{"id":657664,"date":"2013-05-13T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=644762"},"modified":"2013-05-13T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:58:17","slug":"amazon-acquires-samsung-color-display-unit-liquavista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/657664","title":{"rendered":"Amazon acquires Samsung color display unit Liquavista"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon has acquired Liquavista, Samsung’s low-power color-screen display unit. The technology could be used to put color screens on Kindle e-readers.<\/p>\n

The Digital Reader, which has been following this story<\/a> for several months, reported Monday<\/a> that an unnamed Delaware-based LLC was the new owner of Liquavista. Amazon confirmed the purchase in a statement:<\/p>\n

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“We are always looking for new technologies we may be able to incorporate into our products over the long term. The Liquavista team shares our passion for invention and is creating exciting new technologies with a lot of potential. It\u2019s still early days, but we\u2019re excited about the possibilities and we look forward to working with Liquavista to develop these displays.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The purchase price was undisclosed, though it may be made public in Amazon SEC filings’s next quarter.<\/p>\n

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets obviously already have color screens, but Liquavista’s technology offers the potential for color screens that wouldn’t deplete battery life to be added to e-ink readers. This would be particularly useful for children’s books and graphic novels.<\/p>\n

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