News Archive
DECEMBER 2006
29 December 2006
Philips takes full owership of Lumileds
29 December 2006
Riber continues penetration of China’s R&D market
28 December 2006
Avnet to distribute for Seoul Semiconductor
27 December 2006
Common platform for 10Gb/s transceiver development to cut design cycle time and costs
27 December 2006
Skyworks launches Helios II-Plus EDGE Radio for quad-band, multimedia handsets
26 December 2006
Asahi Kasei starts up fab for Hall-effect devices
26 December 2006
Emcore and Finisar receive Nasdaq delisting notices
22 December 2006
IQE acquires Singapore epiwafer foundry MBE Technology for £7.5m
22 December 2006
Nichia develops record 150lm/W white LED
22 December 2006
Acquicor closes $145m private placement to fund Jazz acquisition
21 December 2006
Tegal receives etch system order from Skyworks
21 December 2006
Osram licenses Coherent’s OPSL technology for displays
21 December 2006
LBO secures extra $1m and full-color laser projection license
21 December 2006
Element Six sets up Diamond Microwave Devices subsidiary to collaborate with Filtronic
21 December 2006
Emcore makes Ortel manager president and COO; CTO steps down from board
20 December 2006
AXT raises $24.2m in public offering
19 December 2006
WiMAX growth in China depends on how industry deals with barriers
19 December 2006
Survey ranks Asia GaAs epi suppliers highest; Hitachi Cable overtakes FCM for substrates
19 December 2006
GaAs defense market to grow at 9% to 2010 before shift to GaN
18 December 2006
WJ introduces a 4W 28V InGaP HBT (GaAs) PA module for WCDMA infrastructure systems
18 December 2006
Record efficiency nonpolar and semipolar GaN LEDs
18 December 2006
BluGlass strengthens team in preparation for commercialization
18 December 2006
Normally-off GaN power transistor with low on-state resistance
18 December 2006
15 December 2006
Cellular backhaul point-to-point radio GaAs market to peak in 2007
15 December 2006
Nanosolar selects manufacturing sites in California and Germany
15 December 2006
Metryx receives mass metrology production tool order from US GaAs manufacturer
15 December 2006
Arima ramps-up for auto LED applications with Veeco’s largest capacity MOCVD system
14 December 2006
Nichia loses Korean design patent rights for backlighting side-view white LED
13 December 2006
MIT demonstrates InGaAs transistors that could succeed silicon
13 December 2006
RFMD opens customer support center in Shanghai
13 December 2006
Cree extends litigation against BridgeLux to further patents
12 December 2006
Record 845GHz transistor reported by UIUC’s Feng
12 December 2006
Novalux delivers 1.5W prototype red laser arrays for RPTV
12 December 2006
Filtronic shaves around £5m off expansion plan
12 December 2006
IMEC reports record-performance Ge pMOS FETs using Si-compatible processing
12 December 2006
Firecomms appoints VP of European sales
11 December 2006
Cree cuts revenue forecast on lower LED chip sales
11 December 2006
EPIC celebrates three years of helping build Europe’s photonics industry
11 December 2006
8 December 2006
Optium reports record revenues
7 December 2006
WJ lowers Q4 revenue guidance from $12-12.5m to $10.8-11.3m
6 December 2006
Spectrolab’s new terrestrial solar cell smashes 40% efficiency barrier
6 December 2006
New roles at Veeco for Benjamin Loh Gek Lim and John Bulman
6 December 2006
Microsemi’s InGaP HBT technology supports latest 802.11n WLAN platforms
5 December 2006
Seoul Semiconductor claims record with 100 lm/W @ 350 mA P4 LED
5 December 2006
BOC Edwards makes moves to increase presence in compound semiconductor market
5 December 2006
SDK expands capacity for AlGaInP ultra bright LED chips
5 December 2006
NSTR opts for BedeScan X-ray Defect Detection and Inspection system
4 December 2006
Qualcomm specifies Anadigics’ PAs
4 December 2006
4 December 2006
Luminus makes available PhlatLight LED chipset evaluation kits
4 December 2006
Honda establishes Soltec CIGS solar cell subsidiary
1 December 2006
NL Nanosemiconductor acquires Zia Laser
1 December 2006
Finisar reports 13th quarter of growth, but reviews stock option grant practices
1 December 2006
1 December 2006
USAF contract for SUI to develop SWIR sensor for unmanned aerial vehicles
NOVEMBER 2006
30 November 2006
Emcore's PhotoVoltaics wins $41m multi-year order for communications satellites
29 November 2006
Sandia demonstrates reduced-bowing GaN growth on Aonex's sapphire-on-AlN substrates
29 November 2006
Aviza Japan president appointed
29 November 2006
Rudolph appoints SEMATECH’s VP of Strategy as chief operating officer
28 November 2006
DayStar appoints CEO to succeed founder and chairman
28 November 2006
Q-Cells forms JV to commercialize Solibro’s CIGS PV technology
28 November 2006
Global Solar to expand CIGS PV production
28 November 2006
Veeco receives four orders for R&D MBE systems
27 November 2006
AXT founder Morris Young plans retirement
27 November 2006
RFMD ships 50 millionth Polaris RF Solution
27 November 2006
Kopin on notice from NASDAQ pending review of stock option practices
27 November 2006
24 November 2006
Second order for Riber's Compact12 research MBE reactor
24 November 2006
Sharp enters blue laser production
24 November 2006
TEM sample prep system with adaptive ion milling technology
23 November 2006
Innos supporting SiNANO project
23 November 2006
Nichia reports white LEDs producing 138lm/W at 20mA; over 90lm/W at 350mA
23 November 2006
Veeco plans leadership succession
22 November 2006
Avago ships 600 millionth optical mouse sensor
21 November 2006
BluGlass scales up GaN deposition to 4-inch substrates
21 November 2006
Shimei to produce GaN-on-silicon LEDs for blue, then green and red emission; developing blue lasers
21 November 2006
Handset shipments 259m in Q3; still on course for 1bn in 2006, says Strategy Analytics
21 November 2006
LED headlamps for automotive forward lighting
20 November 2006
Smallest 0.5W HB-LEDs for exterior auto lighting in PLCC-4 SMT LEDs
20 November 2006
LED lighting for direct connection to AC supply
20 November 2006
Aviza achieves operating profit one quarter ahead of forecast
20 November 2006
Tegal's revenues down 20%, but costs cut
18 November 2006
STS announces board and management changes
17 November 2006
TranSiC raises €0.44m in first-round financing
17 November 2006
Johnson Matthey hydrogen purifier for EpiLEDS
16 November 2006
RFMD introduces GaN wideband power amplifier ICs
16 November 2006
BinOptics to accelerate blue laser development with $6m funding
15 November 2006
Bandwidth’s parent announces Q3/2006 financial results
15 November 2006
TriQuint introduces new GaAs products for digital radio and sat-com
14 November 2006
Mitsubishi develops new GaAs FETs for WiMAX base transceiver stations
14 November 2006
Arima Opto to expand AlGaInP LED chip capacity to 1bn in 2007
14 November 2006
Toshiba announces record-breaking GaN power FET
14 November 2006
STMicroelectronics and Velox enter dual-source agreement
13 November 2006
Bandwidth expands wafer production with multiple Veeco TurboDisc E450 As/P MOCVD systems
13 November 2006
Auto industry's first LED for resistor drive applications
13 November 2006
RFMD elects CEO of eSilicon Corp to board
10 November 2006
10 November 2006
Matheson Tri-Gas boosts arsine capacity
10 November 2006
Bede ships system for controlling strain and relaxation in SiGe to US manufacturing consortium
10 November 2006
New arsenic cracker source for MBE
9 November 2006
HYPHEN program indicates GaN HEMTs on composite substrates more reliable than on silicon
9 November 2006
Alfalight expands sales and support network to UK and Israel
9 November 2006
Finland's VTT orders flip-chip die bonder from Laurier
9 November 2006
Epitech orders three Aixtron AIX 2600G3 systems for HB-LEDs
8 November 2006
TDI samples 4-inch AlN-based semi-insulating wafers
8 November 2006
Sofradir building new fab using MBE to double third-generation IR detector production
8 November 2006
Kopin revenues fall during transition to higher-margin products
7 November 2006
Emcore lowers revenue forecast from $40m to $35m
7 November 2006
Bookham's declining Nortel sales offset by Cisco
6 November 2006
JDSU's optical communications business turns operating profit
6 November 2006
Avanex's revenues up 12%, but losses continue
3 November 2006
WJ reports sales up 57% year-on-year and plans to go fabless; launches first 28V InGaP HBTs for 3G
3 November 2006
X40 MSA launched to improve multi-rate 40Gb/s optical transceiver reach and cost
3 November 2006
Skyworks revenues and operating profits rise, excluding base-band shutdown costs
2 November 2006
OCP subcontracts to SAE China for high-volume manufacturing
2 November 2006
GaN HEMTs for general purpose broadband systems
2 November 2006
Aixtron raises full year guidance after profitable Q3
1 November 2006
UK’s Photonic Products Ltd acquired by StockerYale
OCTOBER 2006
31 October 2006
MBE awards for Horikoshi and Hoke
31 October 2006
GaAs inflates AXT’s Q3 revenue to $12.5m, but new tax regulations in China could burst bubble
30 October 2006
RoseStreet Labs establishes JV with Sumitomo
30 October 2006
Hittite’s Q2/2006 revenue up 63.5%
30 October 2006
Synova appoints Philippe Senn as COO
27 October 2006
Nitronex launches power transistors for broadband
27 October 2006
Cree announces first power switch and diode co-pack
27 October 2006
BridgeLux lights-up mobile applications market
27 October 2006
Cree's GaN HEMT WiMAX devices used for airborne broadcasting
26 October 2006
26 October 2006
Spectrolab produces two millionth multi-junction solar cell
26 October 2006
TriQuint handset revenues grow 57%, driving increased profits
26 October 2006
Osram introduces new generation of side-emitting LEDs
26 October 2006
CNU adds second Thomas Swan MOCVD system
25 October 2006
Anadigics sales up 53.2% year-on-year yield pro forma net profit
25 October 2006
RFMD's record revenues to continue, driven by cell-phone chip demand
24 October 2006
Mobile shipments top 245m in Q3/2006; on target for 1bn by year end
24 October 2006
Veeco boosted by HB-LED/wireless markets
24 October 2006
TDI to sample InGaN epi in early 2007, for small-scale production in Q3
23 October 2006
Cree and Micronetics: new appointments
23 October 2006
Modeling metal-induced reconstruction of surfaces
20 October 2006
FOREPI orders hydrogen purifiers from Johnson Matthey
20 October 2006
Cree's profits fall; sales flat year-on-year
20 October 2006
Saint-Gobain to develop substrates for BluGlass’ GaN-on-glass devices
20 October 2006
Sony Ericsson takes 'fastest growing vendor' title
19 October 2006
Welsh Assembly Government grants Aviza £1.2m for investment in Newport facility
19 October 2006
Nanometrics introduces VerteX; plans R&D expansion at York facility
18 October 2006
Renesas introduces a 2.4GHz/5GHz dual-band SiGe MMIC power amplifier
18 October 2006
18 October 2006
Avago claims first "Plug and Play" high-power RGB LED lighting modules
18 October 2006
European RF wireless chip foundry takes on IQE as preferred external supplier of epi-wafers
17 October 2006
Mitsubishi launches 15mW laser for G-PON FTTH
17 October 2006
Ultra-wideband for short-range automotive radar sensors
13 October 2006
NIST releases standard for AlGaAs epilayers
13 October 2006
K&S to enter die bonder market
12 October 2006
TDI demos technology for GaN and AlGaN QWs and Superlattices
11 October 2006
NAMBE awards Raytheon's Hoke and Bell Labs' Hock Ng
11 October 2006
Nitronex's GaN-on-Si process now qualified; launches RF power transistors for WiMAX
11 October 2006
VPEC orders two further MOCVD reactors
10 October 2006
10 October 2006
Cree claims first 160 lumen white power LED
10 October 2006
Finisar unveils expanded plant in Texas as it ships 50 millionth VCSEL
10 October 2006
Osram's OSTAR lighting products used in new LED floodlights
10 October 2006
Analysts warn of threat to Freescale's RF Business
10 October 2006
UK's DTI funds QC laser development for oil and gas prospecting
9 October 2006
Army funds Kyma to develop non-polar GaN substrates
9 October 2006
Cree samples 15W GaN HEMT for North American WiMAX
6 October 2006
6 October 2006
WLAN chip market to grow at 17% to $3.2bn by 2010
6 October 2006
Skyworks exits baseband business and focuses on GaAs
6 October 2006
Kopin lowers Q3/2006 revenue guidance from $19-20.5m to $14-15m
5 October 2006
Improved magnetic-semiconductor bilayer for room-temperature spintronics
5 October 2006
Mitsubishi launches high-output InGaP HBT amplifiers for WiMAX terminals
5 October 2006
SemiLEDs adds capacity with Aixtron’s AIX 2600G3 HT
4 October 2006
OSRAM's North American partnership for Nu Horizons
4 October 2006
4 October 2006
OSRAM launches Platinum Dragon LED
4 October 2006
Congress awards Microsemi $1.8M to develop SiC for defense avionics
4 October 2006
3 October 2006
Cree grants license to Lite-On Technology
3 October 2006
Filtronic ends wireless infrastructure business; focus switches to compounds
3 October 2006
Market for GaN and AlN substrates forecast to exceed $440m by 2010
2 October 2006
SWIR cameras from XenICs and SUI
2 October 2006
EPSRC’s National Centre for III-V Technologies moves to new £10m facility
2 October 2006
WiMAX and WLAN: the future for GaAs (part 2)
2 October 2006
SEPTEMBER 2006
29 September 2006
Riber's first half sales mark return to operating profit
29 September 2006
Sawtek name cut in TriQuint re-brand
29 September 2006
Epistar to acquire Epitech and Highlink
29 September 2006
InGaP technology helps power Anadigics to 750m units milestone
28 September 2006
Opto Tech and Epistar secure new orders for LEDs
28 September 2006
28 September 2006
ITME turns to silicon carbide with new Epigress tool
27 September 2006
Shipments of Wi-Fi enabled consumer electronics devices to hit 249m by 2011
27 September 2006
OIPT appoints Mark Vosloo as sales director
27 September 2006
All that Jazz: Acquicor to acquire Jazz Semiconductor
26 September 2006
LEDtronics launches new range of LED light bulbs
26 September 2006
Broadcom selects Skyworks’ front-end module for Wi-Fi
26 September 2006
Riber develops new MBE research machine based on Kwansei Gakuin University patents
25 September 2006
WiMAX and WLAN: the future for GaAs
25 September 2006
23 September 2006
Teledyne acquires Rockwell Scientific for $167.5m
23 September 2006
Trion Technology introduces new photoresist stripper
22 September 2006
Miniature PA for 802.11b/g/n WLAN applications
22 September 2006
BluGlass lists at a 42.5% premium to offer price
22 September 2006
Bookham sells UK assembly and test plant for $9.5m
21 September 2006
BridgeLux responds to Cree lawsuit
21 September 2006
NXP appoints senior VP of Global Sales
21 September 2006
Dual-Mode cellular/Wi-Fi handset shipments to top 300m in 2011
20 September 2006
AOI launches 2.5Gbps DWDM lasers
20 September 2006
Suss extends Taiwan partnership with PhotonWealth
20 September 2006
Arima orders three more AIX 2600G3 systems as part of strategic expansion plan
20 September 2006
Indium and gallium deposits identified in Bolivia
19 September 2006
Avago sues Taiwan's Elan for patent infringement
19 September 2006
Base-station revenues to decline after 2008
19 September 2006
First electrically pumped hybrid silicon laser
19 September 2006
NanoWorld buys Suss MicroTec’s ELAN CB6L
18 September 2006
Unaxis changes name to OC Oerlikon
16 September 2006
Freescale to be acquired for $17.6bn
16 September 2006
Kyma introduces GaN and AlN templates
15 September 2006
Aixtron brings OVPD technology to OPAL 2008 project
15 September 2006
14 September 2006
First DWDM-compatible XFP-E MSA-compliant transceiver module
13 September 2006
Photonics Center purchases Heidelberg’s DWL66 fs maskless laser lithography system
13 September 2006
Samsung opts for Anadigics’ InGaP-Plus technology
13 September 2006
HelioVolt and NREL extend CRADA to develop non-vacuum deposition for CIGS thin-film PVs
12 September 2006
Philips allies with UMS and Fraunhofer-IAF on GaN broadband PAs for wireless base-stations
12 September 2006
Cree files patent lawsuit against BridgeLux
12 September 2006
RFMD ships linear EDGE PA module to LG RFIC maker
12 September 2006
Market for HB-LEDs and substrates to reach $10.6bn by 2011
11 September 2006
TriQuint launches new GaAs HPAs at EuMW
11 September 2006
8 September 2006
Anadigics ships HELP2 3G EV-DO PAs for Samsung's SCH-a870 handset
7 September 2006
BluGlass closes IPO fully oversubscribed; lodges supplementary prospectus
7 September 2006
Mobile infrastructure the wrong market for GaN?
7 September 2006
Filtronic's Wireless Infrastructure sale revised
7 September 2006
3G subscriptions to reach 285m by end-2006
7 September 2006
Anadigics begins shipping AWT6314 dual-band CDMA PAs for new 6215i handset
6 September 2006
6 September 2006
Cree names John Kurtzweil as CFO
6 September 2006
Philips to double power LED production with Singapore plant
6 September 2006
Finisar reports 12th quarter of growth
6 September 2006
Principia Lightworks inks contract with Bandwidth Semiconductor for III-V and II-VI wafers
4 September 2006
Formosa Epitaxy plans new LED plant
4 September 2006
Arima Opto receives large order for AlGaInP LEDs
2 September 2006
Cree doubles brightness of EZBright LED power chip for lighting applications
1 September 2006
SemiSouth raises $5m following SiC fab opening
1 September 2006
JDSU's optical communications sales up just 4%, while losses continue to shrink
1 September 2006
GE buys Emcore's stake in GELcore for $100m; partners with Nichia
AUGUST 2006
31 August 2006
31 August 2006
Crystal IS raises $10.6m in second-round funding for AlN substrates
31 August 2006
NEC Electronics America awards Praxair a 10 year bulk gas contract NEC
30 August 2006
SiGe raises $19.5m after doubling revenues
30 August 2006
Norstel's new SiC plant inaugurated
30 August 2006
AFRL awards SemiSouth $3.95m of SiC power device contract worth up to $22.5m
30 August 2006
IMEC and Bede investigate new semiconductor materials at the 45nm technology node and below
29 August 2006
Boeing to provide 600,000 solar cells
26 August 2006
Mobile phone sales grew 18% in Q2/2006; Q3 to reach 238m units
26 August 2006
nLight acquires Flextronics Photonics for high-volume integration
25 August 2006
SemiSouth opens SiC manufacturing facility
25 August 2006
BluGlass extends IPO to accommodate international demand for oversubscriptions
24 August 2006
Evans Analytical Group acquires Applied Microanalysis Labs for III-V characterization expertise
24 August 2006
SSL Program awards $1.8m to boost green LEDs
23 August 2006
Skyworks powers smallest camera flip phone
23 August 2006
Modulight chairman relinquishes COO and marketing roles
22 August 2006
22 August 2006
Dalian Meiming Epitaxy Technology expands opto capacity with multiple Aixtron systems
21 August 2006
IQE closes acquisition of EMD after raising £12m
19 August 2006
Synova raises $8m for micromachining centers
18 August 2006
NEC develops 400W GaN amplifier for 3G base-stations
18 August 2006
Fibre Channel at 8Gbit/s to meet same problems as 10Gbit/s Ethernet
17 August 2006
Vertilas to launch single-mode 1310/1550nm VCSEL for 10Gbit/s
17 August 2006
GaN sensor sensitive to UV-A/B/C radiation
16 August 2006
Self-calibrating metal evaporation source for MBE
16 August 2006
EpiValley boosts capacity with another Thomas Swan MOCVD reactor for Blue LEDs
15 August 2006
Thinnest Wi-Fi PA enhances battery life for portable electronics
15 August 2006
GaAs epi market grew 40% in 2005
14 August 2006
Gallium and indium production in CIS to grow
11 August 2006
Despite record annual sales, Cree's profits down after LED production problems
11 August 2006
Aviza’s sales rise 20% in June quarter; Tegal up 116% year-on-year
11 August 2006
Osram focusing R&D on OLEDs for general illumination
11 August 2006
Freiberger's managing director becomes CEO
10 August 2006
EXALOS launches 750nm SLEDs for biomedical applications
9 August 2006
Kopin's III-V sales flat on last quarter, but expanding HBT capacity by 50%
8 August 2006
Cree's new SiC and GaN microelectronics fab
8 August 2006
DOE awards seven SBIR grants for SSL development
8 August 2006
Osram's Advanced Power TopLEDs boosted by thin-film technology
7 August 2006
Kyma announces GaN FET R&D agreement with AFRL
7 August 2006
Higher-power 405nm blue-violet laser module
4 August 2006
Bookham diversification continues to grow sales, cut costs; secures $25m credit facility
4 August 2006
MBE Komponenten adds OBS to range
4 August 2006
Aixtron heads for break even point as order intake hits five-year high
3 August 2006
Anadigics ships PAs for ultra-thin Chocolate
3 August 2006
Avago introduces new line of white LEDs
3 August 2006
Emcore reduces losses as a result of ongoing consolidation
3 August 2006
AXT’s sales rise 22% quarter-to-quarter
3 August 2006
Skyworks launches GaAs attenuators for linear applications
2 August 2006
First GaN-on-diamond transistor announced by Emcore, Group4 Labs, and AFRL
2 August 2006
QinetiQ-led consortium wins contract
2 August 2006
3G wireless infrastructure market boosts WJ Communications’ Q2 figures
1 August 2006
Australian GaN-on-glass spin-off plans IPO
1 August 2006
Mitsubishi launches high-gain, low-noise GaAs HEMT for DBS/VSAT
1 August 2006
RFMD starts mass-production shipments of RF3159 linear EDGE PA to Samsung
1 August 2006
Mimix launches three stage balanced GaAs MMIC PA and complementary driver amplifier
JULY 2006
31 July 2006
Analysts forecast market growth for SI GaAs bulk substrates. . . More
31 July 2006
Avago launches first blue smart dot-matrix LED. . . More
29 July 2006
Emcore focuses on solar energy power systems. . . More
28 July 2006
TriQuint celebrates ‘largest operating income quarter since March of 2001’. . . More
28 July 2006
Hittite's Q2 revenue up 71.2% year-on-year. . . More
27 July 2006
Analysts back IQE's acquisition strategy. . . More
27 July 2006
RFMD hits $238.3m quarterly record . . . More
26 July 2006
Dr Robin Johnson joins STS as COO . . . More
26 July 2006
Future Lighting Solutions opens resource centers to develop Luxeon LED-based applications . . . More
25 July 2006
HB-LED and wireless markets help drive Veeco’s Q2/2006 revenues to $111.6m . . . More
25 July 2006
Riber wins orders for Compact21T and new Compact21TM research machines . . . More
25 July 2006
Anadigics reports Q2/2006 sales up 68% . . . More
24 July 2006
Philips Lumileds adds another Aixtron MOCVD system to its range . . . More
24 July 2006
TT electronics Optek Technology introduces 880nm IR LED with 100 ° inclusive beam angle . . . More
21 July 2006
AmberWave closes on $25m Series E funding . . . More
21 July 2006
Skyworks’ June-quarter sales of $197.1m yield pro forma operating income up 50% . . . More
20 July 2006
IQE acquiring Emcore's epi division for RF . . . More
19 July 2006
Osram teams-up with LSG for new LED-based . . . More
19 July 2006
InP optical chip maker CyOptics introduces 4Gbit/sec fiber channel TOSA at 80km . . . More
18 July 2006
LEDs replace conventional bulbs in automotive 'firsts' . . . More
18 July 2006
Osram launches flash LEDs for mobile phones and . . . More
17 July 2006
Soitec reports record sales up 67%; Picogiga up 110% . . . More
17 July 2006
Skyworks supplies Samsung's migration to EDGE . . . More
14 July 2006
Tekcore talking BLU . . . More
13 July 2006
TriQuint appoints VP for handset business . . . More
13 July 2006
SRC launches compound semiconductor research center . . . More
12 July 2006
Cree revenues down after LED production difficulties . . . More
11 July 2006
First commercial sSOI wafers for sub-65 nm processing . . . More
11 July 2006
Suss MicroTec introduces new BlueRay Probe System . . . More
11 July 2006
ZTE uses Anadigics’ InGaP-based PAs . . . More
11 July 2006
Fox Group introduces 350nm Ultraviolet LEDs . . . More
10 July 2006
TriQuint awarded Navy contract to develop GaAs high power technology . . . More
10 July 2006
AXT's Bob Ochrym promoted to VP of business development . . . More
10 July 2006
Shareholder demands sale of Vitesse . . . More
10 July 2006
Soitec expands to meet SOI demand . . . More
10 July 2006
Aixtron takes further steps into mainstream semiconductor processing . . . More
7 July 2006
BridgeLux’s 60-mil LED hailed as ''Bulb Buster'' . . . More
6 July 2006
SETI forms alliance with Seoul Optodevice . . . More
6 July 2006
SMI appoints sales representative in Korea . . . More
5 July 2006
Epitech opts for a new CRIUS . . . More
3 July 2006
SMI sells converted Emcore D180 nitride reactor . . . More
3 July 2006
sp3 wins Phase II SBIR for 100mm GaN-on-diamond development . . . More
3 July
NL Nanosemiconductor extends lasing spectrum . . . More
JUNE 2006
30 June
Awards for IQE and Wafer Technology . . . More
29 June 2006
Nichia and Intermatic end lawsuit with business . . . More
29 June 2006
SAIT opts for Suss MA200Compact mask aligner . . . More
29 June 2006
STS wins order for its VPX Pegasus system . . . More
29 June 2006
Mimix introduces new InGaP HBTs for WiMAX . . . More
28 June 2006
Matsushita introduces the world's first GaN vertical transistor for high-power switching . . . More
28 June 2006
Philips Lumileds establishes new benchmarks for LED luminance . . . More
28 June 2006
Tokyo Electron America orders BedeMetrix-L for SiC and SiGe . . . More
28 June 2006
TriQuint reaches High-Point . . . More
27 June 2006
Veeco and KOPTI collaborate to advance solid state lighting technology . . . More
27 June 2006
Market for converged Wi-Fi/cellular handsets to exceed 132m devices by 2010 . . . More
27 June 2006
UCSD opts for another Thomas Swan MOCVD . . . More
27 June 2006
EntreMetrix's nitride venture . . . More
27 June 2006
M/A-COM introduces telemetry transmitter for harsh environment applications . . . More
26 June 2006
Cree to acquire SiC substrates manufacturer Intrinsic Semiconductor . . . More
26 June 2006
LG Electronics selects InGaP HBTs from Anadigics . . . More
24 June 2006
AWSC to triple GaAs capacity . . . More
23 June 2006
OIPT launches FlexAL ALD system . . . More
22 June 2006
Avago joins high-power LED market . . . More
22 June 2006
Riber receives order for MBE research machine . . . More
22 June 2006
AXT to co-host Shanghai symposium . . . More
21 June 2006
Veeco backs awards for MBE innovators . . . More
21 June 2006
Highlink boosts GaN HB-LED capacity . . . More
21 June 2006
SiGe HBT sets new record above 500 GHz . . . More
20 June 2006
HB-LED market slows . . . More
20 June 2006
Cree sets new standard for white LEDs . . . More
20 June 2006
SMI expands facility following year of growth . . . More
19 June 2006
Nitronex raises $21.8m in VC funding . . . More
19 June 2006
Veeco to co-develop oxide-on-silicon MBE . . . More
19 June 2006
UMS and Ansoft collaborate on GaAs MMIC design methodology . . . More
17 June 2006
Lake Shore delivers range of new products . . . More
17 June 2006
Suss MicroTec introduces ‘repairable’ RF probe . . . More
16 June 2006
Nakamura’s LED revolution wins him Millennium Technology Prize . . . More
16 June 2006
Breakthrough CMOS on sSOI substrates . . . More
15 June 2006
VLSI’s 10 BEST awards . . . More
15 June 2006
2G survives in the developing world . . . More
15 June 2006
RFMD adds to LNA product family . . . More
15 June 2006
TriQuint: switches to amplifiers . . . More
15 June 2006
Quintessence introduces new line of 808nm high power single emitter lasers . . . More
15 June 2006
RoHS compliant 0.5 - 3.0 GHz switch . . . More
14 June 2006
Unaxis finances Novalux and strikes . . . More
14 June 2006
SiGe BiCMOS for RF design . . . More
14 June 2006
Cree demos 400-watt GaN S-Band transistor . . . More
14 June 2006
Two new GaAs switches from TriQuint . . . More
13 June 2006
Cree and AWR offer PDK for SiC process . . . More
13 June 2006
RFMD's GaN HEMTs for cellular infrastructure . . . More
13 June 2006
Avago's CoolPAM PA modules . . . More
13 June 2006
New SussCal software for RF and microwave . . . More
13 June 2006
Skyworks popular with infrastructure . . . More
13 June 2006
Military and HPE applications drive GaN market through to 2010 . . . More
12 June 2006
Filtronic plans expansion of its compound semiconductor division . . . More
12 June 2006
Taiwan’s LED manufacturers on the move . . . More
12 June 2006
Tekcore purchases third JM hydrogen purifier . . . More
12 June 2006
Hittite launch new product lines . . . More
10 June 2006
Cree’s new GaN HEMTs for WiMAX . . . More
10 June 2006
White HB-OLEDs set new records . . . More
9 June 2006
Microsemi’s silicon carbide on show . . . More
9 June 2006
IDC reports new high for converged mobile device shipments . . . More
8 June 2006
Far East HB-LED manufacturers opt for GaNzilla II . . . More
8 June 2006
Motorola plans manufacturing facility for India . . . More
8 June 2006
Laser chip breakthrough . . . More
8 June 2006
New product flurry from WJ Communications . . . More
7 June 2006
New customers for Veeco’s automated AFMs . . . More
7 June 2006
SEMCO finds success with LayTec’s EpiCurve . . . More
7 June 2006
RFMD assembles 100 millionth module in Beijing . . . More
6 June 2006
Luxeon K2 LEDs win award . . . More
6 June 2006
RFMD showcases GaN HEMT line-up . . . More
6 June 2006
Cree’s $180m LED deal with Sumitomo . . . More
6 June 2006
HFET foundry process for wireless infrastructure . . . More
6 June 2006
Rudolph launches new metrology systems . . . More
5 June 2006
IQE eyes growth . . . More
5 June 2006
OMI releases new thermal deformation analysis software suite . . . More
4 June 2006
TDI scores first 4-inch AlN SI substrate . . . More
4 June 2006
Uni Light Technology purchases reactor for GaN . . . More
4 June 2006
Semiconductor Today launches web-site . . . More
