the production of fluorescent lamp phosphors

Curt Davis, vice president of Cypress's PowerPSoC(TM) Business Unit said that they are pleased to bring the simplified design of their intelligent lighting solutions to Nichia's Power led high bay light, Nichia has established a leading position in the LED market with innovative products that drive toward large scale adoption of LED lighting, and the savings in design time and costs offered by their solutions fit in well with this mission.

According to Hideki Oguro, deputy general manager of the LED Business Planning Department at Nichia, they expect customers to be delighted by the combination of their LEDs and Cypress's software, controller technology and additional lighting solutions. Enabling code-free design makes it easier than ever before to develop compelling and efficient lighting systems.

Nichia Corporation is recognized as the world leader in indium gallium nitride LED and laser diode technology. Nichia was established in Japan in 1956 to manufacture calcium phosphate used in the led high bay light production of fluorescent lamp phosphors. Since that time, Nichia has grown in the field of manufacturing and sales of fine chemicals, particularly inorganic luminescent materials (phosphors), high brightness LEDs, and, recently, laser diodes. Nichia was formerly known as Nichia Chemical Industry Company, Limited. Nichia has operations throughout the world, including Nichia America Corporation, Detroit Sales Office, based in Wixom, Michigan.