02/06/2015  Cambridge Nanotherm today announced that Ewald Braith has joined the board as a Non-Exec Director.

02/04/2015  Fairchild, a global supplier of high-performance power semiconductor solutions, today announced the FL7734 Phase-Cut Dimmable Single- Stage LED Driver.

01/30/2015  University of Toronto engineers study first single crystal perovskites for new applications Engineers have shone new light on an emerging family of solar-absorbing materials that could clear the way for cheaper and more efficient solar panels and LEDs.

01/20/2015  The recent restructuring by major global lighting companies will allow LED makers to raise capital for investments in 2015.

01/16/2015  Berkeley Lab researchers uncover hidden structures in domain interfaces that hamper performance.

01/15/2015  SAMCO has announced MOCVD demonstration capability on a new gallium nitride (GaN-on-Si) system, the GaN-550, from Valence Process Equipment Inc.

01/13/2015  MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products announced today that it has started to offer 0.18um automotive qualified process technology to foundry customers focused on high reliability automotive semiconductor applications.

01/08/2015  Scientists at UCL, in collaboration with groups at the University of Bath and the Daresbury Laboratory, have uncovered the mystery of why blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are so difficult to make, by revealing the complex properties of their main component - gallium nitride - using sophisticated computer simulations.

12/23/2014  The explosive expansion of the Internet of things (IoT) is driving rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices in areas including asset-tracking systems, smart grids and building automation.

12/23/2014  The demand for LED chipsets, primarily for the LED lighting market, is forecast to increase substantially through 2018.

12/23/2014  The case is made for delivering liquid precursors from a central delivery system to the epi/dep tool as a vapor of precisely-controlled composition.

12/19/2014  The use of a semi-aqueous organic film stripper and residue remover that does not contain N-Methyl-2 pyrrolidone (NMP) is compared with current NMP-based chemistry.

12/17/2014  Daintree Networks has been named by CIO Review Magazine as one of the '50 Most Promising Internet of Things (IoT) Companies 2014.'

12/12/2014  A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regardless of whether the crystalline structure of the materials is mismatched - lowering the manufacturing cost for a wide variety of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs.

12/11/2014  Pixelligent Technologies, producer of PixClear, nanocrystal dispersions for demanding applications in the Solid State Lighting and Optical Coatings & Films markets, announced today that it closed $5.5 million in new equity funding.

12/08/2014  Gallium nitride (GaN) based devices are attractive for harsh environment electronics because of their high chemical and the mechanical stability of GaN itself that has a higher atomic displacement energy than other semiconductor materials.

11/13/2014  Samsung Electronics Co. today introduced new chip-on-board (COB) LED package products, the LC006B and LC008B, with six and eight watts of power respectively.

11/10/2014  Soraa announced today that it has introduced a perfectly compatible version of its award-winning MR16 LED lamp.

11/07/2014  As a result of cost reduction and performance improvements, LED lighting is becoming more and more competitive in general lighting market.

10/23/2014  Intematix Corporation, a manufacturer of phosphor solutions for LED lighting, today announced Jerry Turin as the company's Chief Financial Officer.