Building a circuit to blink an LED is the hardware world’s version of the venerable “Hello, world!” program — it teaches you the basics in a friendly, approachable way. And the blinky light project ...

MUNICH, Germany — Siemens subsidiary Osram announced it will significantly expand its LED production capacities. The company plans to erect a wafer processing line in addition to its existing back-end ...

Chinese die vendor San’an is projected to take the lead in gallium nitride light-emitting-diode (GaN LED) wafer capacity by the end of 2014, overtaking current leader Epistar of Taiwan, according to ...

SEOUL/TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) - Samsung LED and Japan's Sumitomo Chemical have agreed to set up a 80 billion won ($72 million) joint venture in Korea to produce sapphire substrates used to make ...

The entire LED lighting supply chain can be divided into the following segments: rare earth, MOCVD equipment, sapphire ingots and substrates, LED chips, LED packaging, and LED lighting fixtures. This ...

Rapid market growth for HB (high-brightness) LEDs is driving what was once a niche industry into full-fledged high-volume production. With the emergence of applications such as display backlighting, ...

Market will grow significantly if costs continue to decrease at current rates, but there is nothing similar to Moore’s Law in this sector. The LED market remains hot, particularly in the solid-state ...