Last update: Friday 26 April 2013 [30 news items]
Cree reports financial results for fiscal 3Q13
Apr 26, 14:46
US-based LED firm Cree reported US$348.9 million in revenues for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2013, ended March 31, 2013. The figure showed an on-quarter increase of 1% and...
International brands lead LED light bulb price competition
Apr 22, 14:14
The global LED light bulb pricing has been falling in 2013 because some large-size industry leading brands have introduced low-price products. Market observers believe demand in the...
Taiwan LED firms optimistic about LED light bulb comercialization in US market
Mar 18, 10:48
Taiwan-based LED firms are optimistic about the commercialization of LED light bulbs in the US market, as Cree, an US-based LED firm, recently introduced a warm white 40W retrofit...
LED component pricing to fall in 2013
Mar 6, 22:03
The first quarter is a traditional low season and the pricing of LED components used in backlighting and lighting products is expected to fall. In particular, medium-size LEDs used...
Digitimes Research: Cree LED lighting revenues to account for 38% of total revenues in 2013
Jan 25, 11:09
US-based LED firm Cree has started with producing LED components and began to expand into LED lighting production in 2012.
Tough competition in LED industry to continue in 2013, says Lextar chairman
Nov 2, 10:59
David Su, chairman of Lextar, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), expects tough competition in the next 2-3 years, especially in 2013, but believes by 2014-2015, fluctuations...
China market: Nichia hopes to obtain 30-40% market share in 2013
Oct 31, 13:54
To build market share in China's LED lighting market, international firms have been expanding capacity. Philips' Lumileds has revealed plans to expand LED component capacity in its...
SemiLEDs and Cree end patent litigation
Jun 27, 15:56
SemiLEDs Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, has announced that SemiLEDs and Cree have agreed to end their respective patent infringement litigation...
Everlight, Delta showcasing technologies at LED Lighting Taiwan 2012
Jun 19, 17:00
The LED Lighting Taiwan 2012 is currently being held at Nangang Exhibition Hall from June 19-21. There are 250 participating firms from the supply chain in Taiwan and abroad and close...
Taiwan-based LED firms surprised by report of Cree cutting prices
Apr 11, 16:22
US-based LED firm Cree reportedly plans to cut costs of LED street lamps by half to US$200/unit but no detail is avaiable.
Cree sees fiscal 2Q12 revenues up sequentially
Jan 18, 16:35
Cree, a US-based LED lighting firm, has announced revenues of US$304.1 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2012, ended December 25, 2011. This represents an 18% increase compared...
Commentary: LED lighting moving towards patent-dominated market
Oct 24, 12:05
The big LED lighting pie has been attracting many firms to enter the market, heating up competition between traditional and new firms. Fierce competition can lead to patent wars as...
Cree revenues increase in 1Q of FY2012
Oct 19, 12:17
Cree, a market leader in LED lighting, has announced revenue of US$269.0 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2012, ended September 25, 2011. This represents a 0.2% increase compared...
Oct 14, 14:54
China recently completed its largest highway lighting upgrade with more than 10,000 street lights featuring more than a million of Cree's XLamp XP-G and XP-E High Efficiency White...
Aug 18, 11:49
Cree has announced the acquisition of Ruud Lighting, a supplier of LED outdoor lighting, at an estimated net cost of approximately US$525 million. Cree said the acquisition allows...
Aeon Lighting announces cooperation with Cree
Jul 29, 15:42
Taiwan-based high-power LED lighting firm, Aeon Lighting Technology, has announced cooperation with US-based Cree Lighting to secure supplies of LED chips. Aeon will adopt Cree's...
Increase drive current can rapidly lower LED costs, says FOREPI chairman
Jul 12, 14:46
Cost-down has become the focus of competition in the LED industry. According to Frank Chien, chairman of Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI), the IT industry has been focusing on increasing...
Formosa Epitaxy to gain more distribution channels in China
Jun 22, 10:37
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) has announced the signing of a strategic agent distribution agreement with World Peace Industrial Group to facilitate its LED lighting...
Hsinchu City cooperates with Cree to become the first LED city in Taiwan
Jun 15, 01:20
The Hsinchu city government signed an agreement with international lighting firm Cree to become the first LED city in Taiwan on June 14. Cree launched the "LED City Program"...
Genesis aims to be second largest producer of LED lighting chips in China
Jun 14, 01:40
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics indicated its goal is to become the second largest LED lighting chip producer in China. Its market share in China is expected to exceed...
The future of Taiwan's LED lighting industry: Q&A with Edison Opto chairman Jason Wu
May 12, 12:00
A booming time has come for the LED lighting industry, and its players are optimistic. Jason Wu, chairman of Taiwan-based LED components firm Edison Opto (Edison), talked about the...
LED lighting market to take-off in 3Q11
Jan 14, 01:30
The LED lighting market is expected to see significant growth as early as the third quarter of 2011 as Taiwan-based LED chipmakers are expected to follow US-based Cree, who lowered...
Philips and Cree sign LED patent cross-license agreement
Jul 9, 10:18
Philips Electronics and Cree have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the growth of the LED lighting market.
China Electric signs with Cree to enhance overseas marketing of LED lighting
Sep 30, 15:37
Taiwan-based lighting product maker China Electric on September 29 signed a strategic agreement with US-based Cree to introduce the latter's LED technologies and strengthen its marketing...
Epistar lands US$120 million LED chip orders for China streetlamps
Jun 19, 15:49
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has landed US$120 million worth of orders from China for LED chips to be used in 400,000 streetlamps, according to market sources.
Taiwan LED players eyeing 1.4 million LED streetlamp business from China
Jun 9, 14:44
Taiwan LED players are looking to grab a portion of the 1.4 million LED streetlamp business that the China government plans to install by the end of 2009, according to market sourc...
Leading LED makers facing challenges from Taiwan and Korea rivals, says IMS Research
May 13, 15:42
In 2007, the leading LED suppliers remained the same, but they now face strong challenges from companies in Taiwan and Korea, according to ISM Research.
Taiwan LED players expect little impact from LGD-Cree partnership
Feb 3, 14:47
Despite the cooperation between LG Display (LGD) and Cree on LED backlighting, Taiwan LED players believe that the partnership will have more impact on Japanese LED players than on...
Cree to migrate to 6-inch LED wafer production in 2009
Nov 20, 14:56
Cree has revealed that it will ramp up 6-inch LED wafer production in 2009, which is expected to help raise yield, cut production costs and lower end product prices. The US-based...
Cree expects LED lighting production costs to drop fast
Jul 22, 10:53
Cree expects the production costs of LED lighting to drop fast, coming close to the levels of fluorescent lamps by 2012 in terms of cost per lumen.
Cree introduces LM16 LED replacement lamp
The new LM16 LED Lamp matches the performance, appearance and ANSI form factor of the traditional halogen lamp, and it also works with a broad range of transformers and dimmers to...
Photo: Company, Jan 10.
Cree introduces 200lumens/W LED
Cree has delivered the XLamp MK-R LEDs. The new MK-R LEDs leverage the SC3 Technology next-generation LED platform to deliver up to 200 lumens-per-watt (at 1 W, 25 degrees Celsius)...
Photo: Company, Dec 24.
Cree introduces single-die LEDs
Cree has introduced XLamp XM-L2 LEDs. The new XM-L2 LED delivers up to 186 lumens/W at 350 mA, 25 degrees Celsius. Built on Cree's SC3 Technology next-generation LED platform, the...
Photo: Company, Dec 20.
Cree introduces next-generation color LEDs
Cree has introduced XLamp XB-D color LEDs and XLamp XM-L multi-color LEDs. The color LEDs provide lighting manufacturers with discrete and multi-color LED options to address a wider...
Photo: Company, Oct 12.
Driving the next generation of mainstream LED lighting adoption, Cree has introduced the breakthrough XLamp XB-D LED. The first LED based on a new Cree technology platform, the XLamp...
Photo: Company, Jan 13.
The future of Taiwan's LED lighting industry: Q&A with Edison Opto chairman Jason Wu
A booming time has come for the LED lighting industry, and its players are optimistic. Jason Wu, chairman of Taiwan-based LED components firm Edison Opto (Edison), talked about the...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.