Amazon Web Services has made available to all users its cloud-based data warehouse Redshift, which it pitches as a lower-cost alternative to on-premise deployments. Amazon Redshift was first announced as a limited preview at the AWS ...
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Every LED maker wants to know the emission wavelength of its final device during metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) growth, says LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, ...
Tags: LED maker, LED, LED structures, lighting
The U.S. Department of Energy recognized five research and development project teams last week at its tenth annual Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop, held this year in Long Beach, CA. The three-day event brought together nearly 250 ...
Thank you to all who participated in the tenth annual DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop, held January 29–31 in Long Beach, California. With passion, enthusiasm, and lots of new ideas, nearly 250 attendees explored such questions ...
At the Strategies in Light conference, a US Department of Energy representative said that later this year manufacturers can get Lighting Facts Label recognition for all members of a product family, while only fully testing one product. In ...
Tags: DOE, Lighting Facts Label recognition, SIL
Philips Lumileds has reentered the market for blue LED die at SIL and also announced an expansion of the Luxeon S family of multi-emitter packaged LEDs at the Strategies in Light conference. Philips Lumileds has announced the ...
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A programmable controller for LED lighting combines state machines for autonomous current control with the capability of DALI network support and flexibility in topology. The new STLUX385 digital lighting controller IC from ...
Tags: LED lighting, STMicroelectronics, SSL-Targeted Microcontroller, SIL
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, will sponsor a Lighting PlugFest in conjunction with Strategies ...
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One week after launching a security bug bounty program, the new file-storage and sharing service Mega claims to have fixed seven vulnerabilities, none of which met its highest severity classification. Since Mega was launched three weeks ...
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Several Certificate Authorities (CAs) have formed an advocacy group called the Certificate Authority Security Council (CASC), which will focus on promoting new security standards, policies and best practices for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) ...
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Company launches simpler, smaller and less costly IC solution for dimmable LED retrofits Next week at Strategies in Light, the premier conference and exhibition for solid-state lighting (SSL), emerging fabless company, Ikon Semiconductor, ...
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Custom made SSL products from LEC were selected for the Saint-Gervais Bridge in France that features no overhead lighting and is entirely lit by LEDs in the guardrails. LED lighting by LEC illuminates the Saint-Gervais Bridge in France, ...
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Remote-phosphor SSL technology enables Xicato to offer a 5-yr warranty for both color consistency and lumen maintenance with Munich Re underwriting the pledge. While the solid-state lighting (SSL) industry has made significant progress in ...
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In a press release issued in Japan, Sharp announced a 100W chip-on-board LED in the Zenigata family that will deliver 14,000 lm and efficacy of 143 lm/W. Sharp is apparently adding a 100W chip-on-board (COB) LED to its Zenigata family ...
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LEDucation 7 announces VERSATILE line up of speakers for the 7th annual premier event on LED Technology to be held in NYC oN March 20th. The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) is proud to announce its versatile speaker line up ...
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