Roadmap of eink displays at Amazon Kindle Review

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By Paul Biba

Amazon Kindle Review has a comprehensive discussion of the future of eink and PVI technology advances. Here’s the beginning of the piece and the remainder is well worth reading, as it applies to any eink device, not just the Kindle.

Amazon uses PVI/eInk technology for the Kindle’s screen and these companies therefore determine -

1.Kindle Supply – PVI has a capacity for producing approximately 100,000 screens a month (rough estimates) and supplies these eInk screens to Amazon, Sony, Bookeen, iRex and other eReader manufacturers. (I’ll go into more details in a separate post). This limited supply is perhaps the main reason for Kindle being out of stock.

2. Kindle Screen Quality and Functionality – Amazon uses PVI’s EPDs and is obviously limited by the level of technology PVI can produce. Color, Video, Touch capability all depend on the screen.

3. Kindle Price – If the rumored $200 screen price is correct then PVI is the most expensive component of the Kindle and directly responsible for the relatively high $359 price.

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