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Tuesday 6 November 2012
Digitimes Research: China-based tier-2 LED chipmakers see falling revenues in 2012
China-based tier-two LED chipmakers such as Silan Azure, Epilight Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang have seen on-year decreases of around 30-50% in their accumulated revenues so far...
Thursday 25 October 2012
Radiant lands nearly all BLU orders for new Apple products, say sources
Radiant Opto-Electronics has reportedly landed nearly all backlight unit (BLU) orders for use in Apple's recently announced new products, which will most likely push the company's...
Wednesday 26 September 2012
I-Chiun sees rising revenues from TV backlight modules
Taiwan-based LED lead frame maker, I-Chiun Precision Industry, has been seeing revenue growth due to increasing sales of LED light bar modules for direct-lit LED TVs. Demand for TV...
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Backlight demand for large-size products continues to be strong, says Epistar
Starting September 2012, demand for AlGaInP LED has been weakening, according to LED chipmaker Epistar. Nevertheless, the firm added, demand for backlight applications is still strong,...
Friday 6 July 2012
Latest iPad undergoes backlight revisions
Apple is making revisions to the New iPad's backlight module by using a one LED structure as used in Apple's second-generation iPad instead of a two LED one that the current version...
Friday 15 June 2012
LED lighting demand for chips to exceed backlight units in 2014, says Lextar chairman
LED lighting will become the main LED application in 2014, according to David Su, chairman of Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar.
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Kenmos seeing increased orders for backlighting modules
Taiwan-based backlighting module manufacturer, Kenmos Technology, has reported NT$418 million (US$14 million) in consolidated revenues for May, representing 20.2% sequential growth...
Monday 11 June 2012
Panel players see competition from notebook ODMs
As the proportion of touchscreen controlled notebooks is expected to quickly rise to 10-20% of total notebook shipments in the second half of 2012, while notebook ODMs have been aggressively...
Friday 8 June 2012
Monitors to use more smart applications in the future
LCD monitors are featuring more smart applications and advanced ultra-high resolution as competition between competitors increases in the market.
Friday 18 May 2012
Demand for TV LED backlights to hold in 2H12, say Taiwan LED makers
Although demand for LCD TVs in the China market has appeared to be smaller than originally expected, demand for LED backlight units used in LCD TVs in the second half of 2012 will...
Thursday 10 May 2012
Direct LED backlighting speeding up end of CCFL says DisplaySearch
Low-cost direct LED-backlit LCD TVs were introduced to the market last March. Samsung Electronics launched its first direct LED-backlit TVs, the EH series, in the US, and LG Electronics...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Coretronic reports March revenues down 38% on-year
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic announced March revenues of NT$5.419 billion (US$183 million), down 2% on month and 38% on year. March shipments of TV and monitor...
Thursday 1 March 2012
Apple expected to unveil 16GB and 32GB iPad 3 as well as 8GB iPad 2 on March 7
As Apple has scheduled an event on March 7, sources from its upstream supply chain pointed out that the company is expected to launch two iPad 3 models - a 16GB version and 32GB ve...
Monday 20 February 2012
LED TV backlight demand pushes February capacity utilization to reach 70%, say LED firms
The inventory of TV backlights has been cleared, pushing demand to return after the Lunar New Year holidays. LED backlights for TVs have become the main force to drive up sales for...
Friday 17 February 2012
Increasing demand in backlight and lighting applications to reduce LED oversupply in 2012, says DisplaySearch
In 2011, LED supply exceeded demand by 30% due to poor LED TV sales and slow growth in LED lighting. However, this gap is closing in 2012 due to recovering backlight demand and increasing...