(Reuters) – Apple Inc. has partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to develop micro OLED displays, which it plans to use in its future Augmented Reality (AR) devices, Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday.
Apple is partnering with TSMC, the only supplier of iPhone processors, as micro OLED displays are much thinner, smaller and less energy consuming, making them more suitable for use on portable AR devices, the report said.
Developing displays are less than 1 inch in size, Nikkei added.
Bloomberg News in January reported that Apple is still working on underlying technologies for AR glasses, codenamed N421. He said the product was a few years away, citing sources, but added that Apple had previously aimed to reveal it since 2023. (bloom.bg/36XWuj9)
The micro OLED project with TSMC is currently in the test production phase and will take several years to achieve mass production, according to Nikkei.
TSMC declined to comment, while Apple did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
Reporting of Arghyadeep Dutta and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Montage of Devika Syamnath