TowerJazz and Aledia agree process development partnership for nanowire-LED technology

Specialty foundry TowerJazz of Migdal Haemek, Israel and Aledia S.A of Grenoble, France (a developer and manufacturer of 3D LEDs for display applications based on its gallium nitride nanowires-on-silicon platform) have announced a process development partnership to bring Aledia’s nanowire-LED technology into commercialized volume production.

The development is based on Aledia’s IP and utilizes TowerJazz’s Transfer Optimization and Development Process Services (TOPS). Financed by Intel Capital among others, Aledia’s nanowire-LED display technology offers solutions for the global display market’s constant growing demand.

“We chose TowerJazz due to its vast expertise in the field of process development, its high-quality and extensive production capabilities, well serving our long-term production roadmap,” says Aledia’s CEO Giorgio Anania.

Aledia’s 3D LED technology is said to enable high brightness (x1000 of today’s average screen), high-resolution, low-power and cost-effective displays, all of which are key parameters in a variety of existing and future mobile display applications including laptops, tablets, mobile phones, augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and smart watches. With an ever-growing rate of consumers using their mobile screens in their daily lives, this market carries an enormous potential growth rate, it is reckoned.

TowerJazz’s TOPS services should enable and facilitate quick transfer and manufacturability of Aledia’s technology. The firm’s global manufacturing capabilities - two manufacturing facilities in Israel (150mm and 200mm), two in the USA (200mm) and three in Japan (two 200mm and one 300mm) - provide volume production in scalable wafer sizes, which are claimed to enhance its cost competitiveness, capacity assurance and future roadmap alignment.

“This technology provides significant differentiators addressing all the main feature requirements of the micro-LED displays market and holds profound potential growth for both companies,” comments Dani Ashkenazi, VP & general manager of TowerJazz’s Transfer, Optimization and Development Process Services business unit (TOPS). “Bringing Aledia’s solutions into volume production is a major step in establishing its role as a leading provider of next-generation display panel technology”.

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