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2007-4-25 20:30
Gigastorage gives up license to use Philips CD-R patents
Gigastorage, a second-tier maker of optical discs in Taiwan, on April 23 applied at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to terminate its compulsory license to use CD-R disc patents belonging to Royal Philips Electronics, bringing to an end the long-time dispute between the two companies, according to industry sources.
Gigastorage has decided to shift its production of CD-R discs to Thailand and the TIPO-granted compulsory license will thus become meaningless, the company pointed out.
The shift to Thailand is because exports to Europe and South Korea have suffered trade barriers, in addition to the advantages of much lower labor costs, proximity to the large market in Southeast Asia and preferential tariffs between ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) members, Gigastorage indicated. The shift from Taiwan to Thailand could reduce manpower and overhead costs by NT$50 million (US$1.5 million) a year, Gigastorage noted.
The shift of manufacturing equipment is under way, with production in Thailand to begin in June, Gigastorage said.
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2007-4-23
Sony Accelerates Blue-Violet Diode Production Capacity
Sony Shiroishi SemiconductorInc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, today announced that as ofMarch 2007, cumulative shipments of laser diodes have reached 2 billionunits since it started production in 1986.
As of April 2007, Sony has also established a monthly productioncapacity of 1.7 million blue-violet laser diodes, offering acomprehensive product lineup of blue-violet laser diodes for the needsof external customers as well as for use in Sony products. Furthermore,the company plans to start mass production of high-power output 240mwdiodes from November this year.
There has recentlybeen a rapid increase in blue-violet laser diode demand, for use indevices such as Blu-ray Disc players or game consoles. To meet thisdemand, Sony has installed front-end wafer process equipment capable ofproducing 5 million blue-violet laser diodes (BD playback-onlyequivalent) per month.
In addition to the stable production and supply of blue-violet laserdiodes, Sony will also offer a comprehensive lineup of blue-violetlaser diodes targeting the wide-ranging needs of customers:
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