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SemiLEDS

SemiLEDS

Boise, Idaho
Efficient lighting
CEO: Trung Tri Doan, 50

SemiLEDs, with operations in the U.S. and Taiwan, aims to provide the first effective light-emitting-diode (LED) solutions for mass-market lighting. LEDs, though far more efficient than conventional incandescent lighting, until now have been too costly for widespread use. SemiLEDS, founded by a semiconductor industry veteran, tackled the problem by switching to a low-cost chip built on a flexible copper alloy.