GLG News by GLG Leaders in the Technology Council

1. Nichia, Avago, and Osram have dominated the U.S. high brightness LED market which has an approximate market size of $250M 2. High brightness LED's should not be confused with Hi-Power LED's which are white an used in interior and exterior lighting applications.

In assessing a CPV or CST technology you need to consider both the target applications and the completeness of their design concept for that application - does the team have the expertise to make it work? 

While Kentucky is concerned about the loss of revenue, but the suit opens Pandora's box on the entire structure of the internet and freedom of speech.

Blu-ray is an impressive, but only an evolutionary, improvement in picture quality. It doesn’t offer lifestyle or use model changes, it costs more and has fewer titles available than standard DVD. Picture quality improvement is compelling to movie and video aficionados, but to the rest of,...

The short answer is – yes!  Both enterprises and consumers seem unlikely to spend much on PCs this holiday season.  Nonetheless, bad times can work to the long-term advantage of vendors if they are properly positioned going in.

A slowdown may have already been factored into the 50% drop in Apple stock value. Is it real and could it go down some more? Also see: DRAM contract quotes drop another 10% for 1H November http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081110PD213.html Taiwan PSU makers saw on-month drop in October http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081110PD208.html VIS...

Also see Is Apple getting into the chip business? http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Apples-spat-IBM-may-mean/story.aspx?guid={8C8EBB0E-DB0F-4EAD-BFE4-8F605E8499C2} Will this allow Apple to be even more different in its product lines and did the Intel CPUs cause Jobs to move in this direction? Will...

There is an increasing backlash in the US to offshore outsourcing, particularly the large deals typically outsourced to large Indian providers.  The new political climate may embolden displaced US workers to complain more loudly, and Washington to listen more.   Even if little concrete...

Solar cell technology is an example where Europe can defend or increase its market share. Solar cell technology was never going to be ignored by the European Commission because it fits into its environmental theme. This means that it benefits from a concerted and organized system of funding. Until recently,...

This overview relates to current European market positioning within optical networking sector. It presents actual industry trends and directions for future growth.