Top LED manufacturers including Philips, Osram Opto, Monocrystal, Cree and GT Advanced Technologies, shared insights of strategies and new technologies companies have developed to cope with costs and pricing competitions at LEDforum Taipei 2013 in Taiwan this week.Rivals Samsung and LG continue their race in OLED smartphones this week, while Genesis slips into Japan’s mobile phone supply chain. In addition, Cree has signed a remote phosphor patent agreement with Chinese LED manufacturer NNCrystal. Furthermore, rumors of U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is rumored to inject US$ 15.50 million into semiconductor and chip R&D might bring back a gleam of hope to the LED industry. Other hot news this week as following: