Competing in the Global LED Industry: The Case of Taiwan
Table 1
The history of global LED industry.
Year
Events
1907
Henry Joseph Round, who worked in Radio Corporation of America, found the first LED of SiC and published it in a journal.
1955
Rubin Braunstein, who worked in Radio Corporation of America, identified the emitted infrared radiation of GaAs and other semiconductor alloys for the first time.
1962
The first LED that could emit visible red light suitable for practical use was developed by Nick Holonyak, who worked in General Electric Company.
1992
Shuji Nakamura of Japanese Nichia Corporation developed the first GaN diodes.
1994
Shuji Nakamura of Japanese Nichia Corporation developed fabricated green- and blue-light GaN LEDs.
1996
Shuji Nakamura of Japanese Nichia Corporation developed fabricating white-light LEDs using blue-light InGaN LEDs to excite fluorescent substances.
1998
Japanese Nichia Corporation launched the first white LED product.
2002
The 5 W of LED appeared in the market, and the luminous efficiency was approximately 18 to 22 lm/w.
2009
Japanese Nichia Corporation introduced a new luminous efficiency record of 249 lm/w.
2010
The revenue of Taiwanese LED components industry reached US$4,554 million and ranked top 1 in the world
2011
The revenue of Taiwanese LED components reached US$4,673 million and ranked top 1 in the world.
2012
U.S. Cree Company introduced a new luminous efficiency record of 254 lm/W.
