2015-01-16

Hot Picks of the Week Jan. 12-16

Cree is bringing another Taiwanese LED manufacturer to court, as the company aims to maintain market dominance in U.S. The company has sued Unity Opto and its luminaire client Feit Electric for violating eight LED patents. By the end of the week, Cree created a huge shock in the LED industry with its low-priced new LED smart bulb, which is one of the first in the industry aimed at resolving long term incompatibility issues among different smart bulb operating platforms.
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ALLOS Semiconductors of Germany and Ennostar Corporation of Taiwan today announced a strategic partnership to bring 200 mm GaN-on-Si (gallium nitride on silicon) LED epiwafers for microLED applications into volume production. This collaboration r... READ MORE

The Fighting Illini turned to Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, to design, manufacture and install the largest main video display in college football, totaling 17,300+ square feet. The project includes 16 LED displays that c... READ MORE