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Friday 27 May 2011
Renesas announces new microcontrollers for LED lighting
Renesas Electronics, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of five 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), the RL78/I1A family, that implement in...
Wednesday 25 May 2011
NXP to cooperate with TCP to provide lighting solutions
NXP Semiconductors recently announced the GreenChip smart lighting solutions to connect lighting networks to the Internet. According to NXP, the market for LED light bulbs will take...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Taiwan-based backlight module makers to expand LED lighting productions
Taiwan-based backlight module makers such as Coretronic, Radiant Opto-Electronics, and Kenmos Technology have been expanding production of LED lighting products. Industry sources...
Monday 23 May 2011
GLT LED-based edge lighting brings higher brightness and efficiency to new ceiling lights
Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) has combined its edge-lit LED light guide technology with extensive Far East mass production capabilities to create a new and improved troffer downlight...
Friday 20 May 2011
China market: Samsung aims to be largest vendor of LED lighting in 2013
Samsung Electronics has been extending its LED production from backlights to lighting applications with China being the major market, and will shift production of LED lighting products...
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Viking Tech ships LED heat sink substrates to leading LED lighting players
Chip-resistor maker Viking Tech reportedly has begun to ship its LED heat sink substrates to the supply chain of international LED lighting players, including Osram, and has also...
Monday 16 May 2011
To provide complete lighting solutions is inevitable for LED firms, says Lextar chairman
Taiwan-based LED firms should know the difference between the markets of panel backlighting and general lighting before entering, David Su, chairman and president of Taiwan-based...
Thursday 12 May 2011
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...
Friday 6 May 2011
Price of LED light source to halve in late 2011
The price of high-power LED light sources is expected to drop to NT$10 (US$0.35) per 100 lm/W in late 2011 compared to NT$20 currently, a move which is likely to lead to an explosive...
Monday 18 April 2011
Lextar to offer integrated LED lighting solutions
Lextar Electronics, a supplier of LED epitaxial wafers, chips and packaging services, will seek to provide integrated LED lighting solutions, according to the Taiwan-based company's...
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Edison LED lighting module sales to reach 30% of total revenues in 2Q11
High-power LED chip packaging house Edison Opto expects sales of its LED lighting modules will account for 30% its revenues in the second quarter 2011, buoyed by large-volume orders...
Thursday 24 March 2011
PSU maker AcBel saw revenues increase, but gross margin drop in 2010
Taiwan-based power supply unit (PSU) maker AcBel Polytech has announced consolidated revenues of NT$22.08 billion (US$745.82 million) for 2010, up 24.19% on year; however, the company's...
Friday 18 March 2011
Innotek cooperates with Shanghai Yaming Lighting for Taiwan and China lighting markets
Innotek Photoelectric Technology, on March 17, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China-based Shanghai Yaming Lighting to set up a brand to compete in the lighting market...
Tuesday 15 March 2011
LED lighting prices to keep falling over next two years, say Taiwan makers
Prices for LED lighting products are expected to drop continually over the next two years and demand from the North America and Japan markets will be growing, according to industry...
Friday 11 March 2011
Tong Hsing, Viking Tech to expand LED heat sink substrate capacities
Taiwan-based LED heat sink substrate makers Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Viking Tech both plan to ramp up their capacities to accommodate rising demand coming from the LED...