GLG News by Semiconductor Capital Equipment Experts

The recent announcement from TEL and Novellus on developing new scheme for Copper interconnect is unprecedented for the following reasons 1.It is a rare scene to see two major Semi CapEX collaborating to develop advance future generation technology 2. TEL and Novellus technologies are complementing...

1. Cree;s  161 lumen device is just a lab creation that is not ready for production.  The color temperature of approx. 4600K makes it unuseable for general purpose lighting. 2. Approximately one year ago Cree demonstrated a 1000 lumen LED that was also a one of kind laboratory creation. 3....

Our analysis at The Information Network shows the large panel market grew from 131.9 million panels in 2004 to 361.2 million in 2007 and will grow further to 564.9 million in 2010, a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 27.4% between 2004 and 2010.  For 2008, 436.7 million units...

Solar energy panel sales have and will continue to grow at a rate of about 40% per year.  The surge in thin film panels was a result of a severe shortage of polysilicon wafers used to make high efficiency solar panels.  There is no longer a poly shortage and in fact spot prices of poly wafers...

1. If this is an improved phosphor it will improve Seoul's competitve position against Cree, Lumileds. Nichia, etc. 2. Seoul white LED's use blue chips from Cree and other blue LED manufacturers.  The phosphor system placed on the blue chip is what creates the white light in a spectrun of white...

1. The increased speed of USB 3.0 will result in the repacement of USB 2.0 as the standard interface specification in consumer and computer devices. 2. Firewire 400 and 800 specifcations will die a  quick death in the late 2009/2010 time frame being replaced by USB 3.0.

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.

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.

1. NIchia is very protective of it's intellectual property using legal proceeding to stall competitors from competing in key makrets such as backlighting for notebook computers, and genral purpose lighting. 2. Although some of the NIchia competitors may have violated Nichia intellectual property,...