As smartphone-use OLED panel prices have dropped since 2018, mini LED backlighting for handset-use LCD panels has become disadvantageous in cost. Market opportunities for mini LED backlighting, therefore, lie in application segments where OLED is less ot competitive in production cost.

Mini and micro LEDs are being touted as strong candidates to play a key role in the next-generation display market. Now Apple is said to be developing a 12.9-inch mini LED-backlit iPad Pro for launch in third-quarter 2020. Many Taiwan-based supply chain partners are eyeing the mini...

Taiwan-based supply chain makers including Epistar, General Interface Solution (GIS), Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT), Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect are poised to receive orders for components to be used in a 12.9-inch mini LED-backlit iPad Pro that Apple reportedly will launch...

Notebook vendors are ready to adopt mini LED backlighting for their devices, paving the way for the technology to move beyond public signage to consumer electronics, according to industry sources.

Japan Display Inc (JDI) has announced it has developed a prototype micro LED display, a strong candidate to become a next-generation mainstream display technology, and it will be exhibited at FIinTech Japan 2019 in Makuhari Messe during December 4-6.

Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has filed charges with a court in the Judicial District of the Capital of the State of Sao Paulo against Karimex Componentes Eletronicos and Arrow Brasil, two Brazil-based sales agents for Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics, and against...

LED packaging service provider Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT) will begin shipping LED backlight units (BLUs) for use in 8K LCD TVs in third-quarter 2020, according to the company.

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has disclosed it will expand monthly packaging capacity for LED automotive lighting devices by 50% from 100 million chips at present to 150 million chips in 2020.

Production of Taiwan's manufacturing industry totaled NT$3.37 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, down 7.01% on year, making the third consecutive quarter of on-year declines due mainly to the US-China trade tensions, according to figures from Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Chinese handset vendors are eager to adopt anylayer HDI boards for their high-end smartphones, but they currently have to source such boards from outside of China despite the country's bid to raise self-sufficiency for electronics components. Taiwan-based PCB makers Compeq...

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has disclosed plans to set aside a capex budget of at least NT$5 billion (US$164 million) for 2020, mainly for expanding production capacities for mini LED chips, mini LED backlight units (BLUs) and VCSEL epitaxial wafers and diodes.

Micro LED seems promising for being use in display devices, but mass transfer yield rates during and production costs remain problems in commercializing the technology.

LED chip maker Opto Tech expects shipments for fine-pitch LED displays in 2019 to increase 30% on year due to strong demand from the North America and Europe markets mainly arising from US-China trade disputes, according to the company.

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics have reported net operating losses of NT$874.6 million (US$28.7 million) and NT$145.8 million respectively for third-quarter 2019.

LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech will invest NT$450 million (US$14.8 million) to construct a factory for making smart LED automotive lighting modules in northern Taiwan with trial production scheduled for 2020.

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics will expand monthly packaging capacity by 180 million mini LED chips in 2020, consisting of 50 million chips for automotive displays, 100 million UV (ultraviolet) chips and 30 million IR (infrared) chips, according to the company.

While mini LED chips has begun seeing adoption for high-end LCD monitor and TV backlighting, the technology is not expected to be widely used over the next 3-4 years, according to industry sources.

LED chip maker Opto Tech expects significant on-year sales growth in fourth-quarter 2019 - a traditionally off-season period - due to strong demand for Si-based sensor chips used in smart watches and wrist bands, and increased orders for LED displays.

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has obtained orders for LED devices used in automotive 3D taillights from US, South Korean and Chinese automakers, with shipments having already begung in third-quarter 2019, according to industry sources.

LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has disclosed it in the third quarter of 2019 received orders from North America for LED lighting for use in Home Depot, Walmart and other large retail chain stores, with shipments to begin in November 2019.

LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics' September consolidated revenues reached NT$1.730 billion (US$55.7 million), decreasing 2.47% sequentially and 15.36% on year. LED wafer and chip maker Epistar's consolidated sales for September reached NT$1.345 billion, shrinking 6.06% sequentially...

Since an 8K LCD TV panel has four times more pixels than a 4K one of the same size, the number of LED chips used in backlighting the former needs to be 50% more than the latter, according to Fan Chin-yung, president for LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar.

LED probing and testing equipment maker FiTech is optimistic about demand for mini LED probing, testing and sorting equipment from China- and Taiwan-based makers and expects shipments in 2020 to hike a few times on year, according to the company.

LED packaging service provider Bright Led Electronics aims to increase the proportion of consolidated revenues for customized product lines from 60% at present to 70% eventually, according to company chairman Liao Tsung-jen at an October 3 investor conference.

US-based semiconductor assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) is optimistic that 5G and AI applications will drive demand for advanced IC packaging equipment.