E-Ink announces collaboration with Sharp

[kyôdai]

- 27.09.2022, Eink.com

-> https://www.eink.com/news.html?type=...ar=2022&page=1

BILLERICA, Mass.-- E Ink Holdings Inc. (E Ink), the originator, pioneer, and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, and Sharp Display Technology Corporation (SDTC), a leading company in the field of displays, today announced the collaboration with each other, and adopt SDTC’s indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO*2) backplanes for ePaper modules using in eReader and eNote products.

E Ink has been developing the use of oxide thin film transistors (TFTs) for electrophoretic technology for over ten years, and will expand its ePaper product portfolio based on using oxide TFTs. Sharp was the first to mass produce oxide TFTs for displays in 2012. Oxide TFTs have high mobility (a measure of how easily an electron moves in a particular material) and low leak current in the transistors, with a result that smaller transistors can be used to provide the same current. In a display, this means a faster switching speed is possible and lower power consumption, contributing to a sustainable environment. E Ink and SDTC have been working together for two years to bring oxide TFTs for ePaper displays into the market.

“Joining forces with SDTC further demonstrates E Ink’s commitment to enhance ePaper display performance,” said Johnson Lee, CEO of E Ink. “SDTC’s vision is to develop an oxide TFT technology that can service different types of displays and circuits, and SDTC is committed to continue to invest in the development of oxide TFTs. E Ink looks forward to our partnership with SDTC.”

“SDTC is excited that E Ink chose SDTC as an oxide TFT partner to bring the next generation of ePaper displays to market,” said Chien-Erh Wang, President of SDTC. “SDTC is the market leader and pioneer in oxide TFT research and development and is also the first display company that has mass produced oxide TFTs. E Ink is the market leader in ePaper displays, and the joining of these two companies is a natural progression.”

In the past five years, 130 million eReaders have been in use globally, replacing the purchase of paper editions of books. It is estimated that paper books would emit more than 100,000 times CO2 vs. eReaders would have contributed significantly to the reduction of CO2 emissions throughout that time. Migrating color content to eReaders would have a large impact on the environment.

Going forward, E Ink and SDTC will explore the use of IGZO for larger sizes for signage applications in retail and transportation. In addition, Sharp Group will also consider collaborative models with E Ink for various ePaper applications.

The Next Generation of ePaper based on this time’s collaboration is scheduled to be exhibited at CEATEC 2022, which will be held at the Makuhari Messe convention center (Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan) from October 18 to 21 (Tuesday to Friday) of this year.

Exhibits at CEATEC 2022 (planned): Next Generation of ePaper

Display size: 8"
Resolution: 300 ppi
Image update time:
Black/white 0.35 seconds
Color 0.5-1.5 seconds

Operating temp.: 0-50 (oC)

*1 Board circuit for controlling the display signals.
*2 IGZO is the oxide semiconductor composed of indium, gallium, zinc and oxygen. It is used as a material for thin film transistors that drive liquid crystal displays, etc.

[kyôdai]

UPDATE:

As announced E-Ink opened up their booth at CEATEC 2022 today, showing off their latest display technologies.

Fake-News website GoodEreader has a short video on the collab with Sharp.




It looks like the same device, that E-Ink presented earlier this year when they first announced the "Gallery 3" display.

It appears to be a fully functional 8" e-reader with e-inks latest "Gallery 3" color display and WACOM support. GoodEreader calls it "Sharp 8 WACOM e-note", though it does not become clear, whether this is just a demo unit or a product that people will actually be able to buy.

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by kyôdai

UPDATE:

Fake-News website GoodEreader has a short video on the collab with Sharp.

Shots fired. What did GoodEreader do to earn that title? I mean I've seen these churn out some low-quality content farm articles as of late, but nothing so bad as to warrant "Fake News".

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Shots fired. What did GoodEreader do to earn that title? I mean I've seen these churn out some low-quality content farm articles as of late, but nothing so bad as to warrant "Fake News".

You mean apart from endless promotion of vaporware, and plagiarism from here on an industrial scale?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Shots fired. What did GoodEreader do to earn that title? I mean I've seen these churn out some low-quality content farm articles as of late, but nothing so bad as to warrant "Fake News".

Do a search on the tag "goodereader bad"

Years of bad behavior are documented.

[Barty]

That doesn't look half bad. Like 45% bad

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Shots fired. What did GoodEreader do to earn that title? I mean I've seen these churn out some low-quality content farm articles as of late, but nothing so bad as to warrant "Fake News".

Their 'inside sources' have promised a Kindle Voyage 2 for YEARS and now they seem to have moved on to an Oasis 4.

They do sloppy research and spin entire stories out of errors.

They come to sites like this one, steal posts and write them up with articles (occasionally with photos stolen from this site) with no attribution given.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Shots fired. What did GoodEreader do to earn that title? I mean I've seen these churn out some low-quality content farm articles as of late, but nothing so bad as to warrant "Fake News".

Sheeshh... you never saw their multiple stories on the imminent release of the new version of the Kindle Voyage? The new version of the Kindle Oasis? Though they did manage to completely miss the Kindle Scribe.

Not to mention their habit of borrowing whole articles, chunks of text and images from other sites without attribution? You know, that fun activity known as plagiarism? There are quite a few members of Mobileread who can attest to that.