TSMC Makes Inroads in LED Industry with Investment in BridgeLux
LIGHTimes Staff
April 21, 2008...LED chip maker, BridgeLux, recently reported $30 million dollars in private equity and $10 million in bank lines of credit. Among the investors in the LED chip company is TSMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, a dominant supplier of silicon wafers, according to an article in the Taiwan Economic News.
BridgeLux touts its gallium nitride (GaN) capabilities in epitaxial growth, structures, and designs for high power LEDs. BridgeLux founder and current chief technology officer, Heng Liu, reportedly introduced one of the first GaN metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactors in the industry. The company expertise also comes from executives who served at two of the biggest LED suppliers, Cree, and Lumileds (Now called Philips Lumileds).
The Taiwan Economic News cited insiders at TSMC who said that the company was bringing old MOCVD equipment back online for LED production.====================================================================================
Saint Gobain Acquires GaN Wafer Producer, Lumilog
CompoundSemi News Staff
April 21, 2008...The High Performance Materials division of Saint Gobain Group of France, has acquired Lumilog, a developer and producer of gallium nitride (GaN) wafers. Saint Gobain acquired Lumilog from its founders and investors, Banexi Ventures Partners, Emertec Gestion, Sophia Euro Lab SAS and TechFund Capital on April 1, 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Saint Gobain Group has four business divisions and employs some 200,000 people around the world. GaN is a critical material for Blu-ray laser diodes and advanced LEDs. Lumilog reported a sales volume of about €2 million (about US $3.2 million) for 2007.
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