In partnership with leading scientific research institutions around the world, Fluence explores broad-spectrum white light performance in select crops, cultivars   AUSTIN, Texas (Aug. 12, 2021)—Fluence by OSRAM (Fluence), a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, announced today the results from a series of multiyear global studies analyzing the effects of broad-spectrum white light on cannabis, Merlice tomatoes and bell peppers.   The studies found that whil...

On August 4, the IPO proposal filed by Colorlight Cloud Tech Ltd (hereinafter “Colorlight”) for ChiNext (an enterprise growth market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) was approved. With China International Capital Corp (CICC; 601995) being its IPO sponsor, the LED equipment manufacturer plans to raise up to RMB831 million (US$128 million). Reportedly, Colorlight will issue no more than 170 million shares, which accounts for at least 25% of the total share capital after IPO. Image source: PAIXIN.COM With Continuous Sales ...

Raises Guidance for Full-Year 2021 Revenue, Major Commercial Program Targets, and Forward-Looking Order Book   Orlando, Fla. — Aug. 12, 2021 — Luminar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAZR), the global leader in automotive lidar hardware and software technology, today announced its quarterly business update and financials for the second quarter of 2021, ended June 30, 2021. The company is increasing full-year guidance for major commercial wins, revenue, and forward-looking order book growth as a result of strong execution year-to-date and a...

Leveraging Nikon’s market position in laser radar technology and excellence in industrial precision with Aeva’s industry-first Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) 4D LiDAR on chip, companies to develop next-generation solutions with superior performance at industry-leading costs   Aeva and Nikon positioned to accelerate broad adoption of 4D LiDAR in the $10 billion industrial automation and metrology markets     MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., August 10, 2021--(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210810005226/en/...

New LiDAR-based People Counting Solution to optimize beach operations and keep tourists safe at Sinji Myeongsasimni Beach in Wando, South Korea. Smart 3D LiDAR solution provides superior accuracy and real-time IoT data and insights to tourism industry, replacing previous camera-based system. Data collection using LiDAR protects individual privacy with zero PII risk. 24/7 monitoring in any environmental condition prevents accidents. Quanergy Deploys First LiDAR People Counting Installation for Tourism in South Kore...

On August 6, FitTech—an LED equipment provider—announced at its board of directors meeting that the company will spend no more than NT$50 million (US$1.8 million) on investing in K-Jet Laser Tek. The investment aims to strengthen FitTech’s technologies of Micro LED mass transfer and removal as well as precision laser processing for PCB substrates, which also helps the two companies to develop technology strategies for the Micro LED market, thereby facilitating the “cooperation within the same industry and interdisciplinary alliance” ...

Skytech managed to overcome challenges in developing advanced semiconductor equipment and developed an atomic deposition layer (ALD) instrument, becoming the first Taiwanese equipment supplier that achieved “mass production” of ALD thin-film solutions. With its ALD equipment being verified and adopted by Epistar, Skytech has contributed to Epistar’s endeavor to promote commercialized applications of LED technologies. Founded in 2002, Skytech is a major supplier of critical semiconductor components in Taiwan. In 2017, the company started to invest in...

Innovator Porotech teams up with micro-LED display tech leader Jade Bird Display Shanghai, China, August 11, 2021 – University of Cambridge spin-out Porotech has today announced its first partnership – with Jade Bird Display (JBD) in China, a leader in microLED display technology. Porotech will be providing Shanghai-based JBD with its unique porous gallium nitride (GaN) technology that is set to transform the electronics industry. Porotech's display technology breakthrough heralds a new era of brighter, sharper, more vivid microdisplays for...

According to TrendForce’s latest report “2021 Global Lighting LED and LED Lighting Market Outlook-2H21”, the LED general lighting market has comprehensively recovered with increasing demand for niche lighting, leading to growth in global markets of LED general lighting, horticultural lighting, and smart lighting in 2021–2022 to different extents.     A Remarkable Recovery in the General Lighting Market As vaccination coverage increases in various countries, economies worldwide begin to recuperate. Since 1Q21, the LE...

On August 9, Honglitronics confirmed on its WeChat page that it is the supplier of Mini LED backlights for the X12 8K smart TV, the “Starlight”, unveiled by TCL at the just ended UDE2021. Image source: PAIXIN.COM As Honglitronics described, TCL’s X12 8K Mini LED TV “Starlight” is the first smart TV that adopts the OD ZERO Mini LED backlighting technology. The TV features 96,000 LED chips, 1,920 physical local dimming zones, 3,000 nits of peak brightness at maximum, and an ultra-high one-million-...

On August 4, the Xiamen-based Teyitech unveiled a self-developed Mini LED instrument for the first time on its WeChat account, which has been shipped to leading businesses. Founded in 2014, Teyitech is a supplier specializing in producing testing instruments of automation production for the flat panel display market. Its testing equipment serves the needs of the OLED, LCD, Mini/Micro LED, Micro OLED, and semiconductor industries. At present, Teyitech’s products have been recognized by BOE, Tianma, HKC, AUO, and San’an. Among the 2...

    LG’s VS Company is proud to announce its new Future Mobility website to actively communicate with global partners and interested consumers about its current business and future innovation. This new site is completely dedicated to mobility and focuses on LG’s innovative technologies and products related to the fast-growing segment of electric vehicles.   The new Future Mobility website introduces EV-related information selectively so that the company’s business partners can find related information more conve...

Key points BluGlass demonstrates proof-of-concept milestone with world-first RPCVD tunnel junction laser diodes Utilising BluGlass’ proprietary RPCVD and tunnel junction technologies, the novel dual-n-wave laser diode offers significant future performance advantages Demonstrating good lasing behaviour as uncoated, unpackaged devices Standard (MOCVD) laser diode product development continues to focus on solving reliability and improving downstream production ahead of commercial product launches BluGlass Limited (ASX: BLG...

Peer-Reviewed Publication NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive. While invisible to the human eye, UV rays surround us in our environment, and excessive exposure can cause health issues including skin cancer and premature skin ageing. The intensity of UV rays is typically reported ...

Acquisition provides immediate access to the streetlight pole infrastructure to deploy new applications and achieve better outcomes to communities. HYDERABAD [India] / MILPITAS, California / BURLINGTON, Massachusetts [USA], August 4, 2021: Outcomes-as-a-Service forerunner, Quantela, Inc. announces today that it has acquired CIMCON Lighting, Inc., a leader in smart lighting and smart city technologies. This acquisition will provide Quantela with full coverage and access to the ubiquitous streetlight pole infrastructure to deploy innovative te...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public awareness of sterilization notably enhanced in 2020, particularly in international market. In response to robust market demand, a variety of portable UV-C LED sterilization and disinfection products emerged, but demand overbalanced supply instantly as a result of the sudden explosion in demand. Thus, UV-C became an instant hit in the LED industry, drawing on a large and growing investment capital. As the number of UV-C LED manufacturers mushroomed, total market capacity immediately increased severalfold and even up dozens of ...

USTC team shows how smaller chip size can deliver higher AlGaN-based DUV LED light output power density and peak external quantum efficiency Deep ultraviolet (DUV) light source have numerous valuable applications, including germicidal irradiation, phototherapy, water/air/food sterilization, and optical communication. But while research on AlGaN-based DUV LEDs has made exciting progress, their industrial applications are still in their infancy. This is because of their limited wall plug efficiency (WPE) which is cause by low external quantum efficiency (E...

Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has reported revenue growth of 21% from €97m in first-half 2020 to €117.2m in first-half 2021 (with 78% coming from equipment sales and 22% from after-sales service & spare parts). This was due mainly to second-quarter 2021’s revenue of €67.7m being up 37% on Q1’s €49.5m. Of Q2 revenue, 61% was attributable to optoelectronics applications, 30% to power electronics (in particular gallium nitride) and 7% to light-emitting diodes. On a regional basis, 62% of first-half ...

For second-quarter 2021, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $146.3m (exceeding the $125-145m guidance). This is up 9% on $133.7m last quarter (driven largely by 27% growth for Data Storage) and up 48% on $98.6m a year ago (due to growth in the Semiconductor, Compound Semiconductor and Data Storage segments). Data Storage contributed $52m (35% of total revenue), up 27% on $41m last quarter and 84% on $28m a year ago, driven by both capacity and technology additions by customers. Semico...

As rumors about the next-generation of Apple Silicon Macs have been floating around the web, we’ve been able to get a better idea of what Apple is working on for the MacBook lineup. In an investor note from Ming-Chi Kuo seen by 9to5Mac, the reliable analyst says that a new MacBook Air is expected to be introduced in mid-2022 with a 13.3-inch Mini-LED display. Kuo had already said in another investor note that Apple was working on a new redesigned MacBook Air for 2022, but he wasn’t specific about the schedule. Now Kuo claims that this rumored laptop w...

The 2021 China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy) was held between July 30 and August 2 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. During the event, ThundeRobot partnered with AMD and BOE (its monitor supplier) to unveil its next-gen flagship gaming notebook: the ZERO.     Reportedly, the ZERO with AMD RyzenTM represents a new breakthrough because of its ultra-high-resolution display. The top-specs model comes with a 15.6-inch Mini LED monitor. The monitor—comprising 10,000+ LEDs and 1,152 dimmin...

Universal Digital-Life Expo 2021 (hereinafter “UDE2021”) was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre between July 30 and August 1. Themed as “Love Your Life, Explore the Future”, the event demonstrated how the future will look like to its visitors.   Exhibitors Present Novel Display Products and Solutions to Let Visitors Feast Their Eyes on Breathtaking Scenes   UDE2021 witnessed a “world war of display technologies” such as QLED, Mini/Micro LED, OLED, and laser displays.  ...

--- KOITO deepens relationship with Cepton by committing to a second investment in Cepton’s business in two years to support advanced OEM engagements worldwide ---   August 05, 2021 08:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time   SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cepton Technologies, Inc. (“Cepton”), a leader in high performance MMT® lidar solutions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Autonomous Vehicles (AV) and Smart Infrastructure applications, announced today that its automotive Tier 1 par...

Reported KRW 336.8 billion revenue for the second quarter 2021, all-time historical high quarterly revenue and second quarter operating profit recorded KRW 23.4 billion, up 70% on year First half net profit was KRW 43.9 billion, higher than 2020 full year net profit of KRW 29.0 billion Active Capex investments to meet strong upcoming demands and Seoul Semiconductor expects 3% to 9% YoY growth for the third quarter 2021 while YTD revenue is expected to reach over KRW 1 trillion in September   ANSAN, South Korea – Seoul Semiconduct...

Portfolio re-alignment fully underway with disposal of Digital Systems North America closed and further announcements expected in the next months Synergy creation and integration programs fully on track Successful completion of delisting offer for OSRAM Licht AG share; ownership now at 80.4% Third quarter expected group revenues of USD 1,450-1,550 million with expected adjusted operating margin of 8-11%, reflecting demand environment, tight supply and previous comments Capital markets day planned for early 2022   Premstaetten, Austria a...

Recently, the Mini LED concept has again been in the spotlight as Huawei released its first Mini LED-backlit smart TV. Meanwhile, the gaming display market is also thriving, where Samsung, TCL, and BOE all unveiled the latest Mini LED displays for gamers.     Samsung’s 49-inch Mini LED Curved Gaming Monitor   On July 29, Samsung released its first Mini-LED-backlit gaming monitor, Odyssey Neo G9. The product made its debut at The 2021 China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy) and 3rd Univer...

Columbia S.C. – Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi) and Seoul Viosys (KOSDAQ: 092190), the leading global providers of UV LED technology and subsidiaries of Seoul Semiconductor, announced surface disinfection test results: Violeds solution fully disinfected the Covid-19 delta variant by 99.3% in one second and 99.9999% in five seconds, at the online press conference held on August 4, 2021. In addition, in the SETi and Seoul Viosys’ own experiment, Violeds not only removed fine dust, but also disinfected 90% of viruses in the air in 5-...

Aug. 4, 2021 ---- Annual revenue of Micro LED chips for TV is expected to reach US$3.4 billion in 2025 at a 250% CAGR across the 2021-2025 period, according to TrendForce’s latest report titled 2021 Mini / Micro LED Self-Emissive Display Trends and Analysis on Suppliers’ Strategies. This growth can mostly attributed to the early planning by display manufacturers to adopt Micro LED technology for large-sized displays; although the prohibitive cost of this technology is unlikely to be overcome in the short run, TrendForce still forecasts the afore...

The television industry is always on the lookout for the next big advancement in the sector. Enter Mini LED TV technology, which contains smaller LEDs, and allows more LEDs to be packed into screens, enabling brighter and more detailed color expression and a slimmer TV profile.   These smaller LEDs are underpinned by semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), which have attracted the interest of the global TV industry because they affect how efficiently the Mini LEDs can operate.   Samsung Electronics recently showcased two new Mini LED Driv...

Technological advances have given rise to numerous ultra-advanced display technologies that shine in different fields. Micro OLED, known as a fusion of semiconductor and OLED technologies, allows displays to be thinner and more energy saving. Particularly, the application of Micro OLED in AR/VR is highly promising, but what is the difference between this novel technology and the aforementioned Micro LED? Before comparing the two technologies, we should first know what exactly OLED is and whether Micro OLEDs are simply miniatures of OLEDs. OLE...