I-Chiun's shipments of backlight modules used in direct-type LED TVs were down in May 2013 largely due to a slowdown in TV demand in the China market, according to industry sources. Shipments reached between 600,000-700,000 units in May, ...
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LED chipmaker Epistar has reported May revenues of NT$2.223 billion (US$74 million), showing an on-month increase of 15.8% and an on-year increase of 19.42%. The figure was also a record high. Epistar stated demand for AlGaInP LEDs has ...
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Demand for LED backlighting rebounded in the first half of 2013, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar believes demand for LED lighting will show strong growth in the second half of 2013 and lighting applications may account for 35-40% of its ...
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Demand for LED backlighting rebounded in the first half of 2013, but firms expect demand to slow down after mid-June because China's energy-saving appliance procurement subsidy program is close to an end. Despite the possible demand drop ...
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Taiwan-based high-power LED packaging house Edison Opto plans to provide products for TV backlight applications in 2013. According to industry sources, Edison Opto's TV backlighting products passed verification in the second quarter and ...
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Global shipments of metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) systems will fall by 46% year-on-year to a total of 148 units in 2013, a report forecasts, as LED chipmakers have sufficient capacity and the number of LED chips used in ...
China-based LED firms have slowed down the pace of price cuts as LED chipmakers face shrinking profit margins. Taiwan-based firms noted that China-based LED industry leader Sanan Optoelectronics has been limiting its price decline, easing ...
Global shipments of metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) systems will fall by 46% year-on-year to a total of 148 units in 2013, forecasts a report by Digitimes Research, as LED chipmakers have sufficient capacity and the number ...
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LED makers have been seeing rising demand and capacity utilization rates in the second quarter of 2013. However, China-based makers noted that there is currently CNY5 billion (US$807 million) worth of inventory, and if end market demand is ...
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Global MOCVD equipment shipments in 2013 are expected to total 148 units, representing an on-year decrease of 46%. According to Digitimes Research, this is because LED chipmakers have sufficient capacity and the number of LED chips used ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, has reported improved results for fiscal first-quarter 2013 (ending 28 December 2012). Revenue was $453.7m, up nearly 8% on last quarter’s $421.1m and 15% on ...
Global LED production value is expected to hit US$12.4bn in 2013,representing a 12%year-on-year growth,according to a report from LEDinside(the LED research division of TrendForce). Handset applications and LED lighting product demand are ...
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Production of LED chips is typically done on 2- to 4-inch wafers with an expensive sapphire substrate. Toshiba and Bridgelux, Inc. have developed a process for manufacturing gallium nitride LEDs on 200mm silicon wafers, which Toshiba has ...
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Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo: 6502) announced that the company will start sales of white light-emitting diode (LED) packages that offer makers of general purpose and industrial LED lighting solutions a cost-competitive alternative to current ...
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Taiwan is the world's leader in LED manufacturing with 41 LED fabs representing over 21 percent of the world's capacity — more than any other region (according to SEMI Opto/LED Fab Forecast report). After the challenging year of 2011, ...
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