Toshiba joins Taiwan Semiconductor as a backer of the US-based developer of light emitting diodes.

Toshiba, the Japan-based semiconductor company, has backed Bridgelux, a US-based developer of light emitting diodes [LEDS] as the two companies said they had jointly developed an LED chip on May 10.

Makoto Hideshima, a corporate vice president of Toshiba, said: "We are pleased to achieve the best-reported 8" GaN-on-Silicon LED performance through our joint development activities with Bridgelux. We will continue to pursue more advanced development targeting commercialisation of the technology."

The company has previously raised about…