Topic:  Industry It’s reported that Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), with its One-Chip AC LED technology, has been selected a winner of the 2008 R&D 100 Awards competition sponsored by the U.S.-based R&D Magazine. .. Read more

Topic:  Industry It’s reported that Taiwan’s government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has teamed up with scores of LED makers to form an R&D alliance, in a bid to integrate industry resources to develop applications for AC LED technology.
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Topic:  Industry Recently, Luminus Devices and Everlight have each announced that their LEDs are powering new types of projectors. Luminus LEDs used in Samsung, LG projectors, Everlight starts shipping LEDs for micro projectors.
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Topic:  Industry It’s reported that Lite-On Technology Corp., a world leading supplier of mobile keypads, is venturing into the LEDchip market by investing US$10 million in SemiLEDs Corp., a U.S. producer of high-power LED chips.
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Topic:  Application Lite-On Technology is confident that about 15% of new notebooks will feature LED backlights, according to company CEO KC Terng, despite that some industry players believe the penetration rate of LED-backlit notebooks will be lower than previously expected in the short term. Quote:  Lite-On Technology is confident that about 15% of new notebooks will feature LED backlights, according to company CEO KC Terng, despite that some industry players believe the penetration rate of LED-backlit notebooks will be lower than previously expected in the short term.

Terng noted that panel customers are still urging Lite-On for LED shipments, implying that demand from the notebook segment is still solid. He anticipated that about 15% of new notebooks shipped in 2008 will be LED backlit, adding that substantial market growth should be seen in 2009.

Terng revealed that shipments to a single customer averages at about 7-8 million units and the company currently has two customers in the LED-backlit notebook segment, with sales contribution from each exceeding NT$25 million (US$794,050) per month.

Terng commented that the aggressive expansion by fellow LED makers in 2008 is a negative factor in the near term, since massive capacity expansion drags down average selling prices (ASPs). But Lite-On is conservative over its own expansion and will not be seriously impacted by the industry trend, he emphasized.

However, given that leading player Nichia has taken an aggressive path in its deployment in top-view LEDs, Terng said Lite-On is seeing ASP pressure in this segment and has adjusted its strategy by pursuing other orders.

In related news, Lite-On has also approved plans to invest US$10 million at US-based high-performance LED (HPLED) maker SemiLEDs to build a strategic alliance. Terng pointed out that the alliance frees Lite-On from any patent issues related to HPLEDs as the metallo-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment that SemiLEDs uses is different to that of its rivals. News Source:  Digitimes

Topic:  Industry Recently, the Executive Yuan, Taiwan’s Cabinet, announced it would replace all the island’s incandescent-type traffic lights with LED lamps in three years, and replace all the incandescent lamps currently serving throughout the island with energy-saving lamps in four years. Taiwan government’s energy-conservation policy will give a big boost to the island’s energy-saving lamp industry, in which many manufacturers have planned to begin volume production or sheer shipment some time this quarter.
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