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Royole

Royole is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Royole rather than just read about it. In short: Royole Corporation was a manufacturer of flexible displays and sensors that can be used in a range of human-machine interface products, including foldable smartphones and other smart devices. History Royole was founded by Stanford engineering graduates, including current Founder Bill Liu, in 2012.

Key takeaways

Royole belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Royole to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Royole from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Royole Corporation was a manufacturer of flexible displays and sensors that can be used in a range of human-machine interface products, including foldable smartphones and other smart devices.

History Royole was founded by Stanford engineering graduates, including current Founder Bill Liu, in 2012. The company, backed by investors including IDG Capital, AMTD Group and Knight Capital, produces fully flexible displays in volume from its 4.5-million-square-feet quasi-G6 mass production campus in Shenzhen, China. Royole has offices in Fremont, California, Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Towards the end of 2020, Royole filed to go public on Shanghai's STAR Market, but withdrew their application shortly after when shareholder structure issues emerged.

Milestones Royole produced the world's thinnest full-color flexible displays and flexible sensors (2014), the world's first foldable 3D mobile theater (2015), the world's first curved car dashboard based on flexible electronics (2016), the first smart writing pad, RoWrite, based on flexible sensors (2017), the volume production of Royole's quasi-G6 mass production campus for fully flexible displays (2018), and the world's first commercial foldable smartphone, FlexPai™, with a fully flexible display (2018). In May 2019, Royole partnered with Louis Vuitton to launch the “Canvas of the Future” line of handbags that featured built-in flexible displays. The bags were unveiled at Louis Vuitton's Cruise 2020 runway show in New York City. In December 2018, Airbus China Innovation Centre (ACCIC) announced a partnership with Royole to explore applications of flexible displays and sensors in aircraft development with an aim to improve cabin safety and increase energy conservation.

Awards Royole has received international industry awards, including in the Red Dot Awards and International Design Awards, for its technological innovations and fast growth. Royole was named a 2018 VIP Award winner by TWICE Magazine.

Controversies In December 2021, 10 months after failing to go public on Shanghai's STAR Market, it was reported that Royole has delayed salary payments to employees for months after the money-losing company suffered from tight cashflow. Founder and CEO Liu Zihong held an all-hands meeting on November 30 to update the company's financial situation. Liu said at the meeting that the company was in the process of obtaining financing and expected to receive funds in December, according to some employees. All back salaries would be paid at the end of December or in January, but there was still uncertainty, Liu said.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Royole

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Royole claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Royole before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Royole ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Royole

In research: Royole appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Royole in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Royole is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2012 in Shenzhen, American companies established in 2012, Chinese brands, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Royole outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Royole in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Royole means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Royole out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Royole in simple terms?

Royole Corporation was a manufacturer of flexible displays and sensors that can be used in a range of human-machine interface products, including foldable smartphones and other smart devices. History Royole was founded by Stanford engineering graduates, including current Founder Bill Liu, in 2012.

Why does Royole matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Royole?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Royole.