Second-quarter 2012 revenues of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers climbed out of the trough with capacity utilization rates rising to 80-90%. The firms believe third-quarter 2012 capacity utilization rates to remain similar to the peak level seen ...
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Less than one year after showcasing the 152 lumens-per-watt concept LED bulb,Cree,Inc.(Nasdaq:CREE)delivers a new performance benchmark with the 170 lumens-per-watt(LPW)prototype LED light bulb.The innovations behind the high-performance ...
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Luminus Devices, Inc., the leader in Big Chip LEDs™, announced that the company has opened an office in Taiwan in response to growing demand in the Asian market. The office offers sales support, customer service, field application ...
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The energy efficiency and long life of white LED is winning wide-scale application in general purpose lighting, TV backlighting, etc. and significantly boosting market size: from 700-billion yen (8.75-billion U.S. dollars) to a projected ...
Maxim Group LLC analyzed metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) utilization and revenues at light emitting diode (LED) makers in Taiwan, finding that MOCVD orders are placed just to maintain capacity, not add, and high utilization ...
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Toshiba to start mass production of GaN-on-Si white LEDs in October Tokyo-based semiconductor manufacturer Toshiba Corp says that in October it will start mass production of white LEDs on a new production line that it will construct in ...
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Taiwan Ratings Corp downgraded its long-term corporate rating on Everlight Electronics Co, reflecting concerns about the balance sheet of the nation’s biggest LED chip packager over the next one to two years amid negative market ...
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Cree expands CR Series LED downlights LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced a new four-inch CR4 LED downlight and a higher lumen output six-inch CR6 downlight. Both are powered by Cree ...
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Veeco Instruments,a process equipment solution provider for the production of wireless chips,MEMS,hard drives,power electronics,LEDs,and optoelectronics,has announced the participation of over 150 LED manufacturing customers at its metal ...
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The year 2010 was the springtime for LED industry, but 2011 was the wintertime. For most manufacturers, the cold winter may last until 2013 or 2014. Since 2009, the notebook computer, monitor and TV have started to adopt LED backlight unit ...
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Veeco recently has held its MOCVD User Meeting in Tainan,Taiwan.Representatives from most of Taiwan's top LED manufacturers such as Epistar Corporation,FOREPI,Genesis Photonics Inc.(GPI),Huga Optotech Inc.,Tekcore Co.Ltd.,Epileds ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview,NY,USA says that more than 150 LED manufacturing customers recently attended its metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)User Meeting in ...
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Of 46 Chinese LED chip projects planned in 2009-2010, just 20 put into production Reportlinker has made available a new market research report ‘Global and China LED Industry Report, 2011-2012’ from China Research and ...
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Australia's Griffith University gains AUS$1m grant to develop SiC-onSi chip production processes Griffith University's Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre in Brisbane, Australia has been awarded AUS$1m in research funding by the ...
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The price of sapphire substrates has been reaching stability in 2012. Nevertheless, Japan-based sapphire substrate makers have been eager to lower prices, meaning the price difference between Japan- and Taiwan-based sapphire substrates has ...
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