Yi Liu | Hongshi Intelligence: What sustained white brightness must a monolithic full-colour microLED panel target, and what was achieved?
14:04 - 14:59
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What sustained white brightness must a monolithic full-colour microLED panel target, and what was achieved?
In the exchange, the speaker is asked about a hybrid stacked full-colour solution: maximum sustained brightness and general power consumption for the panel. The question is repeated for the full-colour hybrid stack, asking whether it is 500,000 nits or 200,000 nits and for power at maybe 10% APL. The speaker seeks clarification: "You mean the monolithic full colour?" The questioner confirms that is correct.
The answer given is for the monolithic full-colour panel, not the hybrid stack. The target is two million nits for white. Last year, one version achieved a 1.2 million nits white result. That is acknowledged as very impressive. The discussion then moves to power consumption at 25% APL, but the speaker specifies APL 10%. The next power figure is not completed in the clip; it stops at "the technical power."
The clip contrasts hybrid stacked full colour with monolithic full colour. For monolithic, the white brightness target is two million nits. The previous version reached 1.2 million nits white. Brightness questions used 500,000 nits and 200,000 nits as candidate levels. Power was probed at 10% APL, after a 25% APL mention. No power consumption number is stated before the transcript ends. This leaves the power target unresolved.
In this short video, you can learn:
* The monolithic full-colour target is two million nits for white.
* Last year, one version achieved 1.2 million nits white.
* Power consumption was asked at 10% APL, but no figure was completed in the clip.
📋 **Clip Abstract** The clip asks for maximum sustained brightness and power consumption in a hybrid stacked full-colour solution, then clarifies the question applies to a monolithic full-colour panel. The stated white brightness target is two million nits, with last year's version reaching 1.2 million nits; power at 10% APL is queried but not answered before the excerpt ends.
About the speaker:
* Speaker: Yi Liu
* Company: Hongshi Intelligence
* Event: Eindhoven 2026
* Location: High Tech Campus, Eindhoven
#MonolithicFullColour, #HybridStackedFullColour, #WhiteBrightnessTarget, #TenPercentAPL, #MicroLEDDisplays, #ARVRDisplays
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What’s Next for MicroLED Micro-Displays: Hybrid Bonding, Metasurfaces, and System-Level Iteration
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03:32 - 05:03
Display, AI, audio and battery all compete for the same milliwatts — what does that mean for microLED specs?
Display, AI, audio and battery all compete for the same milliwatts — what does that mean for microLED specs?
In AI glasses, the display does not sit alone: AI processing, connectivity, audio sensors and batteries compete for shared space, power, weight and thermal headroom. More display power reduces battery energy for other functions or runtime. More optical volume takes room from the frame and temples. Extra heat must be managed close to the skin. Micro LED therefore participates in resource allocation across the whole pair of glasses.
When the display uses less, the customer gains choices: more battery life, more sensing, more computing, or simply a lighter, slimmer product. That is why the proposal is a new Moore's Law for AI glasses—more effective visual information per unit of system resource. It is a measure of product progress, not a prediction of a fixed doubling cycle.
The metric asks how much useful information can be delivered per milliwatt, per hundreds of cubic centimetres, per hundreds of gram. Effective is the keyword: a clear subtitle or a timely prompt can be more valuable than a view crowded with windows. The teleprompter is useful because it supports the task. That is progress in effective visual information per unit of system resource.
In this short video, you can learn:
* Display power, optical volume and heat all draw from the same envelope as AI, connectivity, audio and battery in AI glasses.
* The proposed Moore's Law for AI glasses measures effective visual information per unit of system resource, per milliwatt, per hundreds of cubic centimetres, per hundreds of gram.
* A clear subtitle or timely prompt can be more valuable than a view crowded with windows.
📋 **Clip Abstract** The clip argues that micro LED is not a standalone display component but a participant in resource allocation across an entire pair of AI glasses, competing with AI processing, connectivity, audio sensors and batteries for power, space, weight and thermal headroom. It proposes a new Moore's Law for AI glasses measured as effective visual information per unit of system resource—per milliwatt, per hundreds of cubic centimetres and per hundreds of gram—rather than a fixed doubling cycle.
About the speaker:
* Speaker: Yi Liu
* Company: Hongshi Intelligence
* Event: Eindhoven 2026
* Location: High Tech Campus, Eindhoven
#ThermalHeadroom, #ResourceAllocation, #EffectiveVisualInformation, #MooresLawForAIGlasses, #MicroLEDMicroDisplays, #ARGlassesDisplays
09:00 - 10:14
Why are AR customers replacing "which module can you sell us?" with "what display can we define together?"
Why are AR customers replacing "which module can you sell us?" with "what display can we define together?"
The commercial relationship has moved past standard modules. Earlier product often shared similar green VGA displays, so the opening question was which standard module a supplier could sell. Customers now require different resolutions, sizes, colours and entirely different product concepts, and they arrive with a pair of glasses they want to build plus the space and power available. The question becomes what display can be defined together.
Customization is not simply changing a specification. It begins with the use case and the whole device budget, and only then are the display requirements agreed. That reordering matters because the brand leads the eyewear product, while the display partner participates earlier, bringing chip panel, light engine and manufacturing capabilities into the definition discussion rather than responding to a frozen brief.
This shift spans different product definitions and optical systems, and it follows a track record running from engineering samples through pilot ramp to volume delivery. Customization at that scale begins with the use case and the whole device budget: resolution, size, colour and power are negotiated against the glasses, not against a catalogue. The earlier the display is defined, the more the chip panel and light engine can be shaped around the device.
In this short video, you can learn:
* Customers now specify different resolutions, sizes and colours instead of accepting the similar green VGA displays that earlier product shared.
* The opening question has changed from which standard module a supplier can sell to what display can be defined together.
* Customization starts with the use case and the whole device budget, with the brand leading the eyewear product while the display partner joins earlier.
📋 **Clip Abstract** The clip records a shift from selling standard green VGA modules to co-defining displays with AR eyewear brands. Customization here starts from the use case and whole device budget, with the brand leading the eyewear and the display partner joining earlier with chip panel, light engine and manufacturing capabilities.
About the speaker:
* Speaker: Yi Liu
* Company: Hongshi Intelligence
* Event: Eindhoven 2026
* Location: High Tech Campus, Eindhoven
#GreenVGA, #ChipPanel, #LightEngine, #PilotRamp, #MicroLED, #ARDisplays
05:35 - 07:05
How small can a microLED chip get before angular resolution, not pixel pitch, becomes the limit?
How small can a microLED chip get before angular resolution, not pixel pitch, becomes the limit?
The Yingjin platform brings VGA resolution to a 0.08-inch chip with a 2.4-micron pixel pitch and 10,583 pixels per inch. At the display system level, Hongshi specified 32 pixels per degree at a 25-degree field of view. Pixel density describes the chip, while pixels per degree describe angular image details. This distinction separates chip-level specifications from what the eye actually resolves in a compact optical system.
Small chips and high light output efficiency provide the foundation. Optical integration turns that foundation into compact products. A monochrome green light engine measures 0.07 cubic centimeters, and the XC7 three-panel full color light engine measures 0.15 cubic centimeters. XC7 is now in pilot production in selected customer products. These units deliver the same brightness at the same power or lower power.
These numbers matter because they give customers more freedom in frame design, battery placement, and overall balance. Progress is judged not only by specifications but by the glasses customers can build. That system-level view connects chip pitch and pixels per degree to real, wearable form factors. The limit shifts from how small a chip can be made to how much angular detail the full optical path preserves at the same or lower power.
In this short video, you can learn:
* Yingjin achieves VGA on a 0.08-inch chip with 2.4-micron pitch and 10,583 PPI.
* System-level angular resolution is specified as 32 pixels per degree at a 25-degree field of view.
* XC7 three-panel full color light engine at 0.15 cc is in pilot production, while a monochrome green engine is 0.07 cc.
📋 **Clip Abstract** Hongshi Intelligence's Yingjin platform puts VGA resolution on a 0.08-inch microLED chip with 2.4-micron pixel pitch and 10,583 PPI, while system-level specs target 32 pixels per degree at 25 degrees field of view. Monochrome green and XC7 three-panel full color light engines at 0.07 and 0.15 cubic centimeters, with XC7 in pilot production, shift the design question from chip pixel density to preserved angular detail and customer-freedom in frame, battery, and balance.
About the speaker:
* Speaker: Yi Liu
* Company: Hongshi Intelligence
* Event: Eindhoven 2026
* Location: High Tech Campus, Eindhoven
#YingjinPlatform, #PixelsPerDegree, #XC7LightEngine, #10583PPI, #ARDisplay, #MicroLEDMicroDisplays