Last update: Thursday 10 May 2012 [21 news items]
Osram laser bars offer higher efficiency with 200W continuous optical output power
May 10, 16:51
Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced new laser bars offering efficiency of up to 65% at 200W optical output power.
Lighting Japan 2012: Japan LED firms aim at various lighting applications
Feb 8, 12:02
At Lighting Japan 2012, Taiwan- and China-based firms focused on showcasing LED light bulbs while Japan-based firms displayed various LED lighting applications.
Funding of Taiwan LED firms decreases 80% in 2011
Jan 11, 14:56
Taiwan-based LED firms accumulated financial capital of NT$13.8 billion (US$460 million) in 2011, down 80% compared to NT$76.2 billion in 2010. Industry sources believe low demand...
Digitimes Research: Osram plans to double LED chip capacity in 2012
Dec 29, 10:31
Osram is the LED firm under Siemens. The revenues for the fiscal year 2011 (from 2010 October to 2011 September) were EUR5 billion (US$6.46 billion). Osram currently has around 40,000...
Lextar plans to enter LED lighting distribution
Nov 21, 15:44
Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar has been developing the LED lighting market and receiving OEM orders from international firms such as Philips, Osram and Mitsubishi. Lextar has been said...
Samsung, LG introduce low-price LED light bulbs to gain market share
Nov 17, 16:04
Prices of LED light bulbs introduced by Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have been lower than Philips and Osram. Samsung is said to introduce LED light bulbs with retail price...
Osram boosts LED performance with up to 20% more light and improved thermal stability
Oct 28, 12:16
The latest Oslon SSL LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors provide up to 20% more output than their predecessors and offer improved thermal stability, particularly in Hyperred (660nm),...
Commentary: LED lighting moving towards patent-dominated market
Oct 24, 12:05
The big LED lighting pie has been attracting many firms to enter the market, heating up competition between traditional and new firms. Fierce competition can lead to patent wars as...
Current condition and future prospects of LED: Q&A with Lextar chairman David Su
Jun 29, 15:57
As a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar has been viewed as a LED backlight module maker. Recently Lextar has set goals to enter the LED lighting market. David Su, chairman...
Everlight aims to become top-3 in lighting market, says company chairman
Jun 15, 01:30
LED lighting has been booming and many firms have been trying to enter the lucrative market. Robert Yeh, chairman of LED packaging house Everlight, has revealed the company aims to...
Delta Electronics begins use of 3 zero-carbon classrooms in Taiwan
Jun 3, 10:53
Delta Electronics on June 2 inaugurated three zero-carbon classrooms, an energy-saving educational facility, inside three elementary schools located in northern, central and southern...
Tong Hsing to enjoy profit growth on higher LED ceramic substrate sales, says paper
Stockwatch - Feb 25, 16:38
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries is expected to enjoy profit growth of 57% in 2011, thanks to rising sales of its high-margin ceramic substrate product line, according to a Chinese-language...
LED lighting market to take-off in 3Q11
Jan 14, 01:30
The LED lighting market is expected to see significant growth as early as the third quarter of 2011 as Taiwan-based LED chipmakers are expected to follow US-based Cree, who lowered...
Lextar lands LED lighting OEM orders from Philips and Osram
Aug 3, 11:27
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has landed OEM orders for LED lighting products from Europe-based vendors such...
Optoma expects to ship more than 70,000 pico projectors in 2010
Jul 7, 12:37
Taiwan-based DLP projector maker Optoma Technology on July 6 unveiled two DLP pico projectors, the 20-lumen brightness PK201 and 50-lumen brightness PK301, with both featuring Osram-made...
Leading LED makers facing challenges from Taiwan and Korea rivals, says IMS Research
May 13, 15:42
In 2007, the leading LED suppliers remained the same, but they now face strong challenges from companies in Taiwan and Korea, according to ISM Research.
Everlight signs license agreement with Osram
Mar 26, 16:58
Everlight Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED packaging house, signed a non-exclusive cross-license agreement with Osram GmbH (Osram), providing the companies, including wholly-owned...
OLED lighting to take off in 2011, says DisplaySearch
Mar 13, 11:24
The OLED lighting market is setting the stage to take off in 2011, with OLED lighting revenues forecast to surpass PMOLED displays in the 2013 or 2014 timeframe, reaching US$6 billion...
Harvatek to supply car-use LED lamps to Osram
Dec 23, 15:06
LED packaging company Harvatek has successfully entered the car-use LED supply chain of Siemens through its subsidiary Osram Opto Semiconductors, according to the Taiwan-based company's...
Epistar high-power LED light efficiency reaches 100lm/W
Nov 18, 16:37
With global LED players working to increase their LED light efficiency, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has successfully increased its high-power blue LED light efficiency to 100lm/W...
Osram launches new Ostar Projection SMT LED
Jun 12, 10:25
Osram Opto Semiconductors recently announced its new Ostar Projection SMT LED designed for integration into ultra-miniature pico projection applications. The new LED module has a...
North America fab tool book-to-bill slips in April 2012, says SEMI
Bits + chips | 16min ago
TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
Bits + chips | 1h 5min ago
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 3h 3min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 3h 12min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 3h 21min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 3h 38min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 3h 46min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 3h 50min ago
Osram PrevaLED Core light engines
Osram's PrevaLED Core light engines comes with a lumen output options of 800-3,000lm at a system efficiency of up to 75lm per watt and is available in the colour temperatures 3,000K...
Photo: company, Mar 16.
Osram digital ambient light sensor - the SFH 5712
Osram Opto Semiconductors has launched a digital ambient light sensor - the SFH 5712 which offers not only standard data rates in the market but also high speed rates of up to 3.4MHz...
Photo: Company, Dec 11.
Osram Orbeos OLED light source
Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced an OLED light source for lighting, the Orbeos. The Orbeos OLED panel has an efficiency of 25lm/W, with a round lamp surface of 80mm diameter,...
Photo: Company, Nov 27.
Osram 300dpi transparent PMOLED
Osram Opto Semiconductors will showcase an OLED prototypes that can be transparent and flexible at PLDC (Professional Lighting Design Convention) from October 29-31, 2009 in Berlin...
Photo: Company, Oct 22.
Osram Opto Semiconductors has launched two white versions of the Oslon LX LEDs. The Oslon LX is available for two color spaces. The multi-white version covers 100% of the sRGB color...
Photo: Company, Aug 31.
Current condition and future prospects of LED: Q&A with Lextar chairman David Su
As a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar has been viewed as a LED backlight module maker. Recently Lextar has set goals to enter the LED lighting market. David Su, chairman...
- 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 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7147.75 | -127.14 | -1.75% |
| TSE electronic | 271.94 | -5.69 | -2.05% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 103.29 | -1.28 | -1.22% |
| OTC electronic | 132.45 | -1.69 | -1.26% |
- 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
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Maxim's Chris Neil, senior VP, Industrial and Medical Solutions Group
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
Ravi Subramanian, CEO of EDA firm Berkeley Design Automation
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
Algotochip CTO Satish Padmanabhan and company VP of operations Mike Hong
Photo: Michael McManus, May 10.
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- 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
Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...
Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.