General Displays & Technologies LLC (GDT): GE and Tatung Joint Venture for TVs

General Displays & Technologies (GDT) is the result of a joint venture between General Electric (GE) and Tatung Company. GE will hold a 49% stake in GDT.
What will GDT do? Manufacture GE-branded HDTVs including IPTVs. So, the proposal is to take advantage of the huge mindshare that GE has for kitchenware and lightbulbs and bring [...]

US Department of Energy: $21 Million for Solid State Lighting R&D

On February 13, 2008, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would invest almost $21 million in 13 projects to advance solid-state lighting (SSL). The DOE realizes that lighting system efficiency can be doubled and carbon footprint reduced by using SSL technology instead of incandescent and fluorescent technologies. SSL uses a semiconductor that [...]