technology.
Foxconn has been interested in microLED microdisplay technologies for many years. In 2020 it was reported that Foxconn is developing its own AR glasses, which will be based on microLED microdisplays developed in collaboration with ITRI's EOSRL. The glasses were supposed to be released in 2022, but that did not happen. In 2023, Foxconn announced that it has developed a new microLED microdisplay, in collaboration with Ennostar and Unikorn Semiconductor (a part of Ennostar). It seems as if the company is now focused on utilizing Porotech's unique technology to enable its entrance in the AR microdisplay market.
