A few days ago it was reported that AUO is collaborating with Sony on OLED production , and today the Chinese Commercial Times reports that Sony will buy all of AUO's AMOLED production capacity in the near term. Sony will use AUO's 4.3" AMOLED panels in upcoming mobile phones. This contradicts earlier reports that HTC secured AUO's entire capacity.
AUO's original plan was to produce AMOLEDs in Q2 2011, but the company delayed this due to technical issues (apparently the company couldn't get the yields of the vacuum evaporation deposition of the organic layers high enough). It is suggested that Sony's engineers are assisting AUO with those technical issues.
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