Taiwanese company Ennostar will begin production of Mini-LED taillight units for an upcoming 12.9-inch iPad Pro in the late first quarter or second quarter of the year, according to industry quotes DigiTimes.
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Ennostar is a holding company founded jointly in January 2021 by LED-related manufacturers Epistar and Lextar Electronics.
Apple is expected to unveil the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini-LED backlight in the first half of this year, with Epistar serving as the exclusive supplier of Mini-LED chips packaged by Lextar in backlight units will be. . This time frame has been backed up several times already, with some reports diminishing the release of the first quarter, so it is possible that the new iPad Pro will be launched in March.
The new 12.9-inch iPad Pro is also expected to have a faster A14X chip and support 5G networks on cellular connectivity models.
It’s unclear whether Apple plans to launch a new 11-inch iPad Pro at the same time, as many rumors have just mentioned the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. One possibility is that the Mini-LED backlight will be limited to the 12.9-inch model, with the 11-inch model’s key new features limited to the A14X chip and 5G support, but it is unclear.
According to the report, Apple is also likely to launch the Mini-LED backlight for new MacBook models in the second half of this year. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models to launch in the second half of 2021 with a new design, the return of an HDMI port and SD card reader, the removal from the Touch Bar, classic MagSafe charging with a breakable power cable, and more.