The New York Times (along with other sources) has described how Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is planning to commence manufacturing solar cells and LED chips.
TSMC is the world's largest semiconductor foundry, meaning that it makes semiconductor chips for other companies. This outsourcing model is part of the mainstream silicon semiconductor industry, and chips are used in personal computers, mboile phones and many other electronic applicances.
The New York Times speculates taht TSMC could drive down prices in new markets such as solar cells and LEDs, as it did for computer chips. But the lower prices could also stimulate demand for what are now expensive technologies.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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LED tech must be getting cheap because more and more ball parks, even high-school and college fields, are installing LED scoreboards.
I read an interesting article on the subject at electro-mech. It talks about the new LED scoreboards at Yankee Stadium, Dallas Cowboys Stadium and even some high schools -- and how they are saving money over incandescent bulb scoreboards.
Here's the link for the full story:http://www.electro-mech.com/
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