SemiLEDs announced the release of its new-generation, high-brightness, low voltage LEDs designed for battery powered mobile applications.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has met China's senior envoy to the island in the highest level contact since 1949. The brief meeting was brought forward five hours to avoid continuing protests by Taiwanese pro-independence groups. Ma defended his agreements with Beijing, saying they did not damage Taiwan's sovereignty.

SanDisk has released details of its new flash management technology, ExtremeFFS (Extreme Flash File System) which has the potential to extend endurance and accelerate SSD random write speeds by as much as 100 times compared with existing systems.

Struggling chip maker AMD said Wednesday it is cutting 500 workers, or 3% of its global staff, to help the company return to profitability. The cuts are AMD's second big round of layoffs this year.

New LCD panel comes with the big boast of being "world's fastest"

A new nanocoating developed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute gives most run-of-the-mill solar panels the ability to capture 96.2% of the sun's rays from any angle.