Cree, Lumileds, and Nichia spar on LED future at The LED Show

A session that focused on future advancements of LEDs for general lighting kicked off The LED Show with little agreement between Paul Scheidt of Cree, Erik Swenson of Nichia, and Chad Stalker of Philips Lumileds. The first topic on the agenda at The LED Show conference in Las Vegas questioned whether LEDs could continue to advance at the same rate in terms of lumen output and efficacy as they have in recent years. The presentations, however, focused more on how to meet solid-state lighting (SSL) system quality and cost goals with different LED technologies.