AI-generated conceptual illustration of a dense grid of bare semiconductor dice emitting white light, with a discarded yellow phosphor dome fading at the edge
Semiconductors

A white LED without the yellow powder

Seoul Viosys says it is mass producing white light from gallium nitride alone, with no rare earth phosphor and no package, in chips as small as 10 micrometres. The claim is the company’s own, and the brightness per chip is tiny.