LED chip maker Tyntek has reported gross margin of 21.8% for the first quarter of 2015, the highest quarterly level in the past 10 years. Tyntek posted consolidated revenues of NT$861 million (US$27.3 million), pre-tax profit of NT$99 ...
Tags: LED chip, Tyntek, communication devices
Plessey Semiconductors of Plymouth, UK has expanded the European network for its GaN-on-silicon LED products by entering into a sales representative agreement with electronics distributor ROM Electronik Ltd (based near Istanbul) for ...
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (to end-February 2015), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $4.6m, continuing the rebound from the low of $2.3m in fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 and up 56% on ...
The LED industry is now fully embracing the fast-growing lighting market as (based on revenues) LED lighting has become the largest sector among LED applications, surpassing LCD backlighting in 2014, and is expected to be the major driver ...
Tags: LEDs MOCVD, LED Chip
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, today announced that the City of Los Angeles (LA) will become the first city in the world to control its street lighting through an advanced Philips management system that uses mobile and ...
Tags: Philips, LED Streetlights, Lights
GlacialLight, the LED lighting division of GlacialTech, announces its GL-BL30 Arcturus bay light has been nominated for “Innovative Product Award” at the 2015 Taiwan International Lighting Show. The GL-BL30 uses just 30W of ...
Samsung favoured its own Exynos chipset for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, snubbing the industry trend of opting for Qualcomm’s processing fare.This might not be the case for the company’s future flagship devices however, as ...
Tags: Mobile Phones, Samsung, Qualcomm Chip
LED firm Lextar Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.178 billion (US$37.4 million) for March, increasing 11.78% sequentially and 4.92% on year, and its January-March consolidated revenues totaled NT$3.502 billion, growing ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafers, LED chips
A fully optimized production concept for LED components and light modules in which all the process steps are coordinated with one another could give rise to completely new types of LED and also reduce their manufacturing costs. The declared ...
Tags: LED components, crystal growth, Lights
In its recently updated roadmap document (first published in 2011, and last updated in 2013), the Joint European Platform for Photonic Integration of Components and Circuits (JePPIX) predicts a €1bn market size for PIC-enabled products ...
Tags: Magnolia Solar Flexible CIGS, foundry approach, Electronics
Supported by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the 'Photonic Process Chains' initiative, the project 'Integrated High-Volume Production along the LED Value-Added Chain for Large Wafers and Panels' (InteGreat) ...
Tags: Osram HB-LEDs, BMBF, Electronics
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has developed silicon substrate applications for integrating power drivers on single-chip devices, with volumes of such devices being 75% smaller than those of conventional models, and the company ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafer, Lights
LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its LED bulb portfolio with the TW Series LED T8 tube replacement for consumers. Designed for simple, wire-free installation and available as 32-watt replacements, ...
Tags: Cree LED, lighting fixtures, LED chip
IC demand from China's smartphone market is showing signs of a pick-up, as inventories at non-Apple vendors ease, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. Strong sales of Apple's iPhone 6 devices in China resulted in excess ...
China-based LED packaging service provider MLS has extended production to own-brand LED lighting and began to sell LED light bulbs and tubes in the US market in 2014, and expects LED lighting revenues from the US in 2015 to grow on year by ...
Tags: LED Lighting, US market, LED