Nichia Corp has filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against Japan Seoul Semiconductor (the Japanese subsidiary of Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor). This follows a lawsuit filed in Osaka District Court in May 2007 alleging that Seoul Semiconductor's 0.5 Watt Z-Power LED P9 series white-LED products infringe Nichia's Japanese patents 3511970 and 2778349 relating to GaN-based blue LED chips.

Everlight signs settlement and license agreement with professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild for U.S. patent Nos. 4,904,618 and 5,252,499

Cray and Intel announced today they signed a multi-year agreement to advance high-performance computing (HPC) on Intel microprocessors while delivering broad new Intel and Cray technologies in future Cray server systems.

"...The group said its 59 affiliates would invest a total of 27.8 trillion won (27.9 billion dollars) for this year to enhance growth potential and develop new businesses..."