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Strategies Unlimited Predicts Long-Term Growth in Gallium Nitride MarketMarch 28, 2005...Strategies Unlimited, a Silicon Valley-based market research firm, projects more than double gallium nitride production to $7.6 billion by 2009. The company estimates that Gallium Nitride production for 2004 was at $3.2 billion. While high brightness LEDs currently dominate the gallium nitride market, laser diodes and other electronic devices are in the early stages of growth and will attain substantial volumes over the next five years. Bob Steel of Strategies Unlimited predicted that the market for HB-LEDs would nearly double by 2009 to about $7 billion at the recent Strategies in Light Conference. (See Related Story...) The company reports that as of early 2005, 232 companies were participating in gallium nitride production, an increase of 26% over the 2003 number. The report also states that 394 universities and research centers were involved in gallium nitride R&D. This figure represents an increase of 35%, since the publication of Strategies Unlimited’s previous gallium nitride report in June 2003. The company looked at 725 companies, universities, research centers and government agencies, and profiled 32 such organizations involved in gallium nitride production, development, R&D. The report titled, “Gallium Nitride 2005 – Technology Status, Applications and Market Forecasts” is available for immediate delivery from Strategies Unlimited for $3,950. More information on the report is available from Tim Carli, Sales Manager, telephone +1 650-941-3438 ext. 23, or e-mail tcarli@strategies-u.com. Company News Release Agilent Update on China Development Forum and Product Releases |
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IEK Predicts 16% Increase in LED Production From Taiwan in 2005
CompoundSemi News Staff
March 28, 2005...According to a recent report by the Industrial and Economics Knowledge Center (IEK) of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) located in Hsin Chu, Taiwan, Taiwan’s LED production value will likely grow by 16% in 2005 despite patent infringement lawsuits for white LED technology and some signs of blue LED oversupply. LIGHTimes SecondPage members login for more. Guests can view membership details.
Intematix Adds Fuel to the Fire of SSL Growth With Merchant Supply of Patent-Backed Phosphors; Announces AOT Win
CompoundSemi News Staff
March 24, 2005...Intematix Inc. of Moraga California USA, completed a royalty-bearing Agreement related to white LED technology with Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT), a dominant manufacturer of blue spectrum LEDs, of Hsinchu, Taiwan. According to the licensing agreement, AOT can manufacture white LEDs based on Intematix-patented technology that utilizes a blue InGaN (indium gallium nitride) LED combined with a suitable fluorescent converter. The agreement was reached shortly after Intematix created a family of patent-backed Phosphors in a 14 month development effort using their Bulk, Thin Film and Nano Discovery Engines.
The White Lightning Y450 (operating at 450 nm wavelength and below) and the
White Lightning Y460 (operating at 460 nm wavelength) reportedly deliver YAG-equivalent
performance and color for bright light applications such as: LCD and keypad
backlighting, camera flash, automotive lighting, and large area signage and
architectural lighting. The production ready, patented Phosphor family will
be made available beginning March 24th for high volume use for designers and
manufacturers of white LED products and solutions.
“The availability of Intematix Phosphors and their acceptance by leaders
such as Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc. will begin a market transformation
leading to truly cost effective High Brightness White LED production,” said
Ruediger Stroh, Intematix Chief Executive Officer. Intematix VP of Sales & Marketing,
Nik Bahram said, “Our Discovery Engines allow us to develop unique material
compositions that can then be rapidly customized for our customer’s unique manufacturing
processes, and Bills of Materials including a choice of chips at various wavelengths
and support for a variety of resins.” Dr. S. H. Chan, Chief Executive Officer
of AOT said, “We will provide non-infringing white-lighting solutions to
all of our customers, and we believe Intematix will be one of our key partners.”
According to Intematix, the WL-Y450 and the WL-Y460 are available in production
quantities now. Company
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Interesting LED Technology Development Patent
CompoundSemi News Staff
March 24, 2005...We occasionally come accross stories about individuals or companies with interesting patents that are looking to license their ideas to manufacturers. Paddy Salam of London, England, the Technical Director of Unisplay of Geneva, Switzerland, has a group of pre-prototype development patents that our readers might find intriguing. According to Mr. Salam, the object of his patent is to avoid the high cost of clustering and at the same time improve the electrical efficiency of light-production by alleviating problems of light trapped or lost in an LED chip. Mr. Salam said that there is theoretically no limit to the size of the LED chip you could create with his design as long as the heat is dissipated. The group of patents address high power monochrome GaN LEDs, high power monochrome AlGaInP/AlGaAS LEDs, high power white LEDs, red/amber/cyan 2-chip traffic-lights, and 2-chip RGB lamps. US patent #’s: 6,346,771; 6,663,120; 6,720,730; Contact Paddy Salam at Unisplay for more details and possible licensing arrangements: Unisplay S. A., 63 Lowther Road, London SW13 9NT, psalam@advanceled.com, Tel: 44 20 8741 3285.
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Agenda Set for BLUE 2005 in Taiwan
March 22, 2005...After burning the midnight oil more days than they likely want to count, our co-chair for BLUE 2005, Dr. Robert (Bob) Walker and his associates at YEBY, and our President and CEO here at CompoundSemi Online, Tom Griffiths have hammered out a great agenda for the upcoming May 16-18, 3rd Annual BLUE 2005 meet in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It wasn't easy fitting everyone in, but the speaker lineup even tops last year's event which was held at the same venue in Taiwan. In just three short years, BLUE has become a very popular and inviting event for speakers.
This marks the second year for BLUE in Taiwan (it began in 2003 in Dallas, Texas USA) and this time around, we expect a sellout crowd. So before you do anything else, scroll through the agenda, mark your calendars MAY 16-18 !!), and make your travel plans by simply clicking on "location & hotel" at the top of www.blue2005.com for details. Thanks to the magic of the web and the unobtrusive strength of our industry portal, SolidStateLighting.net, it's never been as easy as it now is to stay connected to everyone who's anybody in the rapidly growing international SSL industry, in real time.
So what's in store for conference attendees at BLUE 2005? Not only another great lineup of SSL industry experts as speakers, but the opportunities for making the informal business connections that mark our CompoundSemi Online, Inc. events. The first get-together is Monday evening with the Networking and Welcome Reception sponsored by Aixtron. The following morning on Tuesday, May 17th, the conference gets underway beginning with a welcome by our trio of co-chairs, Dr. Yung-Sheng Liu, VP and General Director of OES at Taiwan's ITRI, Dr. Tae-Il Kim, President of the Korean Photonic Technology Institute, and Dr. Robert Walker, Principal of YEBY Associates.
Keynote speaker for Tuesday morning is the foremost market researcher in the fields of HB-LEDs and GaN based devices, Dr. Robert Steele, Director of Optoelectronics Practice at Strategies Unlimited. Bob will bring to Taiwan the latest LED market numbers. Since his team at SU is just finishing up their 4th edition of their acclaimed GaN technology and application review, the information the information Bob will share will be especially fresh, timely, and insightful. This 500 page comprehensive study, which will be off to the printer shortly, is titled Gallium Nitride 2005 - Technology Status, Applications, and Market Forecast. SU has been issuing their GaN study since '97, which is updated every other year. The SU team has conducted extensive interviews all over the world for this report. Virtually all blue spectrum LED and LD related companies as well as GaN-based electronic sector depend heavily on its contents. Details on ordering can be found by clicking here. In addition, Bob will also focus on high power LEDs, developments in phosphors, and the next wave of LED applications. Miss Wu Ling, Director of China National SSL Program will discuss China's HB-LED industry and their National Solid-State Lighting Program in one of Tuesday morning's highly anticipated presentations.
After a full morning of presentations and discussion that review initiatives from around the world, with special emphasis on Asia, the next major networking opportunity will be Tuesday lunch, sponsored by Accent Optical Technologies. Tuesday afternoon presenters will emphasize new application opportunities. The speakers will include Dr. S. H. Chan, Chairman & CEO of AOT of Taiwan, addressing the Cellphone and SMD markets and Volker Haerl, Director of R&D at Osram Opto, who will speak about penetrating the automotive market. Rounding out the afternoon presenters, Professor Tsunemasa Taguchi of Yamaguchi University in Japan, will report on Japan's progress in their White LED Lighting Program.
Tuesday comes to an exciting climax beginning with the 4pm keynote talk by George Mueller, Chairman and CEO of Color Kinetics (CK), the USA pioneer of intelligent LED illumination technologies. CK is a publicly held company, trading on the Nasdaq exchange. CK's annual report was filed March 10th with the Securities & Exchange Commission, and reading it reveals to newcomers to our business precisely what the HB-LED supply chain (which makes up the prime attendance at BLUE) is helping create. The title of George's talk is Lighting the Night -- It's All About Control and Intelligence. Then it's on to the Tuesday evening banquet, sponsored by our premier diamond sponsor, Veeco.
Wednesday, May 18th and the final day of BLUE 2005 is another jam packed day full of excellent talks and discussions highlighted by two keynote addresses. The morning keynote will be delivered by H.S. Chung, Senior Executive VP, Dongbu Anam of Semiconductor Inc. of Korea, and Former General Manager of Samung/SEMCO speaking from the Korean manufacturer's perspective. Our Wednesday lunch is sponsored by BOC Edwards. The afternoon keynote talk during a special IP section, which is a new addition to this year's BLUE event, will be delivered by Patricia A. Martone, a Partner at the USA Fish & Neave IP Group of the Ropes & Gray LLP law firm. A experienced specialist in IP issues, Pat's talk is titled Intellectual Property in the HB-LED Industry: Lessons from history in other semiconductor markets.
BLUE 2005 will build from concerns expressed by speakers and attendees at last year's BLUE 2004 meet, which is why we added the IP session. Several such key issues as predicted would come true by keynote and featured speakers last year did indeed "come true". Why? Because BLUE is a gathering of the true production leaders of blue spectrum LEDs and laser diodes. The producers of the key substrates, epiwafers, devices, and packaging technologies, coupled with the innovators that enrich those production lines, are what make this industry what it is today, and they're at the epicenter of what it's destined to be in the near and far term future.
According to Strategies Unlimited, blue, green, and white LED technology (which together form the "blue spectrum" and thus the name for this popular event) has continued its large-scale commercial growth resulting in revenues exceeding $3 billion in 2004. White LEDs, which are rapidly replacing conventional light sources with solid state lighting solutions, are responsible for over 50% of the total GaN related LED market. The shakers and movers of this market will all be attending BLUE 2005. Shouldn't you plan to be there too? Registration is now open, but trust me... it's likely to be a sellout, so register early and be guaranteed a seat at the table.
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