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Thursday 12 December 2019
Everlight, Epistar post mixed November growths
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has reported November consolidated revenues of NT$1.9 billion (US$62.3 million), increasing 7.48% sequentially but decreasing...
Wednesday 11 December 2019
GCS, Epistar strengthen tie-up
Pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) has enhanced its strategic partnership with Epistar by investing in Epistar's China-based...
Thursday 21 November 2019
Taiwan manufacturing industry sees production decline 7% in 3Q19
Production of Taiwan's manufacturing industry totaled NT$3.37 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, down 7.01% on year, making the third consecutive quarter of on-year declines due...
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Epistar to allocate at least NT$5 billion for 2020 capex
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has disclosed plans to set aside a capex budget of at least NT$5 billion (US$164 million) for 2020, mainly for expanding production capacities...
Friday 15 November 2019
Epistar, Lextar report 3Q19 operating losses
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics have reported net operating losses of NT$874.6 million (US$28.7 million) and NT$145.8...
Friday 25 October 2019
Epistar controls inventory to cope with LED oversupply
Taiwan-based Epistar has disclosed it has lowered capacity utilization rates to controal inventory level in efforst to cope with LED chip oversupply that has been hitting the global...
Wednesday 9 October 2019
Everlight, Epistar see decreased September revenues
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics' September consolidated revenues reached NT$1.730 billion (US$55.7 million), decreasing 2.47% sequentially and 15.36% on year...
Monday 7 October 2019
8K TV panels need much more LED chips for backlighting, says Epistar president
Since an 8K LCD TV panel has four times more pixels than a 4K one of the same size, the number of LED chips used in backlighting the former needs to be 50% more than the latter, according...
Thursday 3 October 2019
Epistar expects demand for mini LED backlighting to take off in 2H20
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar's clients are developing mini LED-backlit gaming LCD monitors, notebooks, tablets and smartphones, which is expected to boost demand for...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
Everlight becomes ISELED Alliance partner
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has disclosed it has become a partner for ISELED Alliance, an open alliance formed in 2016 to boost development of smart RGB LED...
Wednesday 18 September 2019
Mini LED has big role in large-size displays, says Lextar chairman
RGB mini LED fine-pitch displays with high resolution and contrast can form 100- to 200-inch seamless mosaic displays, form factors that LCD panels cannot achieve, according to Lextar...
Monday 9 September 2019
Epistar expects to reach 30% in market share for smartphone LED backlighting applications
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has developed LED chips with lower power consumption and better light-emitting effect for smartphone panel backlighting and has won orders...
Thursday 29 August 2019
Epistar expects mini LED-backlit LCD monitors, notebooks to be launched in 4Q19
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar expects clients to launch 27-inch gaming LCD monitors and 17.3-inch gaming notebooks backlit by its mini LED chips in the fourth quarter...
Thursday 22 August 2019
Epistar reportedly supplies mini LED backlighting for Huawei TV
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reportedly supplied mini LED chips used to backlight a 55-inch 4K (3840 x 2160) smart LCD TV developed by China-based Huawei Technologies,...
Monday 12 August 2019
Epistar reports operating loss for 2Q19
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported operating loss of NT$739.1 million (US$23.7 million) for second-quarter 2019, the third straight quarterly operating loss since...