LONDON — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has held a groundbreaking ceremony for an R&D center and wafer fab to develop and make light emitting diodes for lighting ...

A lighting contractor (Andrew Schmitz) calls Amico's ultra-thin 6-inch his "preferred choice" for low ceilings, pointing to brightness and a wide beam angle, plus smooth dimming to 5% and no driver ...

Date Announced: 21 Sep 2010 DURHAM, N.C. — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) continues to lead the LED Lighting Revolution with the announcement of a new 150-mm LED wafer production facility in Research ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "LED Materials Market by Material Type (Substrate, Wafer, Epitaxy, Phosphor), Application (General Lighting (Residential ...

SEOUL/TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) - Samsung LED and Japan's Sumitomo Chemical have agreed to set up a 80 billion won ($72 million) joint venture in Korea to produce sapphire substrates used to make ...

Rapid market growth for HB (high-brightness) LEDs is driving what was once a niche industry into full-fledged high-volume production. With the emergence of applications such as display backlighting, ...

Seeking to reduce the cost of solid-state lighting and related applications, LED manufacturers are taking a page from the IC industry: They are looking at larger wafer sizes and new materials in the ...

Market will grow significantly if costs continue to decrease at current rates, but there is nothing similar to Moore’s Law in this sector. The LED market remains hot, particularly in the solid-state ...