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Monday 11 March 2013
Lextar expects LED backlight orders from non-AUO to rise to 50-60% in 2013
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and chip packager Lextar Electronics expects the proportion of LED backlight unit (BLU) orders for clients other than AU Optronics...
Monday 11 March 2013
Coretronic BLU shipments down 18% in February
Coretronic shipped 5.73 million backlight units (BLUs) in February, decreasing 18% sequentially, according to the company. It also shipped 47,000 DLP projectors in February, dropping...
Monday 4 March 2013
Skyworks unveils power-optimized backlight drivers for smartphones and tablets
Skyworks Solutions has recently introduced several new backlight LED drivers supporting next-generation smartphones and tablets that are multi-channel products tailored to support...
Friday 22 February 2013
Toshiba launches interface bridge with backlight level controller for LCD displays used on mobile devices
Toshiba has launched MIPI-DSI to LVDS interface-converter bridge LSIs with a backlight level controller for LCD displays that are suited to use in mobile devices, such as tablet PCs...
Tuesday 22 January 2013
LED driver IC vendors to see booming shipments in 2013
Taiwan-based LED driver IC suppliers Richtek Technology, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics are expected to see shipments boom in 2013 on anticipated growth in LED demand for backlight...
Wednesday 9 January 2013
TPV to purchase 9% stake in BLU maker Chi Lin, say sources
LCD TV maker TPV technology will reportedly purchase a 9% stake in backlight unit (BLU) maker Chi Lin Technology, an affiliate of the Chi Mei Group, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Digitimes Research: China-based tier-2 LED chipmakers see falling revenues in 2012
China-based tier-two LED chipmakers such as Silan Azure, Epilight Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang have seen on-year decreases of around 30-50% in their accumulated revenues so far...
Thursday 25 October 2012
Radiant lands nearly all BLU orders for new Apple products, say sources
Radiant Opto-Electronics has reportedly landed nearly all backlight unit (BLU) orders for use in Apple's recently announced new products, which will most likely push the company's...
Wednesday 26 September 2012
I-Chiun sees rising revenues from TV backlight modules
Taiwan-based LED lead frame maker, I-Chiun Precision Industry, has been seeing revenue growth due to increasing sales of LED light bar modules for direct-lit LED TVs. Demand for TV...
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Backlight demand for large-size products continues to be strong, says Epistar
Starting September 2012, demand for AlGaInP LED has been weakening, according to LED chipmaker Epistar. Nevertheless, the firm added, demand for backlight applications is still strong,...
Friday 6 July 2012
Latest iPad undergoes backlight revisions
Apple is making revisions to the New iPad's backlight module by using a one LED structure as used in Apple's second-generation iPad instead of a two LED one that the current version...
Friday 15 June 2012
LED lighting demand for chips to exceed backlight units in 2014, says Lextar chairman
LED lighting will become the main LED application in 2014, according to David Su, chairman of Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar.
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Kenmos seeing increased orders for backlighting modules
Taiwan-based backlighting module manufacturer, Kenmos Technology, has reported NT$418 million (US$14 million) in consolidated revenues for May, representing 20.2% sequential growth...
Monday 11 June 2012
Panel players see competition from notebook ODMs
As the proportion of touchscreen controlled notebooks is expected to quickly rise to 10-20% of total notebook shipments in the second half of 2012, while notebook ODMs have been aggressively...
Friday 8 June 2012
Monitors to use more smart applications in the future
LCD monitors are featuring more smart applications and advanced ultra-high resolution as competition between competitors increases in the market.
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