06/07/2012 

Veeco Instruments added 3 new models of its TurboDisc MOCVD systems for HB-LED production: TurboDisc MaxBright M and MHP, and TurboDisc K465i HP.

06/05/2012 

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) introduced new red, green, and yellow UniversalPHOLED products, combining UniversalPHOLED emitter materials with novel host systems.

06/04/2012 

Displaybank published a 2009-2014 analysis of LED packages, the finished LED components used in various applications. While LED package units will grow steadily through the forecast period, revenues will remain mostly flat from 2010 to 2013.

06/03/2012 

LED specialist Marl will install the DEK Horizon 03iX print platform to adapt to new circuit board size requirements, and will use the VectorGuard stencil system and Nano-ProTek.

06/01/2012 

A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) will collaborate on 200mm GaN-on-Si process and technology development for high-voltage power devices.

06/01/2012 

Kyma Technologies demonstrated a 10" AlN on sapphire template, manufactured on its plasma vapor deposition on nanocolumns technology. The 10” sapphire substrate was provided by Monocrystal.

06/01/2012 

OSRAM AG will build a new LED assembly plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, packaging LED chips fabbed at its Regensburg, Germany and Penang, Malaysia wafer processing facilities.

05/31/2012 

Novaled debuted a class of n-doped electron transport layer (ETL) materials for OLED TV and mobile displays.

05/31/2012 

SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) released SG65i, a single-wall carbon nanotube product with >95% semiconducting concentration, before secondary processing to remove metallic SWCNT content.

05/30/2012 

The Flexible Display Center at ASU, in conjunction with Army Research Labs scientists, manufactured what it is reporting as the world's largest flexible, full-color OLED display prototype. FDC used advanced mixed-oxide TFTs to build the 7.4” device.

05/30/2012 

Phosphors used in LED lighting applications will see a market increase to over $1.6 billion by 2019, says NanoMarkets. Phosphors help control LED luminous efficacy and color to bring the technology on a level with traditional lighting.

05/29/2012 

Barclays Capital’s analysts say that the LED industry remains in oversupply, and 90%+ utilization rates being reported in Taiwan’s LED fabs are a short-lived event.

05/28/2012 

05/26/2012 

Intel will invest more than $40 million over the next 5 years in a worldwide network of university research centers called "Intel Collaborative Research Institutes." Academia -- in hub and spoke universities -- will collaborate with industry on technology R&D.

05/24/2012 

Intel's Jackie Sturm will bring to light some of the emerging, growth markets for semiconductors, and what they mean for chipmakers and the fab suppliers in the first session of The ConFab, “The Economic Outlook for the Semiconductor Industry.”

05/24/2012 

“LED is now the dominant force in lighting for the foreseeable future,” reports Ted Konnerth of Egret Consulting Group, after LightFair 2012. What does that mean for traditional lighting products, applications, distribution channels, and talent?

05/23/2012 

EpiGaN NV opened its GaN epitaxial material production site, on the Research Campus Hasselt in Belgium. EpiGaN’s GaN-on-Si material is used in next-generation power electronics.

05/23/2012 

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association created a series of standards, JESD51-5x, for component-level testing of high-brightness/power LEDs.

05/23/2012 

Indium Corporation acquired a manufacturing facility in Rome, NY, to expand its production capacities of indium-, gallium-, germanium-, and tin-based materials, as well as other compounds.

05/22/2012 

Quantum dots will grow to a $7480.25 million market by 2022, at a ten-year CAGR of 55.2%, according to Electronics.ca Publications.