February 2021

US-based Tetrapod Quantum Dots developer Quantum Materials Corp (QMC) announced that is has received a $15 million investment from Pasaca Capital.

QMC develops QDs for several markets, including the display industry, but it is currently focused on the medical market. The company developed the use of quantum dots to verify covid-10 sample origins and track samples through the testing process. The company brands is medical solutions under the QMC HealthID brand, and the Pasaca Capital investment will support an expansion of the medical market.

According to industry reports, Samsung Electronics (finally) committed to adopt Samsung Display's QD-OLED TV panels, and plans to release its first QD-OLED TV in 2022.

Samsung Display announced a $10.85 billion investment in QD-OLED TV R&D and production line in 2019, and has started to produce prototypes towards the end of 2020. The company's plan is to start mass production by the end of 2021, in the first line (15,000 monthly substrates). SDC is also planning a second line to follow the first, to arrive at a total of 30,000 monthly 8.5-Gen substrates.

Market research firm DSCC says that it expects Samsung's QD-OLED panels to carry a lower material cost compared to LG's current W-OLED display - by as much as 30-40%.

These are unyielded costs, note, and LG's years of experience likely means its yields will be much higher at least in the first years of QD-OLED and inkjet-printing production.