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"Originally established in 2003 and publicly listed in 2006. The company merged with Chi Mei Optoelectronics and Toppoly Optoelectronics in March 2010, in what was the largest merger in the flat panel display industry. Chimei Innolux Corporation was the successor company, and it initially preserved the Chimei name. In order to differentiate itself from the ChiMei brand, the company was renamed "Innolux Corporation" in December 2012...

As a supplier of TFT-LCD panels, Innolux Corporation has contributed greatly to enhancing the quality and product performance through its innovations in technology and production processes. Innolux is committed to enhancing life"s visual pleasures and to developing aesthetically designed display products."

Thanks to the soaring demand stimulated by the stay-at-home economy and supply constraints of glass substrates, ICs and other components during the COVID-19 pandemic, panel prices have started to take off since June 2020, enabling panel manufacturers AUO and Innolux to turn losses into gains.

However, panel prices have been dropping since August 2021 following vaccination spikes and slowdowns in component supply gaps, signifying the unpredictability of panel business cycles. To be more recession resilient, AUO and Innolux have been striving for value transformation.

In an attempt to maintain recession resilience and long-term profitability, AUO aspires to encourage a more reasonable evaluation of the panel industry. In early 2021, the Taiwanese panel vendor launched the Dual Axis Transformation (Go Premium and Go Vertical strategies) + 1 (Smart Investment 2.0) project.

Paul SL Peng, chairperson of AUO, specified that the Go Premium strategy is aimed at redirecting the company to value-added business. Currently, up to 90% of AUO’s revenues come from the conventional panel and solar energy sectors. In order to develop products with higher value, AUO will smartly utilize its unrivalled expertise and production capacity. For example, the previously released 8K TVs, frameless TVs, gaming panels and Mini/Micro LED displays all have demonstrated the company’s industry-leading technologies.

The Go Vertical strategy focuses on developing systems and one-stop services based on display business and vertical-sector solutions, thereby maximizing panel value. Additionally, AUO’s subsidiary AUO Display Plus completed division from its parent company on January 1 with the hope of establishing strategic partnerships with greater flexibility. Therefore, AUO Display Plus can create ecosystems for business, transportation, industrial, medical and educational purposes and seize digital opportunities by using AIoT technologies.

As for Smart Investment 2.0, Mr. Peng revealed that instead of making heavy investments in large-scale capacity expansion, AUO decided to expand specific production capacity and expertise so as to develop products with mid-to-high value. By continuing to make high-quality investments in productivity upgrades, AUO will center on expanding its business to the “4+1 sectors”, namely smart transportation, retail, healthcare, entertainment and smart manufacturing. Through strategic investments and many other approaches, the long-standing panel manufacturer intends to diversify its business to different fields and reduce the percentage of panel sales from total revenue.

Innolux also strives for transformation. Embracing the concept of “Transformation, Re-engineering, Value-Added,” Innolux works hard to strengthen its long-term competitiveness and financial structure. In the coming years, the company will continue adjusting operational strategies, advancing new technologies, expanding new application areas, enhancing added value of products, developing advanced products and entering emerging markets. By largely improving technologies and product quality, Innolux is set to maximize profits for itself, its shareholders, customers and business partners.

By adopting the “Transformation, Re-engineering, Value-Added” strategy, Innolux has managed to develop various cutting-edge products, systems and services, upgrade product specs and improve smart manufacturing last year. Targeting at smart education and entertainment markets, the display maker showcased various advanced Mini LED gaming monitors at Touch Taiwan 2021, including a 16-inch frameless panel with Mini LED backlights and WQXGA resolution for gaming notebooks.

Additionally, Innolux has made progress in Micro LED development. The firm exhibited its first 92.4-inch 4K Micro LED display driven by QD and AM technologies with a pixel pitch of P0.6mm. The display has overcome technology challenges facing LCD, OLED, and fine-pitch LED screens and features perception of 3D depth, wide gamut, ultra-high contrast, smooth HDR, retina-grade image quality and availability for large-scale seamless tiling. The display is aimed at the large-sized display markets including the 8K theater, Esports stadium, large security control room, digital museum and high-end consumer markets.

Innolux achieved several outcomes in the non-display sector as well. The panel supplier plans to dominate the high-end automotive display market with its large all-in-one automotive panels. With unique know-how, the firm has entered supply chains among leading brands worldwide. By incorporating it with Mini LED backlight display technologies, Innolux developed large all-in-one panels to create immersive experiences for luxury and flagship vehicle drivers. To seek market differentiation, the company centers on meeting the demand for integration of smart cabins with digitalized information, which represents growth opportunities for panels with high added value as well as business opportunities for high-end automotive applications.

James Yang, president of Innolux, said that demand for automotive panels of 20 inches or larger in size will soar and that he hopes Innolux will become the top supplier of large automotive panels in 2023.

In response to the thriving AI, IoT and 5G technologies, Innolux conducted cross-field research to develop LC (liquid crystal) meta-surface antennas, aiming at the aerospace-grade antenna market. Meanwhile, the manufacturer has developed medical device applications and become the world’s top supplier of x-ray flat-panel detectors, enabling itself to enter new markets with enhanced business value. According to Yang, Innolux strives for double-digit growth in the non-display sector by 2024.

In addition to its efforts to develop innovative display technologies and diverse applications, Innolux intends to develop packaging applications with panel-level process for advanced semiconductors. While endeavoring to establish strategic partnerships with major customers globally, Innolux has co-developed fan-out panel-level packaging solutions with other upstream-downstream suppliers of materials and equipment for FEOL (front-end-of-line) interconnect layers.

To sum up, the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to the stay-at-home economy, which in turn accelerated the transformation of AUO and Innolux. The two has announced panel products with advanced specs, great quality and cutting-edge technologies. Additionally, they have provided smart solutions for various sectors including healthcare, retail, energy and transportation, aiming to turn themselves from pure panel manufacturers into suppliers of integrated solutions for smart systems.

In the face of price fluctuations and worries about oversupply due to productivity increases in 2022 across the panel industry, AUO and Innolux must carry out transformations by adjusting their product portfolios and business models, more quickly increase business added value and ensure long-term profitability. In this way, the two leading panel manufacturers can become resistant to economic recession in the industry and stop being called “stocks prone to business cycle swings” and members of “the sunset industry”. Whether they will succeed is worth further investigation.

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This package contains the LCD Panel Firmware Update Utility. The LCD firmware accepts data and commands from either a serial or a parallel interface and enables the display to generate text or an image.

Dell Technologies recommends reviewing this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.

Issue: There are two methods to update the firmware of Smart-UPS SRC models: locally, via Serial connection only using the Firmware Upgrade Wizard v4.3.1.1_SRC application

If a previous version of the Firmware Upgrade Wizard or Firmware Images are installed, delete the old version and download the version attached to this article.

Every Smart-UPS has a unique UPS ID. This can be found in the "About" menu on the UPS LCD screen, or in the NMC web interface. The same models of UPS may have different UPS IDs depending on when they were produced.

The Firmware Upgrade Wizard will select the correct version for the unit you are updating. Note: it is not recommended to perform a firmware downgrade to a lower firmware version than the current UPS firmware.

The serial cable, part number 940-8311 or 940-1525, supplied with the UPS must be used Verify the hash key of the Firmware Upgrade Wizard after downloading. The current hash value is c0dee62920c76e617f746a628bc1b0a6. Open Command Prompt.

Change the directory to the folder where the downloaded Smart-UPS_Firmware_Upgrade_Wizard_v4.3.1.1_SRC.exe was saved: This is typically done using the "cd" command

For example, if the Smart-UPS_Firmware_Upgrade_Wizard_v4.3.1.1_SRC.exe file was saved to the Downloads folder, the command may look like: "cd C:\Users\Username\Downloads", or "cd Downloads"

Step 1A: Turn off the UPS output, and connect the DB-9 to RJ45 cable part number: 940-8311 or 940-1525, between the UPS and the computer used to update the UPS firmware.

Identify and download the applicable UPS firmware file for the UPS model you are updating from the above table. Save the files on a local drive. Step 2A: Double click the extracted FirmwareUpgradeWizard.exe

Step 10A Verify the UPS firmware version in the About menu on the UPS LCD Display IMPORTANT: after the UPS firmware update is completed, the UPS LCD may display “Communication Error”. Follow the below steps to clear the alarm: Turn off and unplug UPS from AC mains supply.

NOTE: When performing the UPS firmware update using the NMC web interface, while connected to the web interface over Wi-Fi, a different network, or VPN, a file transfer timeout may occur if an HTTPS connection is used. Refer to FAQ000234317 for alternative methods to update the UPS firmware using the NMC.

Step 1B The UPS output must be turned off before initiating the UPS firmware update.Ensure that network access is not dependent on the UPS for power, when updating via the Network Management Card.

If network access is dependent on the UPS for power, refer to Step 1A to Step 10A for instructions on updating the UPS firmware using the Firmware Upgrade Wizard.

If using Network Management Card 2: Verify the firmware revision of your Network Management Card. From the NMC web interface choose “About”, then “Network”. The firmware must be v.6.4.0 or higher, but we recommend you always run the latest available NMC firmware. To update the firmware of your Network Management Card, refer to FA156047 .

Step 5B Navigate to the "Configuration" Menu, select "Firmware Update", then use the "Choose File" button to browse for the UPS firmware file downloaded and identified in Step 4B.

IMPORTANT: after the UPS firmware update is completed, the UPS LCD may display “Communication Error”. Follow the below steps to clear the alarm: Turn off and unplug UPS from AC mains supply.

UPS units already having the firmware versions listed in the table below, or later versions, will not have an option to update the UPS firmware through the web interface of the Network Management Card (NMC):