With the accelerated penetration of OLED display technology in display application fields such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, AR/VR, automotive, medical and professional displays, the OLED industry has begun to enter a period of rapid expansion. In addition, the display application market has diverse trends and application fields, with Mini/Micro LED, automotive windows, commercial displays, health displays, VR/AR, and electronic paper all becoming hot spots.
According to Ouyang Zhongcan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, display products are everywhere now. The rapid development of the automobile industry, the development of cutting-edge fields such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence have also pointed out new development directions for the display industry.
In April this year, Academician Ouyang Zhongcan made a keynote speech on "New Quality Productivity of China's Digital Economy" at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting, where the Pathfinder made a special presentation on "Prospects: Development of New Generation Visual Display Chips". He said, "As digital technology enters the real economy at a larger scale, in a wider field, and at a deeper level, it will inject new momentum and vitality into the construction of a new development pattern. National and local policy support provides a good environment for the industry, encourages independent innovation of new display technologies, strengthens collaborative innovation for political production and research, strengthens original and disruptive scientific and technological innovation, achieves a high level of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and provides a source of momentum for the development of new quality productivity."
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Founded in 2009, G2Touch is a chip design company that provides customers with touch solutions for all categories (including touch laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.). Its main products include LCD touch IC, OLED touch IC and battery protection IC. Touch IC products mainly use On-Cell single-layer technology. LCD touch IC products mainly focus on notebook computers, and end customers include leading brands such as Dell and HP. OLED touch IC products can be used in OLED mobile phones below 8 inches, medium and large size OLED tablets and laptops, and car displays. It is one of the few display touch chip companies in the world that has mastered On-Cell single-layer touch technology and achieved large-scale sales.
In terms of Mini LED driver chips, Pathfinder improves product performance through technological innovation, product iteration reduces production costs, and at the same time adjusts product research and development strategies to follow market development trends. Combined with the company's product characteristics and end customer needs, different response strategies are used to segment the Mini LED market. The focus is on expanding the transparent screen market, MiniLED backlight market, and MiniLED direct display market.
In recent years, technological innovation characterized by digitalization and intelligence has become increasingly prominent. As digital technology enters the real economy on a larger scale, in wider fields, and at a deeper level, it has injected new momentum and new vitality into the construction of a new development pattern. It is believed that under the background of national support for the semiconductor chip industry, Pathfinder will further enhance its comprehensive competitiveness through the "outdoor + chip" dual main business development strategy, achieve high-level technological self-reliance, take the lead in fierce market competition, and achieve high-quality sustainable development.
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