In a dramatic change from the status quo, nearly half of all gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs will be produced on silicon substrates by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new report by analysts at IHS, who forecast that the ...
Tags: LED Production, GaN LEDs, sapphire wafers
Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting that the switch to solid-state lighting will cut global electricity demand for general illumination by a remarkable 24 per cent by 2020. According to the firm’s lighting ...
Today, the global average LED lamp retail price is $23.50 per unit, indicating a fall of 1.2 percent in March 2014 over February 2014 and a 9.4 percent drop from the same time last year. The figures come from the latest release of IHS ...
Tags: LED Lamp, retail price, Drops
Two new LED market surveys reveal the growing importance of Chinese suppliers to the world market and the significant growth forecast for LED multifaceted reflector lamps. Firstly, China’s significant investment in its LED ...
Tags: LED industry, MR Lamp, worldwide market
The European machine vision (MV) industry is in “an excellent condition”, according to the German VDMA’s latest market survey. published earlier in July. It states that the MV sector’s turnover grew more strongly ...
Tags: Machine Vision, strong growth, software
When asked whether he had envisioned the impact that his revolutionary blue LED would have in years to come, new Nobel physics laureate Shuji Nakamura’s answer was in typically modest and candid. “No!” he replied in a ...
Tags: blue LED, zinc selenide, semiconductor material, LED lighting
Last week Samsung became the latest big-hitter to change its strategy in the LED lighting sector, with the Korean technology conglomerate making a significant retreat. Having identified the emerging application as a key growth area just ...
Tags: Samsung, LED Lighting, luminaire markets
Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting a 25 per cent rise in global demand for photovoltaics in 2015, with the emergence of the Indian market set to contribute strongly for the first time. “While 2014 remained a ...
Tags: PV Market, solar panels, solar PV
In the optical communications markets, demand for 40G transceivers is now “ramping up hard” as data centers deploy 40GbE (Ethernet), particularly as a high-density 10G interface via breakout cables. Also, 40G QSFP (quad small ...
Tags: optical communications markets, transceiver, single-mode fiber
New reports from two analyst companies have confirmed continued rapid growth in demand for solar photovoltaics (PV) in the US, partly as a result of a looming tax credit deadline for utility-scale projects. The second reason is a sharp ...
Market research firm IHS Infonetics has published new vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its second quarter 2015 IHS Infonetics Optical Network Hardware report. According to the report, global optical network hardware ...
Tags: optical network hardware, WDM
The global wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) equipment market grew 23% sequentially in Q2 2015, according to the latest report from Dell'Oro Group, an analyst of the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries. During ...
For third-quarter 2015, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $140.7m, up 51% on $93.3m a year ago although up only 7% on $131.4m last quarter (which was the ...
Tags: LED market, LCD TVs
Central China Chemical Industry Development and Technical Cooperation Forum, hosted by China Investment Promotion Agency and Secretary of the 9th Expo Central China Committee, undertaken by Chemical Industry Investment Promotion Committee ...
Next generation OLED TV sales have soared 317% during the first half of 2015, according to a report from Business Korea. Even though OLED TV sales grew exponentially, prices remain the TVs Achilles heel, and make up less than 1% of market ...
Tags: China, Korean manufacturers, OLED TV market