On February 23, the investment community reported that Shengyu Huatian Industry, a subsidiary of Shengyu, recently led the investmentHefei Weiguo Semiconductor*** hereinafter referred to as "Weiguo Semiconductor") angel round financingFollowing the AMOLED driver, it further strengthens Shengyu's track layout in the field of new displays.
Founded in November 2022, Weiguo Semiconductor is jointly established by senior chip experts and marketing and sales experts who have been engaged in medium and large-screen panel displays for a long time, focusing on the R&D and sales of Mini LED backlight direct display driver chips, and its products are mainly used in TV, monitor, vehicle display, notebook, VR and other fields.
Since its establishment one year ago, the company has completed the research and development of major IPs, and defined a number of Mini LED direct display and AM PM backlight driver chip products based on the needs of panel factories and TV customers, and related products will be taped out and introduced to the market in the near future. The financing will accelerate the mass production of the company's products and the introduction of talents.
In the past, we invested in AMOLED display driver chip company Sheng Micro mainly valued the unique advantages of AMOLED driver in the field of small and medium-sized screens, especially mobile phone displays, and the investment in Mini LED drivers will further enrich our layout in the field of new displays.
Mini LED has the advantages of both LCD and OLED, and through the use of a large number of smaller LED chips, more screen backlight partitions can be realized, so as to achieve higher contrast, brightness, and better color performance, which is the general trend of the next generation of medium and large screen display technology. At present,TCL、Samsung、Xiaomi、Sony、Skyworth、Hisense、Apple and other major TV manufacturers have mass-produced mini LED products on a large scale,In the field of vehicle display,Ideal、Weilai、SAIC、Great Wall、Mercedes-Benz and other manufacturers are introducing mini LED backlight car screen。 According to Omdia, more than 17 million devices equipped with Mini LED backlights will be shipped globally in 2023, and the industry as a whole will continue to grow rapidly in the next few years as the technology continues to mature and the cost continues to fall.