Last update: Thursday 10 May 2012 [25 news items]
LED chipmakers to keep talent by distributing shares to employees
May 10, 15:38
LED chipmakers Epistar, Genesis Photonics and Huga Optotech have announced plans to distribute restricted shares ranging from 5-15 million units to their employees with an aim of...
LED chipmakers and packaging firms suffer revenue declines in December
Jan 10, 15:58
Affected by seasonal factors, most Taiwan-based LED chipmakers and LED packaging companies have posted declines in revenues for December, with the setbacks suffered by upstream chipmakers...
Low revenues in LED chipmakers to continue throughout 1Q12
Jan 2, 14:13
Industry sources believe Taiwan LED revenues decreased 5-10% on-month in Decmeber due to the traditional low season. In addition, January 2012 revenues are likely to show another...

LED chipmakers Huga, Epileds post revenue declines for October
Nov 10, 01:10
LED chipmakers Huga Optotech and Epileds Technologies both have suffered a decline in revenues for October due to off-peak season effects. Capacity utilization rates at chipmakers...
LED makers see mixed growth in September revenues
Oct 7, 01:10
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and chip packaging house Everlight Electronics saw September revenues increase slightly on month, while fellow makers Unity Opto Technology...
Revenues from LED lighting to account for 20% in 2011, says Huga chairman
Sep 9, 16:09
LED demand from TV firms has been uncertain causing slow growth for the industry. However, the potential of LED lighting is foreseeable. TP Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based LED firm...
Huga Optotech sees 1H11 revenues down 9%
Aug 24, 11:53
Huga Optotech saw first-half 2011 gross margins decrease to 2% with EPS at negative NT$0.21. First-half revenues were NT$1.877 billion (US$64.73 million), showing an on-year decrease...
Jul 27, 01:10
The LED market continues to be weak. Growth in the third quarter is uncertain, hence LED chipmaker Huga Optotech noted recently it would delay its plans to apply for listing on the...
Huga says growth to hit double digits in 3Q11
Jul 6, 11:04
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, Huga Optotech, will debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in August. According to Huga, demand has been slowly returning and it expects growth in the...
Tekcore sees 1Q11 loss despite increased revenues
May 4, 14:07
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Tekcore saw first-quarter 2011 revenues of NT$744 million (US$25 million), a growth of 28% sequentially and 53% on year. However, Tekcore...
Huga Optotech, Lextar suffer 1Q11 net losses
May 3, 01:15
Taiwan-based LED chip makers Huga Optotech and Lextar Electronics have reported a net loss per share of NT$0.03 and that of NT$0.2 respectively for the first quarter of 2011, while...
Huga Optotech to expand LED capacity
Feb 1, 16:17
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Huga Optotech will expand its LED epitaxy capacity from 60 MOCVD sets currently to about 70 sets in second-quarter 2011 due to expected...
Bluestone files patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan and Japan LED players
Dec 15, 11:34
Patent licensing company Bluestone Innovations has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan-based LED chip maker Huga Optotech, according to Huga. Industry sources indicated...
Epistar takes three seats on Huga board
Sep 7, 13:48
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech has re-elected the members of its board with fellow chipmaker Epistar taking three seats. Epistar is Huga's largest shareholder with a 46%...
Epistar, Everlight participate in Huga Optotech fund raising
Jul 27, 14:01
Taiwan-based LED chip maker Epistar and LED packaging house Everlight Electronics will respectively subscribe to 49.61 million and 18.09 million new shares at NT$30 per unit to be...
GaAs foundry Win Semi to join Epistar-Huga partnership
May 31, 14:15
GaAs foundry house Win Semiconductors plans to join the planned strategic cooperation between two Taiwan-based LED chipmakers, Epistar and Huga Optotech, according to the company.
LED chipmaker Epistar inks strategic alliance with Huga
May 31, 14:11
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has announced a plan to form a strategic alliance with fellow maker Huga Optotech, looking to take a 47.88% stake in Huga to become its largest...
LED chipmakers and packaging houses see growth in November revenues
Dec 10, 15:52
LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) and Huga Optotech have all seen their revenues grow more than double on year for November, while packaging houses Everlight Electronics...
Taiwan LED players raise funding of NT$26 billion in 2009
Nov 25, 16:19
Taiwan LED players have raised funding of an estimated total of NT$26 billion (US$806.39 million) in 2009 in anticipation of strong demand in 2010, according to market sources.
LED chipmakers see October revenues increase
Nov 11, 16:32
LED chipmakers saw their October revenues increase on the high demand for high-brightness blue LEDs, while LED packaging houses saw sequential drop for October revenues.
Taiwan LED chipmakers expanding capacity on strong backlight demand
Nov 3, 12:26
The total blue LED chip capacity of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, Tekcore, Arima Optoelectronics, Genesis Photonics and Huga Optotech is expected to increase...
Huga wins LED patent lawsuit against Epistar
Sep 22, 12:25
Taiwan's intellectual property court has ruled in favor of LED chipmaker Huga Optotech in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by its competitor Epistar, according to Huga's filing...
Huga, Edison post record revenues for August
Sep 9, 14:13
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech and LED packaging house Edison Opto both have reported record revenues for August.
LED packaging house Everlight to expand capacity in 2H09
Aug 14, 15:54
Taiwan LED packaging house Everlight Electronics plans to expand its monthly capacity for high-power LEDs and SMD LEDs to five million units and 1.2 billion units respectively in...
Taiwan LED chip maker Huga Optotech plans to list on TSE
Jun 9, 17:24
Taiwan LED chip maker Huga Optotech plans to apply to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in the third quarter of this year, according to sources. Chairman Dennis Chen indicated...
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
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China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 25min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 33min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 37min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | May 22, 21:02
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:34
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:49
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:24
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:07
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- Kick-off for the latest LED technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
23-May-2012 10:46 (GMT+8)
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- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

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