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Supposed to be a picture here... Bridgelux and Toshiba Achieve Performance Record for Blue 8″ GaN-On-Silicon-based LEDs
... Bridgelux Inc. of Livermore, California USA, and Toshiba Corporation, announced they have created a Blue class 8” GaN on Silicon LED chip that emits 614mW. The 1.1 mm square chip operates at 350 mA with a forward voltage <3.1V. Like several other LED companies, Bridgelux is continuing to actively develop GaN on Silicon LED technology. (See Coverage). The announcement comes just months after Bridgelux and Toshiba signed a joint collaborative agreement this year. The companies plan to further accelerate their development efforts for LED chips. Toshiba has also reportedly invested in Bridgelux. The goal of the investment is...
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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2012 - The Year LED Lighting Hit Price Parity
... The wrap up of April and start of May 2012 is proving to be a very interesting time for the LED lighting industry, and looks as though it will mark the point where solid state lighting is has really begun to achieve 'initial cost' price parity with the incumbent technologies, in key applications. In a sense, Cree kicked off the highest profile 'first shot' with its original CR series of LED troffers announced in the 2nd half of 2011....

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