News Archive
DECEMBER 2012
31 December 2012
Invest in Photonics conference highlights investment opportunities
28 December 2012
Nanocolumns support monolithic multi-wavelength emission
28 December 2012
Taiwan’s LED manufacturers form LED Lighting Industry Alliance
27 December 2012
BluGlass reports preliminary results on RPCVD-grown p-GaN
26 December 2012
Reducing gallium nitride growth temperature to 500°C
24 December 2012
Riber sells MBE system for II-VI-based IR sensor growth in US
24 December 2012
MIT researchers make smallest working III-V transistors yet
24 December 2012
Coherent 100G to take over core networks
21 December 2012
Ultratech acquires assets of Cambridge Nanotech
21 December 2012
Vienna University of Technology orders two Riber MBE reactors
21 December 2012
Setting up the Christmas tree for 4D electronics
21 December 2012
Future Lighting Solutions inks global distribution agreement with LG Innotek
21 December 2012
GT expect revenue down 10% in Q4/2012, and 23% below guidance for full year
21 December 2012
LTE smartphone shipments to triple to 275 million units in 2013
20 December 2012
EC-funded BRIDLE project aims to boost high-power diode lasers for industrial applications
20 December 2012
Soitec opens $150m San Diego factory to locally produce CPV modules
20 December 2012
Philips Lumileds restructures distribution agreement with Future Electronics
20 December 2012
Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride orders P+E PE9000C hydrogen purifier
19 December 2012
Skyworks’ antenna switch modules support world’s smallest 4G LTE datacards from ZTE
19 December 2012
Cree reaches milestone with introduction of XLamp MK-R LEDs
19 December 2012
Agilent introduces new IC-CAP platform with Angelov-GaN modeling software
19 December 2012
Rubicon awarded patent for ultra-flat, high-throughput wafer lapping
19 December 2012
19 December 2012
Tackling gate oxide road block to Ge/III-V logic ICs
18 December 2012
Emcore reports revenue of $47.5m, down 9% year-on-year but up 16% quarter-to-quarter
18 December 2012
Skyworks launches HBT drive amplifier in 2mm QFN for cellular infrastructure
18 December 2012
Distributed Bragg reflection in epitaxial nitride layers
18 December 2012
RFaxis introduces CMOS single-chip/single-die 802.11ac RFeIC
18 December 2012
Daylight Solutions awarded patent for QCL-based beam-combining technique
17 December 2012
Toshiba to start selling GaN-on-Si packaged white LEDs
17 December 2012
Plessey's MAGIC HB-LEDs win Elektra Award
17 December 2012
Praxair to increase rates for gases and facility fees
14 December 2012
EU project MIRAGE to develop optical interconnect technology for terabit data links
14 December 2012
LED lighting revenue to peak at $5.8bn in 2015
14 December 2012
GaN on silicon(001) HEMT growth aided by LayTec's EpiCurve TT in-situ growth monitoring
13 December 2012
Solar module production costs to fall as low as $0.48/W in 2017
13 December 2012
HexaTech wins $2.2m ARPA-E contract to develop smart-grid power semiconductor technology
13 December 2012
First PV cells from Solliance’s CIGS facility yield 13.85% efficiency
13 December 2012
First Solar releases more efficient, 92.5W-rated FS Series 3 CdTe PV module
13 December 2012
Record-setting 60nm-gate InGaAs MOSFET
13 December 2012
TriQuint’s filters capture 4G smartphone design wins
13 December 2012
ESnet extends 100GbE capability with Infinera’s DTN Platform
13 December 2012
13 December 2012
M/A-COM introduces new line of small package directional detectors
13 December 2012
Emcore introduces Optiva satcom-band microwave fiber-optic transmitters and receivers
13 December 2012
Hiden introduces MS Spectral Overlap Evaluator ipad app for mass spectrometry
12 December 2012
12 December 2012
Finisar’s quarterly revenue grows 5%
12 December 2012
Cree introduces XLamp XM-L2 LED
12 December 2012
Sofradir awarded first contract from Indian space agency
12 December 2012
Microsemi introduces PA for fifth generation Wi-Fi applications
11 December 2012
Anadigics receives Best Comprehensive Performance Award from ZTE
11 December 2012
Skyworks launches high-power 50-100W SPDT PIN diode switches
11 December 2012
PhotonStar LED Group seals IP licencing and design services supply agreement
11 December 2012
Polystyrene nanospheres focus effort on photonic crystal for nitride LED
11 December 2012
Oclaro prices $25m offering at $1.846 per share
11 December 2012
Oclaro seeks to settle Opnext merger litigation
11 December 2012
International Rectifier appoints VP & COO, and creates new role to focus on GaN Technologies
11 December 2012
Plasma-Therm and Stanford host plasma processing workshop
10 December 2012
RF power amplifier sales for wireless infrastructure to top $2.4bn
10 December 2012
Ascent Solar introduces EnerPlex Jumpr, a multi-purpose battery pack
10 December 2012
Oclaro to offer $25m of Exchangeable Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018
10 December 2012
Global Photonic Energy develops potential grid-parity solar cell
10 December 2012
Luminus ships UV Slim LED package production units
10 December 2012
Sharp claims record 37.7% efficiency for non-concentrator solar cell
7 December 2012
Bridgelux launches Vero LED array platform
6 December 2012
OPEL subsidiary ODIS produces integrated laser device using POET monolithic optoelectronic platform
6 December 2012
Siemens to spin off 80.5% of Osram
6 December 2012
President of Lithuania opens Brolis Semiconductors’ MBE and laser diode production facility
6 December 2012
Silicon carbide steps to wider bandgaps in graphene
6 December 2012
IQE completes CPV technology process transfer milestones with Solar Junction
6 December 2012
Osram’s prototype LED chip sets record 72% efficiency for IR illumination
6 December 2012
6 December 2012
Agilent ships new ADS software
5 December 2012
PIC market to grow at 26% from $150m to $1547.6m by 2022
5 December 2012
Sofradir’s acquires InSb and QWIP & InGaAs IR detector technology from Sagem and Thales
5 December 2012
5 December 2012
CenturyLink deploys Infinera’s DTN-X platform
4 December 2012
Oclaro completes sales of thin-film filter business and interleaver product line
4 December 2012
Deli Optoelectronics opts for Veeco MOCVD systems for new LED manufacturing facility ramp-up
4 December 2012
KLA-Tencor launches ICOS WI-2280 fourth-generation wafer inspector for LED and adjacent markets
4 December 2012
4 December 2012
IQE secures its first £1m laser epiwafer order for communications technology
4 December 2012
Skyworks adds support for Windows 8 smartphones
4 December 2012
Dow expands availability of POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle to US East Coast
4 December 2012
4 December 2012
SemiLEDs’ revenue down 40% on last quarter but up year-on-year
4 December 2012
Soraa sponsors lighting industry's first PlugFest event
4 December 2012
3 December 2012
BluGlass raises nearly $2.5m in institutional investor share placement
3 December 2012
OPEL’s controller adds roles of outgoing treasurer & CFO
3 December 2012
First Solar undertakes first thin-film PV demonstration project in China
3 December 2012
SemiLEDs notifies SEC of late filing of quarterly report
3 December 2012
Infinera and ESnet claim first successful demonstration of SDN OTS
3 December 2012
Veeco receives NASDAQ notice regarding late Q3 filing with SEC
NOVEMBER 2012
30 November 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
30 November 2012
Azur Space reports CPV cell efficiency of 43.3%
30 November 2012
JPL’s chief technologist and Caltech professor Dr. Jonas Zmuidzinas visits Brolis Semiconductors
29 November 2012
Compact, integrated antenna tuners adopted for smartphones
29 November 2012
Monolithic multi-diode integrated devices to increasingly dominate SOA market
29 November 2012
GE Lighting acquiring lighting fixture maker Albeo
29 November 2012
Samsung’s Galaxy Appeal indicates shift from GaAs to CMOS PAs for 3G handsets
29 November 2012
First 268nm DUV LEDs on AlN substrate
28 November 2012
Yamanashi Prefecture’s first private-sector utility-scale solar power plant breaks ground
28 November 2012
Kotura ranked 131st on Deloitte's 2012 Technology Fast 500 list
28 November 2012
Anadigics introduces AWB7129 small-cell PA
28 November 2012
Infinera and Nissho demo first 8Tb/s super-channel transmission over dispersion-shifted fiber
28 November 2012
Rubicon reports positive third-quarter results
28 November 2012
JDSU receives Huawei’s Excellent Core Partner Award
27 November 2012
EVG doubles cleanroom space, and opens R&D labs and customer training center
27 November 2012
SEMI-GAS introduces MegaCyl for bulk gas delivery
27 November 2012
Veeco hosts more than 80 LED manufacturers at MOCVD User Meeting in China
27 November 2012
Oxford Instruments hosts seminar in Bangalore
26 November 2012
26 November 2012
Oclaro selling thin-film filter business and interleaver product line to II-VI’s Photop for $27m
26 November 2012
Infinera accounts for 38% of the long-haul 100G ports sold in third-quarter
23 November 2012
Bifunctional quantum cascade laser/detector
22 November 2012
CSTG/Glasgow laser project makes finals of KTP Best Partnership Award
22 November 2012
Oclaro’s quarterly earnings slip further into red
21 November 2012
Colt deploys 100GbE services with Infinera DTN platform
21 November 2012
Monolithic indium arsenide on silicon with high electron mobility
21 November 2012
Stion wins $2m grant from DOE’s Sunshot Initiative
20 November 2012
Skyworks makes leadership changes to drive alignment across product portfolio
20 November 2012
Plasma-Therm and SINANO CAS host plasma processing workshop
20 November 2012
Semprius supplies HCPV solar modules for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s Department of Defense project
20 November 2012
Rubicon Technology ranks on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500
20 November 2012
Lake Shore boosts magnetic field and vacuum performance for CRX-VF cryogenic probe station
20 November 2012
France’s UMI Georgia Tech-CNRS installs Aixtron CCS reactor to grow nitride alloy materials
19 November 2012
Fraunhofer ISE demos GaN transistors switching at 1MHz in 1kW DC/DC converter
19 November 2012
Avago launches family of 10GbE SFP+, 40GbE QSFP+ and 150G CXP AOCs
19 November 2012
5N Plus ranks on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 and Technology Fast 500 lists
19 November 2012
GT streamlines operations, including 25% staff cut
16 November 2012
Agilent ships latest GoldenGate software release for RFIC designers
16 November 2012
Integra launches two GaN-on-SiC HEMTs for S-band radar
16 November 2012
Diffuse reflection through zinc oxide nanorods boosts LED light extraction
16 November 2012
RFaxis launches CMOS 5GHz WLAN RF front-end IC for 802.11a/n/ac standards
16 November 2012
Veeco notifies SEC of late Q3 filing as it reviews timing of revenue recognition for MOCVD systems
16 November 2012
DILAS launches fiber-coupled diode laser system delivering up to 1kW
15 November 2012
Anadigics’ WiFi front-end specified on leading reference designs to start shipping in Q1/2013
15 November 2012
15 November 2012
XsunX completes assembly of CIGSolar system; prepares customer demos
15 November 2012
Bridgelux ranks on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500 list
15 November 2012
GigOptix ranks on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500 list
15 November 2012
Molex showcases high-performance interconnect technology at SC12
15 November 2012
5N Plus opens Malaysian recycling facility; acquires JV’s Shenzhen gallium refining plant
15 November 2012
GT acquires Twin Creeks for $10m
15 November 2012
Skyworks launches high-efficiency front-ends to increase range for water and gas metering
14 November 2012
14 November 2012
JDSU’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders approves proposals
14 November 2012
Ascent Solar appoints VP of sales, marketing & communications
14 November 2012
Soraa’s GaN on GaN LED Vivid and Outdoor lamps selected for IES 2012 product progress report
14 November 2012
Advanced Photonix’s quarterly sales fall 10%
14 November 2012
Fairchild’s launches its first SiC BJTs, offering low power loss at high temperature
14 November 2012
First InGaAs n-MOSFETs on germanium-on-insulator
14 November 2012
RFMD launches highly integrated FEM for smart metering/smart energy and ISM-band applications
14 November 2012
First Solar presents awards for outstanding supplier performance
13 November 2012
JDSU reports quarterly revenue up year-on-year
13 November 2012
UOC plans laser diode production capacity ramp with purchase of AIX 2600G3 planetary reactor
13 November 2012
Anadigics expands hybrid line amplifier module family to 1GHz
13 November 2012
Microsemi launches 500W S-band GaN-on-SiC RF power transistor for air-traffic control radar
13 November 2012
Avago and Vitesse demo CXP reference design for 100G/120G connectivity
13 November 2012
RFMD launches family of linear GaN power transistors
13 November 2012
RFMD launches 125W and 150W GaN HEMT broadband power amplifiers
13 November 2012
RFMD unveils series of 3V LTE linear power amplifier modules
13 November 2012
RFMD debuts 5-1000MHz, push-pull, high-linearity InGaP HBT amplifier
13 November 2012
Ascent Solar introduces EnerPlex Kickr IV solar charger
12 November 2012
Gold-doped graphene for transparent current spreading in UV LEDs
12 November 2012
Cree claims first fully qualified, production-ready all-SiC power module
12 November 2012
IQE named ‘Company of the Year’ at Welsh award ceremony
12 November 2012
Major Japanese manufacturer chooses DCG’s ELITE for inspecting SiC power devices
12 November 2012
Molex QSFP+ active optical cable achieves aggregated data rates up to 56G over 4km
12 November 2012
M/A-COM Technology introduces new 6-Bit Digital Phase Shifter
9 November 2012
Skyworks announces new stock repurchase program
9 November 2012
Brolis receives Veeco MBE system ready for opening of new epitaxial wafer facility
9 November 2012
Advanced Photonix receives $5.9m telecom 100G commitment
9 November 2012
Skyworks fiscal Q4 exceeds forecast, with even better 2013 predicted
8 November 2012
Kopin’s III-Vs revenue falls 13% in Q3
8 November 2012
Skyworks widens lead again in power amplifier market
8 November 2012
Fujitsu’s achieves 2.5kW output from power supply units based on GaN-on-Si devices
7 November 2012
TriQuint’s revenue grows 13% in Q3
7 November 2012
Raytheon successfully tests SiC mixed-signal devices up to 400°C
7 November 2012
In-situ silane treatment enhances light output from nitride LEDs
7 November 2012
Anadigics’ PAs power Samsung Galaxy Note II
6 November 2012
Soitec increases bonded SOS wafer production to meet Peregrine’s demand
6 November 2012
Bulk GaN cost to fall 60% to $730 for 2” substrate by 2020
6 November 2012
MwT introduces two GaAs/AlGaAs pHEMT-based MMIC high-power amplifiers
6 November 2012
Plasma-Therm hosts plasma processing workshop
6 November 2012
Hittite launches cellular transceiver RFICs for wideband infrastructure
6 November 2012
Bridgelux and EBV Elektronik ink distribution agreement
6 November 2012
Soitec signs power purchase agreement for 44MWp CPV plant in South Africa
6 November 2012
Best Buy debuts Insignia light bulb using Cree LEDs
5 November 2012
Quaternary electron emitter injection improves nitride semiconductor LED performance
5 November 2012
OIPT launches upgrades for plasma and ion beam etch and deposition systems
5 November 2012
Ascent Solar wins USAF SBIR award for flexible lightweight PVs operating at higher temperature
5 November 2012
Hyperion enters mass production of large-diameter sapphire using ARC’s CHES furnaces
5 November 2012
ARC claims 75% material utilization for large-diameter sapphire
5 November 2012
RFMD to acquire RF CMOS IC firm Amalfi for $47.5m
5 November 2012
Huawei honours NeoPhotonics with Excellent Supplier award
5 November 2012
Anadigics grows 14% in Q3, driven by wireless and CATV infrastructure
5 November 2012
Aixtron hosts MOCVD short course
5 November 2012
AXT revenue falls 17.5% to $20.8m in Q3
2 November 2012
RFMD’s revenue up 3.5% on last quarter, but 14% down year-on-year
2 November 2012
NeoPhotonics reports Q3 revenue of a record $66.2m, up 54% year-on-year
2 November 2012
2 November 2012
2 November 2012
First Solar collaborates with Hagerstown Community College on alternative energy technology program
2 November 2012
First Solar reports Q3 sales down 12% to $839m
2 November 2012
Osram launches Displix multi-chip LEDs for high-contrast displays in extreme outdoor conditions
2 November 2012
GigOptix reports quarterly revenue up 5% to record $10.1m
1 November 2012
One-step gallium nitride on sapphire through graphene coating
1 November 2012
Cyprus deploys Infinera DTN-X platform for 100G Mediterranean subsea network
1 November 2012
NGK develops GaN wafers that nearly double green LED efficiency
1 November 2012
Showa Shell adding 2MW power plant to roof of Solar Frontier’s Kunitomi factory
1 November 2012
Northrop Grumman goes commercial with three GaN HEMT MMIC PAs
1 November 2012
Microsemi introduces SiGe-based monolithic RF front-end for Broadcom's 5G WiFi mobile platforms
1 November 2012
IPtronics files claims against Avago
1 November 2012
Everlight LED lighting components complete LM80 testing
1 November 2012
Princeton Optronics launches 15W, 650nm red laser array for medical and illumination applications
OCTOBER 2012
31 October 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
31 October 2012
Aixtron’s Q3 upturn not enough to avoid heavy 2012 loss
31 October 2012
Amonix raises module efficiency record from 30.3% to 33.5%
31 October 2012
Brolis Semiconductors sets December date to open new MBE and laser diode facility
30 October 2012
Smartphone growth of 45% for Q3 drives mobile market, led by Samsung
30 October 2012
First Solar wins manufacturing category at inaugural Malaysia Greentech Awards
30 October 2012
Low noise and low power consumption with pseudomorphic HEMTs
30 October 2012
NeoPhotonics launches embedded OTDR capability for PON transceivers
30 October 2012
SINANO to develop GaN-based power devices with order for two Aixtron MOCVD systems
30 October 2012
OPEL appoints VP of technology as consultant on POET technology
30 October 2012
Mitsubishi Electric to Launch SiC Module-Equipped CNC Drive Unit
29 October 2012
Wireless infrastructure GaAs device revenue boosted by shrinking cell sizes
29 October 2012
BluGlass' RPCVD grown GaN layers demonstrate reduced levels of key impurities
29 October 2012
Bridgelux ranks on San Francisco Times’ 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies list
29 October 2012
Cree launches new-generation 50V GaN HEMT technology to reduce cellular-network energy needs
29 October 2012
Innovative production equipment key to survival in turbulent solar panel market
29 October 2012
RFMD launches 3-5V 802.11n/ac high-linearity WiFi front-end modules
29 October 2012
RFMD launches 2.8-4.2V, 915MHz ISM-band Tx/Rx module with diversity switch
26 October 2012
Veeco’s Q3 results reflect stubborn market
26 October 2012
First submicron AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on 8-inch silicon
26 October 2012
Osram launches Oslon LX LED for subcompact automotive market
26 October 2012
Samsung captures record 35% share of 162 million smartphone shipments in Q3
26 October 2012
AMCAD launches 1kV/ 30A pulse IV system for testing high-voltage fast-switching transistors
26 October 2012
TriQuint showcasing new products at EuMW
25 October 2012
Hittite reports a third consecutive quarter of growth
25 October 2012
RFMD wins $2.1m DARPA GaN contract to boost thermal efficiency of high-power RF amplifiers
25 October 2012
SDK to transfer GaN LED business to subsidiary TS Opto on 1 December
25 October 2012
Soraa and Ushio establish GaN-on-GaN LED MR16 lamp distribution agreement
25 October 2012
First Solar installs millionth PV module at Topaz Solar Farms project
24 October 2012
Infinera’s revenue grows 20% in Q3
24 October 2012
Aixtron records €51.5m inventory write-down due to slower-than-expected recovery in MOCVD demand
24 October 2012
Improving nitride semiconductor LEDs with ZnO nanorods on rear surface
24 October 2012
SemiSouth to be closed; 90 staff to be laid off
24 October 2012
RFMD appoints chief marketing officer
24 October 2012
Cree introduces new lighting-class LED arrays
23 October 2012
Riber’s Q3 revenue up 33% year-on-year
23 October 2012
23 October 2012
Brewer Science introduces next-generation debonder for compound semiconductor substrates
23 October 2012
Underwriters Laboratories certify First Solar PV modules for 1000-Volt Systems
22 October 2012
China’s HC SemiTek orders new MHP version of Veeco’s TurboDisc MaxBright GaN MOCVD system
22 October 2012
NRL uses Kyma’s GaN materials to demonstrate mid-IR non-linear optics
22 October 2012
Tuning micro-pillars to increase light extraction from nitride LEDs
22 October 2012
Keithley introduces new parametric curve tracing technology for characterizing high power devices
22 October 2012
Advanced Photonix appoints non-executive chairman
19 October 2012
Cree’s quarterly revenue up 17% year-on-year to record $316m
19 October 2012
Lake Shore firmware and software updates available for download
19 October 2012
Optogan’s high-power X10 LED modules enter mass production
19 October 2012
SPTS’ COO Crofton appointed MIG board chair
19 October 2012
18 October 2012
Georgia State University selects Meaglow’s hollow cathode plasma source
18 October 2012
Lithium aluminate substrate for low-cost nonpolar gallium nitride
18 October 2012
GaN Systems expands to new US office
18 October 2012
First Solar launches power plant operations center
18 October 2012
18 October 2012
TowerJazz and UCI demo integrated 94GHz imaging transceiver with record performance in silicon
18 October 2012
RFMD introduces new CATV control components
18 October 2012
Osram Opto launches direct-emitting green laser diodes
18 October 2012
Smartphone population tops 1 billion in Q3/2012
17 October 2012
First Solar to construct 13MW solar power plant in Seih Al Dahal
17 October 2012
centrotherm photovoltaics submits reorganization plan to court
17 October 2012
Anadigics launches high-output GaN power doubler line amplifier for 1GHz CATV
17 October 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches broadband CATV amplifier with low distortion, high gain and low noise figure
17 October 2012
ATK awards Emcore $5m solar panel contract for AMOS-6 telecom satellite
17 October 2012
Growing high-mobility transistors directly on silicon
17 October 2012
Saint-Gobain signs MOU to build and operate a CIGS PV module manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia
16 October 2012
Solar Frontier’s production plant receives ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications
16 October 2012
Solar Frontier’s CIS PV modules selected by Iberdrola for utility project in Mexico
16 October 2012
Solar Frontier consolidating production at 60MW MP2 plant into Kunitomi Plant
16 October 2012
16 October 2012
Chalmers chooses Oxford Instruments’ ALD system for nanotech research
16 October 2012
TriQuint receives employee wellness award
16 October 2012
Ascent Solar launches automotive battery charging products with CTC CarTech
16 October 2012
Hittite promotes Gorkem Guven to vice president
15 October 2012
Solar Junction sets CPV cell efficiency record of 44%
15 October 2012
Plessey shortlisted for Elektra Award in Solid-State Lighting Application category
15 October 2012
12 October 2012
Q2 results indicate slowing microelectronics revenue growth for 2012
12 October 2012
RFMD announces ITC lawsuit withdrawn by Peregrine
11 October 2012
Soitec completes delivery of 5MW of CPV systems to Italy
11 October 2012
Infinera demonstrating DTN-X 100G platform at SCTE Cable-Tec
10 October 2012
Fairchild focusing on SiC at electronica Europe
10 October 2012
Cree launches color LEDs with double the lumens-per-dollar performance
10 October 2012
Western Australia’s first large-scale solar project officially opened
10 October 2012
Bridgelux LED arrays light retail stores
10 October 2012
HexaTech and Tokuyama report UV-C LEDs emitting 25mW at 265nm with IQE over 70%
10 October 2012
RFMD showcasing wired broadband components at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo
10 October 2012
Shenyang Silicon Technology opts for EV Group’s EVG850LT 300-mm SOI production bonding system
9 October 2012
Epistar migrates to GaN-on-Si based on Azzurro’s 150mm technology
9 October 2012
5N Plus subsidiary awarded US Defense Logistics Agency strategic materials contract
9 October 2012
Finisar introduces wavelength-tunable XFP-RF optical transmitter for cable access networks
9 October 2012
Reducing nitride LED droop with AlInN superlattice electron blocking
9 October 2012
EPC upgrades development boards featuring eGaN FETs
9 October 2012
9 October 2012
IQE’s III-V-on-Si laser materials enable next-gen hard disk drive technology
8 October 2012
First Solar partners with Kiran and Mahindra on 50MWDC of projects in Rajasthan
8 October 2012
Oclaro reports preliminary quarterly revenue below guidance
5 October 2012
ON Semiconductor joins imec’s GaN-on-Si research program
5 October 2012
Hittite investing €4m in new R&D and International Operations Centre in Ireland
5 October 2012
IPG appoints Veeco’s CEO to board
4 October 2012
NeoPhotonics appoints former JDSU president to board
4 October 2012
Anadigics PAs power Samsung Galaxy Express
3 October 2012
German Environmental Award for Fraunhofer ISE’s Bett and Soitec’s Lerchenmüller
3 October 2012
OPEL update on divestiture of solar operations
3 October 2012
XsunX to complete CIGSolar deposition system assembly in October
3 October 2012
Thermal droop improved in semi-polar nitride semiconductor LEDs
3 October 2012
Bridgelux makes Global Cleantech 100 list for fourth consecutive year
3 October 2012
Solar Frontier completes 80MWp delivery to Catalina Solar Plant
2 October 2012
IQE’s first-half 2012 profit slashed due to Q1 inventory correction
2 October 2012
CPV installations to produce 1.2GW by 2016
2 October 2012
Osram Opto unveils smallest LED format for automotive lighting, allowing flexible headlight design
2 October 2012
Emcore prices underwritten public offering to raise $8.265m
2 October 2012
Daylight launches modular laser source with 6000nm mid-IR tuning range
2 October 2012
2 October 2012
Altatech introduces AltaCVD Solarlab for deposition of PV materials
1 October 2012
Osram’s Duris E 5 LEDs chosen for FuturoLighting’s Catherina2 fixtures
1 October 2012
Transphorm raises $35m in Series-E financing led by Japan’s INCJ
SEPT 2012
28 September 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
28 September 2012
28 September 2012
First Solar to build four solar power plants for PNM
28 September 2012
First Solar appoints managing director and VP of Business Development, China
27 September 2012
Silicon photonics market expected to triple in next 5 years
27 September 2012
27 September 2012
AkzoNobel to extend Texas TMAL unit by Q3/2013 and add TMG plant by August 2014
27 September 2012
GaAs device revenue to grow from record $5.2bn in 2011 to $6.1bn in 2016
27 September 2012
Peregrine adds SPDT PE42422 RF switch to its high-linearity, low insertion loss RF switch family
27 September 2012
RFMD launches 3.0-4.2V ISM-band Tx/Rx module with diversity transfer switch
27 September 2012
Oxford Instruments to hold scientific workshop at IISc Bangalore
26 September 2012
Hart Senate office building reduces annual energy costs 33% with Cree LED lighting
26 September 2012
Orbital awards Emcore solar panel contract for NASA’s ICESat-2 spacecraft
26 September 2012
Ascent Solar closes public offering of shares, raising $10.1m
25 September 2012
Peregrine Semiconductor appoints RFMW as global distributor
25 September 2012
First Solar PV modules to power remote villages of the middle Himalayas
25 September 2012
Cree introduces 10-year LED lighting warranty
25 September 2012
AZUR SPACE adds further Aixtron reactors for CPV solar cell production
24 September 2012
PLANSEE presents upgraded rotary target
24 September 2012
EVG sells first ZoneBOND temporary bonding/debonding system to compound semiconductor device maker
24 September 2012
Cree’s XP-E2 LEDs doubles lumens/$ and boosts lumens/Watt by 20% over XP-E
24 September 2012
Riber’s first-half profit halves year-on-year
24 September 2012
TriQuint Introduces MMPA for next-generation global 3G / 4G smartphones
21 September 2012
DARPA awards TriQuint contract to triple performance of GaN-based RF PAs
21 September 2012
Brolis Semiconductors win Swedish business Awards Young Entrepreneur of the Year category
21 September 2012
21 September 2012
GigOptix proceeds lawsuit to trial
20 September 2012
Optogan’s DSF lighting illuminates renovated Luxol sports field
20 September 2012
First nonpolar nitride semiconductor VCSELs
20 September 2012
Ascent Solar announces public offering
20 September 2012
Plessey in the hunt for a British Engineering Excellence Award
19 September 2012
RFaxis starting mass production of seven new CMOS RFeICs
19 September 2012
Osram launches Oslon Black Flat LED for automotive front-lighting systems
19 September 2012
Source Photonics introduces new low power 100GBASE-LR4 CFP transceiver
19 September 2012
Seoul Semiconductor's Acrich2 achieves 100lm/watt efficacy in AC LED module
19 September 2012
Telefonica selects Infinera DTN-X platform for 100G SAm-1 submarine cable upgrade
19 September 2012
Transphorm chosen by World Economic Forum as 2013 Technology Pioneer
19 September 2012
Samsung selects Javelin’s CMOS PAs for Galaxy S Duos smartphone
19 September 2012
19 September 2012
Ascent’s CIGS-based EnerPlex solar assisted battery case now available in North America
18 September 2012
Smit Ovens surpasses 10 installations of in-line production systems for CIGS PV production
18 September 2012
18 September 2012
Mitsubishi Electric receives Green Designation from Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture
18 September 2012
IQE appoints senior independent director
18 September 2012
TowerJazz wins Raytheon NCS Supplier Excellence Award for second year running
18 September 2012
Avago enhances Versatile Link POF product family, integrating digital driver and receiver logic
18 September 2012
M/A-COM Technology introduces new TIAs for 100G applications
18 September 2012
M/A-COM Technology introduces modulator drivers for 100G applications
17 September 2012
Peregrine expands European operations
17 September 2012
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology introduces iPad App for plasma etch & deposition processing
17 September 2012
Finisar introduces industry's first 2-Slot ROADM linecard
17 September 2012
Padtec’s Civcom and CPqD unveiling 100G multi-rate DP-QPSK coherent tunable transponder
17 September 2012
Finisar and Xyratex demonstrate 12G SAS embedded optical interconnect within data centre subsystem
17 September 2012
Arsenide nanowires on graphite and graphene
17 September 2012
GigOptix demonstrates 100G TFPS MZ modulator co-packaged in TOSA
17 September 2012
SEMI-GAS sampling system automates sampling process
17 September 2012
17 September 2012
14 September 2012
Semprius’ new facility to produce 33.9% efficient solar modules
14 September 2012
Sumitomo Electric introduces 4-Channel ROSA with optical demultiplexer for 40 Gb/s QSFP+ LR4
14 September 2012
Aixtron hosts MOCVD seminar for LED production in China
14 September 2012
Finisar launching 100GE CFP2 module at ECOC
14 September 2012
SRC honors UC Berkeley’s del Alamo and MIT’s Neureuther for advancing chip technology
14 September 2012
AZZURRO issues white paper detailing migration to GaN-on-Si LEDs with 150mm templates
14 September 2012
Vertically integrated LED firm Lextar to absorb packager Wellypower
14 September 2012
14 September 2012
Huawei honours TriQuint with supplier award
13 September 2012
China’s Tianyu adds extra P+E hydrogen purifier for SiC epi expansion
13 September 2012
Compound semiconductor component sales to grow at 11.9% from $27bn in 2012 to $47.5bn in 2017
13 September 2012
Voltaix to accelerate capacity expansion with SVIC investment
13 September 2012
InnoLas’ laser scribers installed at Korean CIGS PV fab
13 September 2012
Transphorm introduces JEDEC qualified 600V GaN HEMT
13 September 2012
GigOptix and CPqD partner at ECOC to showcase a full 100G/200G DP-16QAM system
13 September 2012
SemiLEDs’ S35 LED passes LM-80 test via Integrated Service Technology
12 September 2012
Oclaro and 3SPGroup establish MSA enabling smaller and more compact pump laser packaging
12 September 2012
Diamond FET with 50nm gate increases cut-off performance
12 September 2012
Daylight Solutions awarded Phase II SBIR to commercialize QCL-based infrared microscope platform
12 September 2012
GigOptix to showcase 100G DP-16QAM system at ECOC
12 September 2012
Anadigics’ MMPA powers Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G smartphone
12 September 2012
Mitsubishi develops 50W Ku-band GaN HEMT for satellite earth stations
11 September 2012
First Solar and PG&E sign contracts for 72MW of solar projects
11 September 2012
OPEL completes final tranche in $3,000,000 financing
11 September 2012
Oclaro introduces first 8-Port flexible-grid OCM
11 September 2012
Oclaro's 100 Gbps PM-QPSK coherent MSA module to enter volume production
11 September 2012
Agua Caliente achieves 250 megawatts of grid-connected PV power
11 September 2012
LEES project aims to integrate optical and electronic components on a chip, using III-V-on-Si technology
10 September 2012
Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON Z LEDs
10 September 2012
STMicroelectronics highlights solar applications for silicon carbide devices
10 September 2012
Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON H50-2 LEDs with typical efficacy of more than 80 lumens per watt
10 September 2012
GigOptix releases PAs for high capacity E-Band radios
10 September 2012
Nantong Tongfang opts for Veeco TurboDisc K465i MOCVD system for GaN-on-Si HB-LED research
10 September 2012
10 September 2012
Ascent Solar provides CIGS PV power for Silent Falcon UAS drone
10 September 2012
First ammonia MBE nitride semi HEMTs on silicon
10 September 2012
10 September 2012
7 September 2012
BluGlass awaits patent and proposes to buyout JV partner
7 September 2012
Lextar receives LM-79 and LM-80 accreditation
6 September 2012
Manz’s CIGS-based solar panels achieve a record 14.6% efficiency
6 September 2012
First Solar to supply CdTe-based thin-film solar modules for Rajasthan project
6 September 2012
PIPE Networks selects Infinera DTN-X for 100G submarine network
6 September 2012
Layer insertion to avoid nitride LED efficiency droop
6 September 2012
Dual-Band ProEficient PAs from Anadigics
5 September 2012
Kyma enters GaN growth equipment market with launch of HVPE system
5 September 2012
Victor Tu joins GigOptix as vice president of Sales for Asia Pacific region
5 September 2012
RFMD’s MMMB power amplifiers support Samsung’s GALAXY Note II
5 September 2012
DAS develops LARCH system for cleaning waste gases produced in LED manufacturing
5 September 2012
TSMC’s CIGS-based solar modules hit 14.2% efficiency
5 September 2012
Senior management reshuffle at SemiLEDs
5 September 2012
Attendees acclaim success of Plasma-Therm’s technical workshop at Cornell university
5 September 2012
Brewer Science to discuss critical issues in HB LED device manufacturing at SEMICON Taiwan
5 September 2012
GigOptix assigns distributor for Japan
4 September 2012
Cree introduces low basal plane dislocation 4H SiC epitaxial wafers
4 September 2012
Second consecutive year for Bridgelux on Inc. 5000 List of America’s fastest growing private firms
4 September 2012
Veeco’s Dr. Jia Lee to present at LED Japan/Strategies in Light Conference & Expo
4 September 2012
4 September 2012
4 September 2012
Wafer-scale transfer of III-Vs to silicon preparing for low-cost manufacturing
4 September 2012
SITP orders Riber Compact 21 MBE system
4 September 2012
Hitachi Cable demo first GaN vertical diode with 3000V breakdown and 1mΩcm2 on-resistance
4 September 2012
Osaka university orders Aixtron BM Pro system
3 September 2012
China’s Tianyu expands SiC epi business globally, targeting power devices
3 September 2012
OPEL to sell solar assets to Northern States Metals
3 September 2012
OPEL extends closing of private placement offering to 7 September
3 September 2012
EPC releases safe operating area data for its eGaN FETs
3 September 2012
Ascent Solar launches EnerPlex CIGS solar assisted battery case in Korea
3 September 2012
CRAIC Technologies introduces Spectral Surface Mapping
3 September 2012
TriQuint launches 1W and 2W 5V high-linearity driver amplifiers
AUGUST 2012
31 August 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
31 August 2012
HexaTech raises $500,000 in debt financing
31 August 2012
Microsemi launches GaN-on-SiC RF transistor for secondary surveillance radar aviation applications
31 August 2012
Constellation and Maryland Governor dedicate 16.1MW grid-connected solar installation
31 August 2012
HexaTech launches high-transparency single-crystal AlN substrates for UV-C LEDs
30 August 2012
Cree launches 150mm 4HN SiC epiwafers
30 August 2012
Meaglow produces thick InGaN epilayer with strong yellow emission
30 August 2012
Showa Denko adds Aixtron CVD system for migration to 150mm SiC
30 August 2012
Chalmers’ professor Anders Larsson wins HP Labs’ Innovation Research Award
30 August 2012
Ushio to sell Soraa’s Superline LED series of GaN-on-GaN halogen replacement lamps
29 August 2012
Osram achieves cyan nitride semiconductor superluminescent LED
29 August 2012
RFMD launches 2.7-4.4V, 915MHz transmit/receive module for AMR solutions
29 August 2012
RFMD launches 6-bit serial-controlled digital step attenuators
29 August 2012
GigOptix to demonstrate 40G chipset in AOC for QSFP+ applications
29 August 2012
Cree introduces The Edge High Output LED Series
29 August 2012
Tiger Optics named to Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies
28 August 2012
MATHESON acquires majority stake in RASIRC
28 August 2012
TU Darmstadt develops 1.5µm VCSEL with record 100nm bandwidth, plus first tunable 2µm laser
28 August 2012
IPG expands GaAs laser production with Veeco GEN2000 MBE system
28 August 2012
University of Stuttgart orders Aixtron CCS system for III-V-on-Si lasers
27 August 2012
Graphene applied to vertical InGaN LEDs to boost output power
27 August 2012
Rohm develops first SiC power MOSFET with internal Schottky barrier diode
24 August 2012
IBM sets efficiency record for thin-film PV using earth-abundant materials
24 August 2012
Innolume launches next generation of quantum-dot diode lasers
23 August 2012
OPEL’s AGM confirms strategy to focus on POET technology and divest solar division
22 August 2012
GaN-on-Si large-signal performance beyond 40GHz
22 August 2012
GaAs bulk substrates return to normal demand growth and price declines in 2012
22 August 2012
5N Plus makes changes to management team
22 August 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches MMIC doubler with integrated gain, self-biased doubler and driver stages
22 August 2012
JPSA launches metal dicing system for high-power LED die singulation
21 August 2012
Skyworks’ LED camera flash drivers support rapidly expanding Smartphone sales
21 August 2012
FBH orders Oxford Instruments’ ion beam deposition tool for laser bar facet coating
21 August 2012
Ascent Solar regains Nasdaq compliance
21 August 2012
Comtech wins $3.1m US military contract for high-power solid-state RF switches
20 August 2012
Triangular quantum well injection boosts nitride LED efficiency by 80%
20 August 2012
Rudolph appoints head of Inspection business unit
20 August 2012
17 August 2012
Osram and Samsung settle all LED lawsuits, including license agreements for patent portfolios
16 August 2012
Hamamatsu reports record-power-density VCSEL
16 August 2012
JDSU’s quarterly revenue rises 7.4%, driven by growth in North America
16 August 2012
Jilin University orders Aixtron reactor for GaN UV and white LED research
16 August 2012
DOE announces fiscal 2013 SBIR/STTR funding opportunity
15 August 2012
Banner’s representation of Johnson Matthey expanded to California, Oregon and Washington
15 August 2012
Digi-Key signs global distribution agreement with Hittite
14 August 2012
Enhancing compound nanowire transistors on silicon
14 August 2012
First Solar establishes Thai operating subsidiary; opens Bangkok office
14 August 2012
Emcore reports higher-than-expected quarterly growth of 9%, as Fiber Optics revenue rises a further 18%
14 August 2012
Cree’s quarterly revenue grows 8%
14 August 2012
Kopin’s Q2 revenue growth suppressed awaiting launch of next-gen iPhone
14 August 2012
Advanced Photonix reports quarterly revenue down 23% year-on-year
14 August 2012
Taiwan’s National Central University orders Aixtron reactor to develop GaN-on-Si power devices
14 August 2012
Peregrine closes IPO as underwriters exercise option
13 August 2012
ONR awards SETi $1.6m to develop portable UV LED water purification systems
13 August 2012
Osram breaks ground on China LED back-end assembly plant
13 August 2012
Logwin providing logistics services to LED maker Optogan
13 August 2012
South African CIGS spin-off PTIP orders €7m of equipment from partner Singulus
13 August 2012
EPC launches WiTricity demo system featuring high-frequency eGaN FETs
13 August 2012
RFMD starts shipping power amplifiers for LTE version of Samsung’s Galaxy S3 smartphone
13 August 2012
Ascent launches EnerPlex solar-powered charger for Samsung Galaxy S III
13 August 2012
Cree illuminates seven public schools in Virginia with LED exterior luminaires
10 August 2012
RIT and Raytheon collaborate on MBE-grown HgCdTe-on-Si IR detectors
10 August 2012
5N Plus’ revenue falls 14% in Q2
10 August 2012
Emcore completes business and management realignment to boost efficiency and profitability
10 August 2012
All American extends distribution agreement with GeneSiC
10 August 2012
Emcore consolidates terrestrial CPV business into US subsidiary of Suncore JV
9 August 2012
Reducing noise at high frequency in nitride-on-silicon transistors
9 August 2012
Rubicon’s revenue rebounds in Q2, driven by 6” sapphire sales
9 August 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches 8W 2.5–3.5GHz power amplifier for S-band radar
9 August 2012
TriQuint adds ex-AT&T 3G network developer as independent director
9 August 2012
Focus of LED lighting market shifting to Asia during European debt crisis
9 August 2012
Packaged LED market to grow from $11.4bn in 2012 to $17.1bn in 2018
8 August 2012
8 August 2012
Kotura launches SFP-VOA integrating optical power monitor function
8 August 2012
MiaSolé reorganizes manufacturing and operations to reduce costs
8 August 2012
Soraa to lead ARPA-E project on bulk GaN substrates
8 August 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches 40W 2.7-3.5GHz GaN HEMT pulsed power transistor
8 August 2012
Soitec’s CPV technology selected in French call for tenders for ‘large solar power plant’ projects
8 August 2012
Solar Junction selects Tensoft FSM ERP and supply chain solution
8 August 2012
Backlight LED prices fall 2-3% in Q3
7 August 2012
Albemarle expanding Korea facility to electronic-grade metal organics
7 August 2012
UTC Aerospace launches snapshot-mode high-res InGaAs SWIR digital video camera
7 August 2012
GigOptix launches power detector for high-capacity E-band transmitters
7 August 2012
Ascent selected to provide BIPV modules for pilot installation at new Foxconn plant
6 August 2012
Anadigics’ revenue falls 12% in Q2 to $25.1m
6 August 2012
Oclaro’s revenue almost back to pre-flood levels
6 August 2012
Sapphire substrate maker Rubicon orders Zeta optical profilers
3 August 2012
Veeco’s MOCVD revenue falls 8% in Q2
3 August 2012
NeoPhotonics reports higher-than-expected record revenue in Q2
3 August 2012
GT’s revenue falls 53% in Q2 due to solar and LED ‘headwinds’
3 August 2012
RFMW design and sales support for TriQuint’s TQP7M9106 2W high-linearity amplifier
2 August 2012
Boosting transparent conduction in graphene with gold nanoparticles
2 August 2012
GaAs growth of 22% drives AXT’s revenue up 7% in Q2 despite drops in InP, Ge and raw materials
2 August 2012
GigOptix’s revenue grows 5% in Q2 to record $9.6m
2 August 2012
First Solar sales almost double to $957m in Q2 as projects reach revenue recognition
2 August 2012
Xenics appoints US sales manager
2 August 2012
Hittite launches double-balanced mixer for 2-18GHz downconverter applications
2 August 2012
2 August 2012
First Solar to develop 139MW Campo Verde Solar Project
1 August 2012
Northrop Grumman demos record 850GHz integrated receiver
1 August 2012
IQE expects revenue growth in second-half 2012 following Q2 recovery
1 August 2012
Rubicon patent allowed for in-situ crystal orientation
1 August 2012
Digi-Key to distribute Luminus’ LEDs globally
1 August 2012
1 August 2012
First Solar appoints CEO James Hughes to board
1 August 2012
Infinera showcases DTN-X platform with 500Gb/s super-channels at CableLabs Summer Conference
JULY 2012
31 July 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
31 July 2012
Finisar orders another Aixtron G4 MOCVD system for InP lasers and detectors
31 July 2012
Cree unveils 170lm/W prototype LED bulb
31 July 2012
Agua Caliente CdTe PV project reaches 200MW milestone
30 July 2012
Silicon nitride protection for graphene electrodes in UV-LEDs
30 July 2012
Plessey takes delivery of Aixtron reactor for new GaN-on-Si HB-LED production line
30 July 2012
TowerJazz announces reverse share split ratio
27 July 2012
Deep UV LEDs with record external quantum efficiency
27 July 2012
Smallest semiconductor laser emits CW green light below 3D diffraction limit
27 July 2012
Emcore replaces legacy systems in fab and backend with Camstar semiconductor suite
26 July 2012
Power semi market to grow $9bn to $26.2bn in 2016
26 July 2012
Aixtron’s revenue rebounds by 10%; non-LED activities gaining traction
26 July 2012
TriQuint enters loss in Q2 as Mobile Devices demand falls 24%
26 July 2012
26 July 2012
Hittite’s revenue and profit continue recovery in Q2
26 July 2012
Luminus opens office in Taiwan
25 July 2012
RFMD’s quarterly revenue and margins grow, driven by diversified markets
25 July 2012
Toshiba to start mass production of GaN-on-Si white LEDs in October
25 July 2012
AZZURRO chooses Veeco K465i MOCVD system for GaN-on-Si epi production
25 July 2012
RFMD launches 0.25W, 50-2700MHz InGaP HBT power amplifier
25 July 2012
24 July 2012
Aixtron launches AIX G5+ 5x200mm GaN-on-Si package for G5
24 July 2012
AZZURRO receives €2.6m grant for 200mm GaN-on-Si development
24 July 2012
Infinera reports Q2 revenue down 10.7% on last quarter
24 July 2012
Oclaro and Opnext complete merger
24 July 2012
GaN Systems and Converter Technology partner on application support for power control and conversion applications
24 July 2012
Anadigics PAs support Samsung Galaxy S III
24 July 2012
Cree expands CR Series LED downlights
24 July 2012
Ocean Thin Films qualifies Veeco’s SPECTOR-HT IBD system for high-volume optical filter production
23 July 2012
Graphene-SiC transistor shows way to new integrated circuits
23 July 2012
UCSB develops first violet nonpolar vertical-cavity laser
23 July 2012
20 July 2012
Taiwanese LED maker Genesis investing $35m this year in its China plant construction
20 July 2012
Power electronics device market to reach $20bn this year
20 July 2012
Tiger Optics launches compact trace gas analyzer for 200ppt contaminant detection in UHP gas
20 July 2012
Ocean Optics’ latest near-infrared spectrometer extends wavelength range to 1100-1900nm
20 July 2012
19 July 2012
Global Solar expands its CIGS BIPV module into Japan rooftop market
19 July 2012
Skyworks’ revenue and profit rebound more than expected from last quarter
19 July 2012
Emcore reaches pre-flood capacity on key telecom production
19 July 2012
Veeco hosts Taiwanese LED makers at MOCVD User Meeting
19 July 2012
Osram offers uniform solder pad design based on Oslon LEDs to enable second sourcing
19 July 2012
18 July 2012
Riber’s first-half revenue falls 28% year-on-year as Q2 falls 16% on Q1
18 July 2012
Opnext stockholders approve merger; Oclaro stockholders approve one of two merger-related proposals
18 July 2012
Price of LED bulbs to halve to $11 in 2020
18 July 2012
AWR Design Forum expands to China
18 July 2012
Hittite launches 4.5mm² MMIC LNA covering 0.3-3GHz
18 July 2012
17 July 2012
Ballistic deflection with improved transconductance using aluminium oxide
17 July 2012
Of 46 Chinese LED chip projects planned in 2009-2010, just 20 put into production
17 July 2012
Plasma-Therm providing plasma processing workshop at Cornell University
17 July 2012
Australia’s Griffith University gains AUS$1m grant to develop SiC-onSi chip production processes
17 July 2012
EpiGaN starts 8-inch GaN-on-Si development on Aixtron reactors
17 July 2012
16 July 2012
InfiniLED announces access agreement with Ireland’s Tyndall National Institute
16 July 2012
II-VI promotes Marlow’s general manager to lead Advanced Products Group, including Wide Band Gap Inc
16 July 2012
Skyworks launches analog solutions for automotive toll tag systems
13 July 2012
Teflon and III-V double heterostructure transistors
13 July 2012
LED lighting market to grow at 9.9% from $19.5bn in 2012 to $31.4bn in 2017
13 July 2012
Taiwan LED makers’ revenues stayed flat in June
13 July 2012
Number of SiC wafer & epi patents show lack of correlation with $80m total revenues
13 July 2012
Luminus’ LEDs displace lasers in Smart Vision Lights’ machine vision illumination source
12 July 2012
centrotherm photovoltaics files for insolvency proceedings under its own administration
12 July 2012
12 July 2012
Emcore sees 100th satellite deployed with its solar cells/panels
12 July 2012
Eurofiber using Infinera’s DTN platform for 100GbE services across Netherlands and Belgium
11 July 2012
GaN power semi market to grow at 64% to $1.75bn by 2022
11 July 2012
LED forward lighting market to almost double by 2020
11 July 2012
SemiLEDs reports revenue up 16.5% quarter-to-quarter
11 July 2012
LayTec enlarges sales team; training center opened at Taiwan’s Challentech
11 July 2012
Oxford Instruments launches latest PlasmaPro 100 system for both production and R&D users
11 July 2012
Plasma-Therm workshop supports Scandinavia semiconductor and material science technology sectors
11 July 2012
Eyelit’s integrated MES software chosen by GCS to replace legacy system
11 July 2012
Amalfi ships 100 millionth CMOS power amplifier; opens Asia office in Shanghai
10 July 2012
Intermolecular collaborating with Saudi Arabia’s KAUST
10 July 2012
Veeco presenting on reactant injector temperature effect on III-nitride deposition
10 July 2012
10 July 2012
Cree’s launches XLamp XP-G2 LEDs, boosting efficiency by 20% in XP footprint
10 July 2012
SemiLEDs launches C35 Enhanced Vertical LED featuring Color-Precision technology
10 July 2012
SoloPower’s second-generation flexible modules certified to UL and IEC standards
10 July 2012
TRUMPF selects Aixtron AIX 2800G4-TM system for As/P-based high-power laser production
10 July 2012
Mitsubishi Electric to sample SiC power modules for more compact, efficient electronic equipment
10 July 2012
NeoPhotonics’ preliminary Q2 revenue estimate exceeding projections, rising 20% year-on-year
9 July 2012
Record current and transconductance for normally-off nitride transistors on silicon
9 July 2012
Soitec and Silian enter joint development agreement on GaN template wafers
9 July 2012
Imec demos nanophotonics components on 300mm silicon photonics wafers using optical lithography
9 July 2012
6 July 2012
IQE receives first major orders for CPV wafers, worth nearly $2m
5 July 2012
Boron nitride release transfer of nitride LEDs from sapphire to adhesive tape
5 July 2012
Advanced Photonix reports quarterly revenue down 17% year-on-year
5 July 2012
Edwards sells 10,000th abatement systems
5 July 2012
Riber sells Compact 21 MBE system to German research institute
5 July 2012
SoloPower names Paolo Pietrogrande to board and Bart Van Ouytsel as head of sales in EMEA
5 July 2012
Consumption of packaged LEDs in general lighting to approach 4.6bn units in 2012
5 July 2012
Praxair Asia raises prices for electronic process gases
4 July 2012
mLED secures £378,000 in equity funding
4 July 2012
LED front‐end equipment market to see turbulent investment cycles
4 July 2012
XsunX expands technology development and marketing into new facility
4 July 2012
LED lamps to provide savings of $100bn over 5 years
4 July 2012
CdTe PV module maker Abound Solar suspending operations
4 July 2012
UCSB receives $500,000 for SSLEC as James Speck named Seoul Optodevice chair in solid-state lighting
4 July 2012
Seoul Semiconductor launches nPola LED technology to boost brightness 5-10 times
3 July 2012
Finisar to acquire RED-C Optical Networks
3 July 2012
Brooks launches MFC and capacitance manometer technology
3 July 2012
Aixtron ships next-gen QXP-8300 ALD systems to Korean customer
3 July 2012
RFMD launches 4.9-5.85GHz front-end module for 802.11a/n WiFi
2 July 2012
Power semi market grows 9% to $18bn in 2011 despite challenges
2 July 2012
Korean etch and CVD system maker Femto Science selects UVOTECH Systems as US rep
JUNE 2012
29 June 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
29 June 2012
Hybrid ohmic-Schottky drain for higher breakdown in nitride HEMTs on silicon
29 June 2012
First Solar appoints chief operating officer
28 June 2012
First Solar to supply PV modules to enXco’s Catalina Solar Project
28 June 2012
28 June 2012
OPEL completes second, $692,310 tranche of its $3m financing
28 June 2012
OPEL completes staff reduction as it refocuses from solar division to its POET process
27 June 2012
Osram Opto’s Oslon Signal blue LED boosts visibility for emergency vehicle lighting
27 June 2012
SemiLEDs launches Enhanced Vertical LEDs for higher thermal endurance
27 June 2012
China’s largest municipal street lighting project shines with 1.9m Cree LEDs
27 June 2012
HCPV installed capacity to reach 697MW in 2017
27 June 2012
Avago launches 120Gbps parallel-optic modules for cloud computing and data centers
27 June 2012
Javelin’s monolithic CMOS PA shipping in Samsung’s Galaxy Appeal smartphone
26 June 2012
Gaas Labs acquires GaN-on-Si RF power transistor maker Nitronex
26 June 2012
SemiLEDs and Cree end patent litigation against each other
26 June 2012
Skyworks launches front-end incorporating all popular 2G, 3G and 4G bands plus switches and filters
26 June 2012
GigOptix licenses SiGe millimeterwave technology from IBM
26 June 2012
Global Solar Energy’s German subsidiary applies for insolvency
26 June 2012
Edwards introduces iXH645H dry pump optimized for LED and compound semiconductor manufacturing
26 June 2012
SemiSouth installs P+E hydrogen purifier for SiC epi expansion
26 June 2012
Taiwan’s National Chung Hsing University to use Aixtron CCS MOCVD system for GaN-on-Si research
25 June 2012
Indium Corp showcasing enhanced copper-indium-gallium and copper-gallium rotary sputtering targets
25 June 2012
Cree releases Verilog-A RF device models to speed GaN adoption in 4G/LTE telecom infrastructure
25 June 2012
First Solar installs 10 millionth power plant PV module
25 June 2012
GigOptix appoints Fabrinet chairman & CEO to its board
22 June 2012
Sumitomo and Sony claim first 100mW true-green 530nm laser diode
22 June 2012
Fujitsu develops first high-output, single-chip 10GHz transceiver using GaN HEMT
22 June 2012
Sandia’s InGaN nanowire template permits flexible solar energy absorption
22 June 2012
New Focus launches first tunable, direct-diode blue laser operating at 461nm
22 June 2012
LA County approves First Solar to start module installation at AV Solar Ranch One
22 June 2012
Agilent’s ADS selected by Sivers for front-to-back silicon RFIC implementation
22 June 2012
Peregrine adds new 8GHz SP4T RF switch to portfolio
22 June 2012
Peregrine announces low-insertion-loss SP3T RF switch
22 June 2012
Peregrine introduces its highest-linearity switches for 4G LTE
21 June 2012
Stion sets aperture efficiency record of 14.8% for monolithic CIGS PV module in production
21 June 2012
SemiSouth doubles current rating of 1200V SiC diodes to 10A
21 June 2012
Sumitomo launches next-gen GaN HEMT for L and S-band satellite applications
21 June 2012
21 June 2012
Sapphire substrate maker Rubicon ranked 13th on Crain’s 2012 ‘Fast 50 List’
21 June 2012
Infinera 100Gb/s InP PIC named ‘Best Component Product’ at Next Generation Optical Networking 2012
20 June 2012
First 40GHz 2.5W/mm output performance of GaN/Si HEMTs
20 June 2012
Cubic silicon carbide grown with quality similar to hexagonal SiC
20 June 2012
NXP highlights GaN portfolio at IMS, targeting ‘mainstream GaN’
20 June 2012
Toshiba launches Ka-band high-power GaN MMIC for satcoms
20 June 2012
Toshiba adds gain- and efficiency-optimized C-band GaAs FET PAs for microwave radio and BUCs
20 June 2012
Toshiba launches high-gain, high-power X-band GaN hybrid IC supporting AESA & PESA radar
20 June 2012
Mitsubishi develops 170W, 70%-efficiency GaN-on-Si PA for base-station transmitters
20 June 2012
Aixtron China appoints general manager
20 June 2012
Avago launches wireless products for3G/4G small-cell base stations and portable GPS systems
20 June 2012
RFMD highly integrated quarter-watt analog-controlled 400-2700MHz VGA
20 June 2012
Ascent Solar accepts order for EnerPlex charger for Apple’s iPhone
20 June 2012
NXP’s 0.65mm x 0.44mm x 0.2mm SiGe:C GPS LNAs offer 0.60dB noise figure
20 June 2012
Infineon launches 8th-generation low-noise SiGe:C RF transistors for 5-6GHz consumer wireless
20 June 2012
Skyworks launches 50W and 100W SPDT switch control devices for diverse markets
19 June 2012
GaN Systems closes Series B funding after development milestones achieved ahead of schedule
19 June 2012
TriQuint launches GaAs power amplifiers for PtP radio and VSAT
19 June 2012
19 June 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches 42GHz transmit & receive chipset for point-to-point radio
19 June 2012
RFMD adds power amplifiers for high-frequency point-to-point radio
19 June 2012
Infinera ships DTN-X with first 500Gb/s super-channels
19 June 2012
Freescale launches GaAs MMIC to boost performance of small-cell to macro-cell base stations
18 June 2012
Record 370GHz cut-off for InAlN barrier on GaN HEMT
18 June 2012
Finisar’s datacom growth negated by telecom price cuts
18 June 2012
Singulus targets commissioning of first CIS/CIGS Clustertool system this summer
18 June 2012
Soitec awarded $25m for North American CPV module-making facility
18 June 2012
18 June 2012
18 June 2012
Anadigics launches ProEficient WCDMA/LTE PAs for 4G devices
18 June 2012
TriQuint launches GaN devices for defense & commercial RF applications at IMS 2012
18 June 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches Edge QAM VGA exceeding DOCSIS 3.0 DRFI specs
18 June 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches 1.2–1.4GHz 6-bit digital phase shifter for L-band radar and communications
18 June 2012
RFMD launches WiFi front-end modules covering multiple WiFi standards and frequency bands
18 June 2012
RFMD adds 280W GaN matched power transistor family, targeting pulsed-radar
15 June 2012
Metrology firm MicroSens acquires SigmaTech
15 June 2012
PVcomB starts production of 30cm x 30cm thin-film PV modules
15 June 2012
RFMD showcasing RF components at IMS 2012
15 June 2012
TriQuint launches first 802.11ac-ready Wi-Fi module for mobile devices
15 June 2012
M/A-COM Tech showcasing new products at IMS 2012
14 June 2012
Cree unveils 0.25µm, 40V and 0.4µm, 50V GaN-on-SiC RF MMIC foundry processes
14 June 2012
Luminus’ latest RGB chipsets boost projector performance by 40% on a year ago
14 June 2012
PVMC selects solar executives to guide development of US CIGS Roadmap
14 June 2012
LayTec’s GaN epi surface temperature measurement tool wins Aurora Award
14 June 2012
Aixtron’s CRIUS II-XL technology wins LEDinside Aurora Award 2012
14 June 2012
RFMD makes available GaN and GaAs foundry PDKs for Agilent’s ADS EDA software
14 June 2012
Agilent debuts new technologies in PA module design for next release of ADS EDA software
14 June 2012
Soitec completes construction and grid connection of Italy’s largest CPV plant
14 June 2012
Wavien demos million-candle-power LED flashlight using Luminus LED
13 June 2012
Soltecture hits champion aperture efficiency of 13.9% as it exhibits new 100W modules
13 June 2012
SoloPower launches new suite of flexible CIGS solar panels with easy-install kits
13 June 2012
Sofradir boosts performance of high-operating temperature MWIR detector
13 June 2012
Emcore launches commercial rooftop CPV system
13 June 2012
IQE enhances test & measurement capabilities with Nanotronics automated wafer inspection tool
13 June 2012
Indium Corp’s Ploessl named Compounds product manager
13 June 2012
13 June 2012
RFMD launches analog-controlled VGA for 400-2700MHz broadband applications
13 June 2012
Cree launches 40V, 0.25µm GaN-on-SiC HEMT-based solid-state amplifier platform
13 June 2012
Cree releases PDK update for GaN-on-SiC HEMT foundry via Agilent’s ADS software
13 June 2012
13 June 2012
13 June 2012
M/A-COM Tech showcases new CATV and broadband products at ANGA Cable 2012
12 June 2012
Plessey orders Aixtron CRIUS II-XL reactor for GaN-on-Si LED production
12 June 2012
Copper wiring for nitride semiconductor HEMTs
12 June 2012
Lattice Power starts volume production of high-power GaN-on-Si LEDs
12 June 2012
RFMD launches 400-2700MHz GaAs HBT linear PA for wireless infrastructure
12 June 2012
Phasor launching phased array transceiver using TowerJazz’s SiGe BiCMOS for satcoms on the move
12 June 2012
GigOptix to join Russell Microcap Index
11 June 2012
Singapore’s IME collaborating with Rolls-Royce on GaN-based power electronics
11 June 2012
Raytheon wins UK funding to develop SiC-on-silicon driver ICs
11 June 2012
First Solar collaborating with Intermolecular to accelerate PV roadmap
11 June 2012
OPEL announces board changes; refocus on developing POET technology, and $3m financing
11 June 2012
IQE completes acquisition of RFMD’s MBE epi manufacturing unit
11 June 2012
Cree launches 60W S-band GaN HEMT with 65% drain efficiency for radar applications
11 June 2012
Freescale unveils its first GaN RF product for cellular infrastructure
11 June 2012
Custom MMIC launches LNA offering noise figure of 1.5dB at 6-18GHz
11 June 2012
First Solar to provide 159MW for AGL under Australia’s Solar Flagships Program
11 June 2012
TriQuint launches CATV/FTTH RF amplifiers to reduce consumption of materials and power
11 June 2012
TriQuint recognizes top sales representatives and distributors for 2011
8 June 2012
Alta discloses technologies behind flexible GaAs solar cells for adaptable form factors
8 June 2012
NRL developing high-bandgap GaInP solar cells for underwater autonomous systems
8 June 2012
LEDs in signage/professional displays to grow from $1.63bn in 2011 to $3.3bn in 2017
8 June 2012
Calyxo raising annual capacity from 25MW to 85MW
8 June 2012
NREL’s Kurtz wins Cherry Award from IEEE
8 June 2012
DOE selects three projects for $7.1m SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity
8 June 2012
7 June 2012
Gold-free nitride MOS-HEMTs for CMOS compatibility
7 June 2012
IMS cuts 2012 MOCVD shipment forecast from 342 systems to 281
7 June 2012
Flexible CIGS PV maker Global Solar Energy seeking investors
7 June 2012
Mentor Graphics, ST and Leti launch NanoElec IRT R&D program
7 June 2012
Lake Shore featuring AC Hall-effect measurement system at EMC 2012
7 June 2012
Lextar qualifies LayTec’s Pyro 400 for GaN LED production
7 June 2012
RFMD launches 225-1215MHz, 9W GaN wideband power amplifier
7 June 2012
7 June 2012
7 June 2012
AQT Solar unveils prototype 60W CZTS PV module
6 June 2012
Veeco launches suite of GaN MOCVD systems for LED manufacturing
6 June 2012
5N Plus completes $40m equity financing
6 June 2012
Princeton Optronics launches 800nm IR VCSEL chips for consumer electronic 3D sensors
6 June 2012
Ascent launches solar-powered charger for smart phones, starting with Apple iPhone
5 June 2012
IQE acquires RFMD’s MBE unit and secures seven-year wafer supply agreement
5 June 2012
SiC drives material innovation for high-power electronics
5 June 2012
Hanergy to acquire Q.CELLS' CIGS PV subsidiary Solibro
5 June 2012
UK funds compound semiconductor R&D projects
5 June 2012
Plasma-Therm ranks highly in VLSIresearch survey for 13th consecutive year
5 June 2012
Kyma demos K-Slice diamond wire technology on sapphire boules
5 June 2012
China’s Sinoepi orders Aixtron CRIUS II-L system to produce nitride LED wafers
5 June 2012
GigOptix showcasing wideband amplifier and E-band solutions at IMS
5 June 2012
CPV firm HelioVolt launches new high-performance module series
5 June 2012
Agilent’s latest GoldenGate software release speeds design verification
4 June 2012
Sharp develops concentrator solar cell with efficiency of 43.5%
4 June 2012
Handset RF device market to grow from $3.8bn to $5bn in 2016
4 June 2012
Opnext deems unsolicited offer to acquire it is not superior to Oclaro merger
4 June 2012
Cree launches X-band fully matched 50-100W GaN HEMTs for commercial radar and satcoms
4 June 2012
Cascade launches first fully automatic high-power device measurement probe system
4 June 2012
Boston Globe lists Skyworks in Globe 100 for fourth consecutive year, ranking 8th again
1 June 2012
CIGS PV firm Nanosolar raises $70m
1 June 2012
GigOptix management rings NYSE opening bell
MAY 2012
31 May 2012
Haiyong Gao appointed editor of Semiconductor Today ASIA magazine
31 May 2012
Annealing RIE damage to improve InGaAs QWFET performance
31 May 2012
Jenoptik expands high-power laser production with new Aixtron AIX 2600G3 IC MOCVD system
31 May 2012
AWR Design Forum adds Taiwan to schedule; call for papers opened
31 May 2012
Riber sells research MBE reactor to lab in Japan
30 May 2012
Nitride Solutions receives six-month, $150,000 SBIR grant from NSF
30 May 2012
ARC Energy appoints Dr. Philip C.S. Yin VP and GM of organization in China
30 May 2012
Veeco presenting at LED industry conferences
30 May 2012
Osram Ostar Projection Cube green LED doubles system brightness for embedded projection
30 May 2012
Skyworks starts volume production of RF solutions for Broadcom’s 5G WiFi platforms
30 May 2012
GigOptix samples low-power 26.5GHz distributed power amplifier
30 May 2012
Nanometrics announces $20m share repurchase program
30 May 2012
Ascent’s CTO joins Bye Aerospace’s Strategic Advisory Council
29 May 2012
High-temperature solar-blind AlGaN photodetectors
29 May 2012
Teledyne to acquire LeCroy for $291m
29 May 2012
Dockweiler marketing MO precursors for III/V-on-Si under DOCK/CHEMICALS brand
29 May 2012
Riber sells Compact 21 research MBE system to China’s South Western University
29 May 2012
Anadigics appoints VP, infrastructure products and promotes Bayruns to CTO
28 May 2012
European LED commercial lighting market to grow seven-fold to $1.9bn by 2015
25 May 2012
Vertical-stand surface-roughened nitride LEDs with 118.5% increased output
25 May 2012
Seren wins £230k UK R&D grant to speed commercialization of LED technology
25 May 2012
Osram expands with new LED assembly plant in China
25 May 2012
Gao launches Extreme-compatible 10GBASE-SR XENPAK transceiver
24 May 2012
EVG jumps from 15th to 4th in VLSIresearch’s ranking of chip-making equipment suppliers
24 May 2012
MiaSolé sets flexible PV module efficiency record of 15.5%
24 May 2012
CIGS PV firm SoloPower raises a further $7.1m
24 May 2012
NXP and Singapore’s A*STAR to co-develop 200mm GaN-on-Si power devices
24 May 2012
EPC launches eighth brick DC-DC power converter demo board featuring eGaN FETs
23 May 2012
Kyma demos 10” AlN-on-sapphire template
23 May 2012
Element Six opens its first US synthetic diamond plant in Silicon Valley
23 May 2012
Osram launches Oslux LED for smartphone camera flash
23 May 2012
23 May 2012
M/A-COM Tech lanches 1W linear RF driver amplifier for MilCom and infrastructure applications
23 May 2012
Anadigics’ HELP4 PAs power Huawei Honor WCDMA smartphone
23 May 2012
Solar Frontier and BELECTRIC connect largest CIS PV plant to the grid
23 May 2012
Solar Junction wins 5MW CPV cell order from system maker SolFocus
23 May 2012
Mitsubishi Electric develops all-SiC inverter with power density of 50kVA per liter
22 May 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
22 May 2012
Imec spin-off EpiGaN starts production at new site
22 May 2012
Opnext’s quarterly revenue grows 27%, driven by 40G
22 May 2012
GigOptix announces final results of modified Dutch auction tender offer
22 May 2012
CIGS PV firm Ascent Solar and Radiant ally with China railway design agency
22 May 2012
First solar panel installed on world’s largest PV project
22 May 2012
Pacnet and Infinera first to demo 500Gb/s optical super-channels in Asia
22 May 2012
Cree’s CFO Kurtzweil resigns; McDevitt made interim CFO
22 May 2012
RFaxis issues white paper on CMOS RF front-end development for Wi-Fi-enabled handsets
21 May 2012
Selective area growth recessing for improved normally-off nitride HFETs
21 May 2012
Supply and Demand for LEDs moving towards equilibrium in 2012
21 May 2012
Lighting market to shrink as LEDs displace conventional technology
21 May 2012
21 May 2012
OneChip to sample PIC-based 40GBASE-LR4 and 100GBASE-LR4 receiver chips
21 May 2012
Anadigics’ HELP4 PAs power new ZTE Android smartphones
21 May 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches 120W SPDT switch for LTE base-stations and military communications
21 May 2012
Enbridge and First Solar complete 50MW Silver State North Nevada project
21 May 2012
VI Systems launches 40G VCSELs with HAB pad design for robust bonding and packaging
21 May 2012
21 May 2012
EPC appoints David Reusch as director Applications Engineering
18 May 2012
Axuntek CIGS frameless solar modules use DuPont PV5400 Series ionomer encapsulant
17 May 2012
Nitride quantum cascade detector responds to record short-wavelength IR
17 May 2012
Emcore wins solar panel contract from JPL for Soil Moisture Active Passive mission
17 May 2012
RFMD launches GaAs pHEMT SP3T symmetric switch
17 May 2012
RFMD adds four high-linearity, low-noise I/Q converters for 17-27GHz applications
17 May 2012
RFMD launches 5V, 2.5-2.7GHz high-power front-end module for LTE/WiMAX
17 May 2012
GigOptix samples linear quad driver
16 May 2012
5N Plus’ revenue grows 8.5% in Q1
16 May 2012
5N Plus announces $40m in equity financing
16 May 2012
SemiSouth samples first 650V SiC JFETs
16 May 2012
OPEL’s shares start trading in US on OTCQX International
16 May 2012
GigOptix releases preliminary results of modified Dutch auction tender offer
16 May 2012
SemiSouth launches 1700V/1400mΩ SiC JFETs that simplify fast start-up of 3-phase power supplies
16 May 2012
SemiSouth granted its 30th US patent
15 May 2012
Nanoporous GaN for vertical LED lift-off
15 May 2012
Avago and TriQuint settle BAW filter patent dispute
15 May 2012
SPTS wins PVD system order from Chinese GaAs-based RF device foundry
15 May 2012
Eliot Parkinson appointed GM of IQE’s Cardiff III-V facility
15 May 2012
Samsung selects Amalfi’s CMOS PA transmit module for multiple handset platforms
15 May 2012
RFaxis introduces pure-CMOS dual-mode Wi-Fi/Bluetooth RFeIC
14 May 2012
UV LED maker SETi receives Tibbetts Award
14 May 2012
Laser MicroJet firm Synova reorganizes into market-oriented business units
14 May 2012
Hittite claims lowest-power modulator driver for 40G/100G DWDM metro & long-haul
14 May 2012
Hittite launches dual-channel downconverter RFIC for multi-standard diversity receivers
14 May 2012
CIGS PV firm Ascent Solar named Bye Aerospace development partner
11 May 2012
Record transconductance of 1105mS/mm for GaN/InAlN MIS-HFET
11 May 2012
Kopin’s III-V revenue drops18% in Q1
11 May 2012
Optogan opens Italian lighting sales office via distributor LEDisOne
11 May 2012
Edwards opens ‘Center for Excellence’ in Hillsboro for customer service & training
10 May 2012
Plasma oxidation of aluminium for insulated nitride transistor gates
10 May 2012
Toshiba invests in Bridgelux to boost GaN-on-Si LED lighting
10 May 2012
10 May 2012
CyOptics selects Verian’s requisition and workflow automation software to enhance SAP functionality
10 May 2012
Emcore completes sale of VCSEL-based product lines to Sumitomo Electric
10 May 2012
Luminus launches LED light engine with embedded drive electronics and IP65 rating
10 May 2012
Seoul Semiconductor adds 3020 Series to mid-power LEDs family
10 May 2012
Millitech launches GaN-based E- and W-band millimeter-wave solid-state power amplifiers
9 May 2012
Emcore reports quarterly Fiber Optics revenue up 20% sequentially
9 May 2012
GigOptix grows product revenue for 10th quarter
9 May 2012
Osram’s 65%-efficient laser bars provide 200W cw for industrial lasers
9 May 2012
Murata selects Black Sand CMOS PAs for integrated 3G RF front-ends
9 May 2012
Luminus launches Certified Solutions Partner Program
9 May 2012
Transphorm delivers first qualified 600V GaN-on-Si products
8 May 2012
Electrical efficiency and current crowding in vertical InGaN/SiC LEDs
8 May 2012
Last call for LayTec’s seminar on in-situ monitoring
8 May 2012
Nichia sues Germany-based Everlight subsidiary Zenaro and distributor over YAG patents
8 May 2012
University of Warsaw adds Aixtron CCS Reactor for GaN research
8 May 2012
NGK’s GaN substrate yields HB-LED chip with 90% IQE at 200mA
8 May 2012
Braun relinquishes title of chairman to Veeco's CEO Peeler
8 May 2012
SoloPower previewing flexible CIGS thin-film PV technology at Italy’s SolarExpo
8 May 2012
Infineon launches direct-drive 1200V SiC JFETs, boosting solar inverters
8 May 2012
Freescale launches GaAs-powered baseband-to-antenna reference design for small-cell base stations
8 May 2012
Cree and Lutron launch embedded LED lighting control and delivery system
7 May 2012
First Solar’s revenue falls 25% in Q1 to $497m
7 May 2012
Rubicon’s revenue halves to $10m in Q1, but rebound expected in Q2
7 May 2012
CEA-Leti and III-V Lab report results from first year of partnership
7 May 2012
Anadigics’ revenue falls 22% in Q1 to $28.4m
7 May 2012
NeoPhotonics’ revenue grows 8% year-on-year in Q1
7 May 2012
GE expands for SiC product development
7 May 2012
Oclaro’s growth constrained by Thailand flood recovery and Shenzhen plant stoppage
7 May 2012
RFMD teams with Silicon Labs to deliver sub-GHz solution for smart energy applications
7 May 2012
Anadigics’ HELP4 power amplifier powers NEC MEDIAS smartphone
4 May 2012
Calyxo reaches record CdTe PV cell efficiency of 16.2%
4 May 2012
Skyworks’ revenue falls 29% quarter-to-quarter, but up 12% on a year ago
4 May 2012
Veeco’s revenue falls 27% in Q1, but MOCVD orders show modest rebound
4 May 2012
Optical transceiver market to reach $3.3bn in 2016
4 May 2012
TriQuint announces $50m stock repurchase program
4 May 2012
MidAmerican and First Solar start major construction on world’s largest solar project
4 May 2012
First Solar appoints chief commercial officer as CEO
4 May 2012
First Solar appoints Raffi Garabedian as chief technology officer as Dave Eaglesham retires
3 May 2012
GaN Systems and APEI to co-develop high-temperature, high-performance package for GaN transistors and diodes
3 May 2012
First Solar establishes Indian operating company
3 May 2012
AXT’s revenue rebounds by 10.7% in Q1
3 May 2012
Forepi prepares for capacity increase with repeat order for Aixtron CRIUS II-XL and G5 HT systems
3 May 2012
Soraa launches first full-spectrum LED MR16 lamp exceeding halogen color performance
3 May 2012
Soraa appoints both COO and VP of global sales to drive production, sales and distribution
3 May 2012
Micross to distribute GeneSiC’s bare die
3 May 2012
Cree launches first LED module designed to replace ceramic metal halide lighting
3 May 2012
Kotura appoints VP of business development
2 May 2012
Trinity Material qualifies ARC Energy's CHES sapphire at LED chip makers
2 May 2012
Cree launches 50A SiC power devices, including first 1700V MOSFET
2 May 2012
RFMD’s quarterly revenue falls 16.6% to $187.9m
2 May 2012
LayTec launches X Link for in-line EVA laminate cross-link determination in PV modules
2 May 2012
Cree launches KR Series LED Downlight to match initial cost of fluorescents
2 May 2012
Cree launches SR Series of 6-inch LED architectural downlights
2 May 2012
Carsem extends packaging services to high-brightness silicon substrate LED arrays
1 May 2012
UV-LED maker SETi announces JDA with outdoor equipment maker Cascade Designs
1 May 2012
TriQuint wins $12.3m DARPA contract to develop ultra-fast E-mode GaN power switch
1 May 2012
NeoPhotonics receives $39.8m strategic investment from RUSNANO
1 May 2012
Luminus shipping 382-392nm UV LED for spot-curing, 3D prototyping and fiber-coupling applications
1 May 2012
CVD Equipment completes building sale prior to expansion
1 May 2012
GigOptix expands global sales presence into South America and Eastern Europe
1 May 2012
Cree launches LED linear luminaire for retail and industrial lighting
APRIL 2012
30 April 2012
AlGaN buffers on semipolar GaN offer new route to UV LDs
30 April 2012
Aixtron’s revenue falls 70% in Q1 as Asia slumps from 92% to 76% of sales
30 April 2012
Infinera’s losses grow as revenue falls 6.5% in Q1
30 April 2012
Hittite’s revenue rebounds by 5.2% in Q1
30 April 2012
TriQuint’s revenue drops 5% in Q1 as demand from Apple contractor Foxconn wanes
30 April 2012
Silan expands blue and green HB-LED capacity with Veeco MOCVD tools
30 April 2012
Nextreme achieves 55°C cooling performance in production-level thin-film thermoelectric coolers
30 April 2012
RFMD achieves ISO/TS 16949 certification for automotive quality management systems
30 April 2012
Cree adds to TEMPO luminaire test services; Durham Technology Center accredited by NVLAP
30 April 2012
TriQuint launches integrated DVGAs to reduce base-station BOMs
30 April 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches C-band additions to family of digital phase shifters
27 April 2012
Toyoda Gosei and SDK to form GaN LED joint venture TS Opto
27 April 2012
CIGS PV firm Nanosolar fulfills grant specifications from DOE
27 April 2012
NASA grants Nitronex Phase 1 SBIR award
27 April 2012
Amalfi closes $20m in funding, targeting 3G and LTE
27 April 2012
GigOptix ramps production of 40G and 100G Bundled Solutions
26 April 2012
26 April 2012
RFMD unveils 900V-breakdown high-voltage GaN process
26 April 2012
Mitsubishi Electric boosts Ku-band satcom GaN PA output from 62W to record 100W
25 April 2012
Sofradir demos prototype of first 10µm pixel-pitch MWIR detector
25 April 2012
Veeco’s China Training Center trains 500th customer engineer
25 April 2012
Lumileds launches LUXEON R for outdoor and industrial lighting
25 April 2012
Neo Material Technologies Opens Gallium Tri-Chloride Plant in the Republic of Korea
25 April 2012
OEM Group ships multi-tool surface preparation order for LED maker's 150mm production
25 April 2012
Nichia files patent infringement lawsuit against Everlight in Germany
25 April 2012
Honda unveils demo test house featuring CIGS PV panels
24 April 2012
Magnesium puzzle solving in nitride semiconductors
24 April 2012
Changchun University of Science and Technology orders Aixtron reactor for laser development
24 April 2012
Global Solar Energy seeks buyer for Portable Solar business
24 April 2012
24 April 2012
Osram Opto launches high-power blue laser diode for professional projectors
23 April 2012
More polarization engineering enhancement in nitride semi HFETs
23 April 2012
SETi reaches UV-C LED external quantum efficiency of 11%
23 April 2012
Luminescent ‘LED-type’ solar cell design breaks efficiency record
23 April 2012
Lasertel adds Veeco MBE system to expand laser diode production capacity
23 April 2012
GigOptix gains listing on NYSE Amex; extends expiration date of modified Dutch auction tender offer
23 April 2012
Everlight files patent infringement lawsuit against Nichia in USA
23 April 2012
Oxford Instruments’ seminar in Shanghai attracts over 70 attendees
20 April 2012
BluGlass grows high-quality crystalline GaN using low-temperature RPCVD
19 April 2012
Cree’s revenue hit by transition in lighting agents after Ruud acquisition
19 April 2012
Riber and TRUMPF collaborating on epi processes for next-gen high-power lasers
19 April 2012
Luminus launches first round LED, boosting system-level throughput and efficiency
19 April 2012
GigOptix samples surface-mountable DC-26.5GHz distributed PA
19 April 2012
Mouser and Osram Opto Semiconductors expand distribution into Asia
18 April 2012
Accel-RF launching RF test-characterization platform at CS ManTech
18 April 2012
17 April 2012
First Solar to close German manufacturing facility and idle four lines in Malaysia
17 April 2012
GaAs wafer market to exceed $650m by 2017
17 April 2012
5N Plus’ supply agreement unaffected by First Solar’s restructuring
17 April 2012
Veeco’s investment in Korean R&D center recognized in signing ceremony
17 April 2012
Brewer Science launches thin wafer handling systems for compound semi device processing
17 April 2012
Sumitomo Electric building demo megawatt CPV power generation/storage system
17 April 2012
European Photonics Industry Consortium appoints SEMI Europe’s director general Carlos Lee as its DG
17 April 2012
Ascent Solar appoints Radiant’s founder to board to intensify re-entering rooftop market
17 April 2012
Luminus launches LD10 LED light engine for high-intensity spot lighting
16 April 2012
Solar Junction receives SUNPATH award from US Department of Energy
16 April 2012
Ball Aerospace awards Emcore $6m solar panel manufacturing contract
16 April 2012
MiaSolé appoints Country Manager, India to cultivate new business initiatives
16 April 2012
Luminus’ lighting-class white LEDs now delivering 120LPW efficacy
16 April 2012
GigOptix launches SiGe dual-channel linear TIA for 40G DWDM coherent optical receivers
16 April 2012
TriQuint signs CRADA agreement with US Army to co-develop GaN high-frequency and mixed-signal ICs
16 April 2012
UGhent and Imec release IPKISS open-source software platform to integrated photonics design community
16 April 2012
Mechanical release of nitride semis from sapphire using boron nitride layer
16 April 2012
Murata Electronics to acquire RF Monolithics
16 April 2012
Osram Opto launches its first chip-on-board LED, targeting 1500-4500lm downlights
16 April 2012
Cree’s XLamp MT-G2 LEDs 25% brighter than MT-G due to SC³ Technology Platform
16 April 2012
Custom MMIC’s Ka-band LNA offers 1.7dB noise figure and 50mW power dissipation
16 April 2012
16 April 2012
Luminus launches high-CRI CBT-90 white LEDs enabling conversion of HID lighting
13 April 2012
Korean research center chooses Veeco MOCVD system for HB-LED R&D
13 April 2012
Nitronex develops GaN RF transistor technology to pass toughest robustness tests
13 April 2012
GE adds Zhaga-compliant products to Infusion LED module range
13 April 2012
Osram’s Duris P 5 LED enhances corrosion stability and lifetime
12 April 2012
Cree sets R&D record with 254lm/W power LED
12 April 2012
IQE appoints VP of global projects to drive strategic agreement with Solar Junction
12 April 2012
Installation of First Solar CdTe panels begins on Australia’s largest PV project
12 April 2012
RFMD launches linear CATV 40-1008MHz GaAs HBT-based amplifier
11 April 2012
III-V epi substrate & tool market a $6.1bn opportunity over 2012-2020
11 April 2012
Philips and Optogan form JV focused on LED road lighting in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
11 April 2012
Riber’s Q1 revenues up 8% year-on-year, driven by system sales
11 April 2012
DARPA awards Raytheon $1.8m TEGaN contract to develop GaN-on-diamond devices
11 April 2012
Japan’s AIST achieves graphene production on 300mm wafers using Aixtron system
11 April 2012
Edwards’ new turbo pump boosts throughput by 40% and maximum flow by nearly 90%
11 April 2012
First Solar nominates two new board members and seek two further independent directors
11 April 2012
First strained GaN quantum well transistor with AlN barriers
11 April 2012
LED lighting fixture maker Ephesus developing prototype chip with Group4 Labs
10 April 2012
Polarization matching as a route to nitride semiconductor transistor enhancement
10 April 2012
Skyworks’ 27% growth extends GaAs device market lead in 2011
10 April 2012
SemiLEDs cuts losses as quarterly revenue rebounds a further 17%
10 April 2012
AkzoNobel adds capabilities for magnesium-based LED precursor
10 April 2012
Lumileds’ LUXEON M LED enters volume production
10 April 2012
Cree launches XSP Series LED street lights to speed payback for municipalities
10 April 2012
Cree SC³ Technology Platform yields brighter, high-voltage versions of XT-E and XM-L LEDs
10 April 2012
Bridgelux launches Zhaga-compliant Cetero spot-light module
10 April 2012
RFMD co-founder Jerry Neal retires
10 April 2012
E-Band secures funding to develop next-gen small-cell wireless backhaul system
10 April 2012
M/A-COM Tech showcases new products at Fiber Optics Expo
10 April 2012
GigOptix samples MZM quad driver with GPPO outputs for 100G and beyond
10 April 2012
Ascent Solar announces winners of Innovative Design Competition
10 April 2012
CIGS PV firm DayStar’s shareholders approve reverse stock split
10 April 2012
Reliance commissions 40MW plant in Rajasthan powered by 500,000 First Solar modules
10 April 2012
Enbridge acquires 50MW Nevada solar project from First Solar
10 April 2012
Exelon’s First Solar-powered Antelope Valley project receives first DOE loan advance
10 April 2012
First Solar’s CdTe PV modules to be distributed in Italy by BW EUROPE
10 April 2012
First Solar begins construction of PV system for Energizing Taliesin West initiative
10 April 2012
DuPont MCM Introduces Solamet PV416 photovoltaic metallization
5 April 2012
InGaAsSbN solar cells grown by MOCVD
5 April 2012
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology promotes general manager to managing director
5 April 2012
Lumileds launches its first white illumination mid-power LEDs
5 April 2012
LED replacement lamps market to exceed $3.7bn in 2016, led by Asian consumption
5 April 2012
China’s Fujian Institute of Research receives Aixtron CCS reactor for telecom laser R&D
5 April 2012
GigOptix adds 135mW/channel parallel 16G VCSEL driver and TIA arrays for 40G/100G
4 April 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
4 April 2012
FBH reports high-speed InP HBTs using transferred-substrate technology
4 April 2012
Market for RF filters/duplexers, PAs and antenna switches to reach $4.7bn in 2016
4 April 2012
Cree launching Aeroblades outdoor luminaires at Light+Building
4 April 2012
SoloPower selects Critical Manufacturing’s MES software for move into mass production
3 April 2012
Improving InGaN channel for HEMT power amp/switching apps
3 April 2012
Power electronics discrete component market to grow to $15bn in 2020
3 April 2012
Germany’s TU Ilmenau to develop III-V solar cells with Aixtron R&D MOCVD system
3 April 2012
Cree adds 2000lm and 3000lm versions of LMH2 LED modules
3 April 2012
Silicon photonics firm Kotura signs Japanese distribution agreement with Nissho
3 April 2012
Solar Frontier supplies 3.8MW to power plant in New Jersey
3 April 2012
CIS PV firm Solar Frontier and Japan Asia Group sign MOU for solar energy project promotion
3 April 2012
Solar Frontier and Belectric form PV CIStems JV for solar power plants
2 April 2012
TFG Radiant raises stake in Ascent Solar from 19.4% to 39%
2 April 2012
Bridgelux expands Decor 97-CRI LED array range from 1200-2500lm to 500-5000lm
2 April 2012
Mobile device market grows over 20% in 2011 versus just 2% for overall semiconductor market
MARCH 2012
30 March 2012
Reversing polarization to tackle overshoot and droop
30 March 2012
Shipments of smartphones to eclipse all other handsets combined by 2016
30 March 2012
DARPA seeks integration of diverse microsystems components on silicon chips
30 March 2012
30 March 2012
SÜSS MicroTec acquires Tamarack Scientific
30 March 2012
LG selects RFMD to supply multiple components for Optimus 4X HD and Optimus 3D Max smartphones
30 March 2012
Opto Diode launches 110mW 850nm GaAlAs IR LEDs
30 March 2012
Cree expands CR LED troffer family
29 March 2012
UV LED market to grow five-fold to $150m by 2016
29 March 2012
LED market slowing in 2012 after two years of high growth
29 March 2012
TowerJazz and UCSD demo first silicon wafer-scale 110GHz phased-array transmitter
29 March 2012
Air Products brings onstream new hydrogen selenide plant for CIGS PV market
29 March 2012
Skyworks launches dual-crossed SP2T for switching between RF filters with differential inputs
29 March 2012
Soraa launches GaN-on-GaN based LED MR16 lamp for outdoor and enclosed fixtures
29 March 2012
29 March 2012
Fujitsu adds 4G LTE (TDD and FDD)-optimized multiband single IC to transceiver family
28 March 2012
Emcore sells VCSEL-based product lines to Sumitomo Electric for $17m
28 March 2012
Bridgelux brings Micro SM4 LED to market for directional and diffuse lamp applications
28 March 2012
SITE Services changes name to Spintrac Systems Inc
28 March 2012
ODIS progresses towards roadmap for GaAs-based POET technology
28 March 2012
GigOptix launches modified Dutch auction tender offer
27 March 2012
All-ternary InAlAs/InGaAs DHBT high frequency and breakdown performance
27 March 2012
Silex selects IQE as epi partner in $2m Australian Solar Institute CPV program
27 March 2012
Compound semiconductor industry revenue growth slowing
27 March 2012
Aixtron shipping CCS MOCVD reactor to NTT Photonics for InGaAsP laser research
27 March 2012
NanoLab@TU/e adds OIPT plasma etch & dep systems
26 March 2012
Oclaro and Opnext agree to merge
26 March 2012
MOCVD system shipments for GaN LEDs to fall 48% to 342 in 2012
26 March 2012
26 March 2012
Luminus achieves ISO and OHSAS environmental and health/safety certifications
26 March 2012
GigOptix launches PA chipset for high-capacity E-band radios
26 March 2012
TriQuint adds five new 6GHz cascadable Darlington-pair amplifier RFICs
23 March 2012
Riber sells research MBE reactor to Russian institute
22 March 2012
IQE grows revenue and profit in 2011 despite Q4 wireless inventory corrections
22 March 2012
Linde LienHwa China to supply ammonia to Xiamen-based LED maker Kaistar
22 March 2012
Keithley launches high-voltage System SourceMeter for high-power semiconductor test
22 March 2012
Luminus’ lab accredited for testing LEDs to LM-80 standard
22 March 2012
CIGS PV firm MiaSolé appoints director sales & marketing EMEA
21 March 2012
Double dielectric on nitride semi LED bumps output by 25%
21 March 2012
Stion’s PV modules from new Mississippi factory receive UL and IEC certifications
21 March 2012
Oclaro’s Shenzhen assembly & test operations to transition to Venture Malaysia over three years
21 March 2012
SETi receives certification to International Aerospace quality standard AS9100
21 March 2012
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut awarded Transfer Prize for materials-processing diode lasers
21 March 2012
GT receives $12.6m follow-on order from Shangcheng for ASF sapphire furnaces
21 March 2012
Osram launches Ostar Stage LEDs with flat glass window and AR coating for smaller spotlights
21 March 2012
Soitec earns new certifications for global quality, safety and environment management systems
21 March 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches GaAs SP3T switch for smartphone and tablet applications
21 March 2012
GigOptix ships samples of EXO8602ZZ Lange Coupler
21 March 2012
21 March 2012
RFMD launches integrated 5GHz SPDT switch and LNA front-end module
21 March 2012
RFMD surpasses 1 billion power amplifiers shipped to China-based manufacturers
20 March 2012
SiGen launches second-generation production equipment for thin kerf-free wafering
20 March 2012
DayStar raises $500,000 from Sunlogics Power
20 March 2012
GaN-on-Si epi firm AZZURRO appoints Sumitomo Taiwan as exclusive local distributor
20 March 2012
Soitec hires Dow Corning’s Solar Division founder as executive VP of Solar Energy Division
20 March 2012
SÜSS MicroTec launches multi-market resist coat and develop platform
20 March 2012
19 March 2012
MOCVD produces high-performance mHEMTs on Si substrates
19 March 2012
Group4Lab contracts Alfred University to develop sacrificial substrates for GaN-on-diamond technology
19 March 2012
University of Texas at Austin demonstrates high-quality wafer-scale graphene using Aixtron system
19 March 2012
CVD completes building purchase for two-fold expansion
19 March 2012
Peregrine achieves ISO/TS 16949 quality system certification
19 March 2012
CIGS PV module maker SoloPower names General Wesley K. Clark to board
19 March 2012
GigOptix shipping production samples of 100Gbps TFPS modulator
19 March 2012
TriQuint launches 30W, 2.5-6GHz GaN PA with 35% PAE for communications and defense applications
19 March 2012
TriQuint to report R&D on E/D-mode InAlN/GaN devices and GaN X-band amplifiers at GOMACTech
16 March 2012
First RF power operation report for AlGaN barrier HEMT on diamond
16 March 2012
Aixtron Training and Demonstration Center opens at SINANO in Suzhou
16 March 2012
EU’s BOOM project on SOI photonic integration completed
16 March 2012
Solar module and materials capacity expansions boosting opto activity
16 March 2012
Infineon orders Tokyo Electron epi growth tool to mass produce SiC power devices
16 March 2012
China’s Aucksun Opto orders five Aixtron reactors for HB-LED production
15 March 2012
Watt-level QCL emission at 3.3μm without antimony
15 March 2012
SAFC Hitech opens Taiwan facility to enhance HB-LED precursor capacity
15 March 2012
Soitec finalizes acquisition of Soitec Solar GmbH
15 March 2012
TSMC Solar receives UL, IEC and ISO 9001 certifications
15 March 2012
Shin-Etsu joins EVG’s open platform for temporary bonding materials
15 March 2012
M/A-COM Tech prices IPO at $19 per share to raise over $105m
15 March 2012
GigOptix ramps production of single-channel driver for 40G and 100G optical systems
15 March 2012
Palomar’s 3800 Die Bonder supporting LED development in China
15 March 2012
US DOE’s new round of small-business funding opportunities includes SSL devices
14 March 2012
Solar slowdown prompts 5N Plus’ $45.6m write down and idling of panel recycling plant
14 March 2012
Twin Creeks launches system for producing ultra-thin Si, Ge, GaN, SiC and sapphire wafers
14 March 2012
Korea’s OCI starts shipping sapphire grown in GT’s ASF furnaces
14 March 2012
Yole launches sapphire crystal, core & wafer cost-simulation tool
14 March 2012
First Solar announces 20MW Maryland solar project
14 March 2012
First Solar creates chief commercial officer to speed entry into emerging markets
13 March 2012
SoloPower sets record 13.4% aperture efficiency for flexible CIGS solar panels
13 March 2012
Spire Semiconductor sold for $8.5m to Masimo
13 March 2012
SemiSouth announces second major expansion in 18 months
13 March 2012
GaN power semiconductor market to exceed $1bn by 2021
13 March 2012
Riber and Imec extend collaboration on next-generation III-V logic CMOS
13 March 2012
GaN microelectronics development expanding
13 March 2012
DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency issues $150m funding opportunity
13 March 2012
Daylight launches widely tunable 3.2µm laser for measuring mixed hydrocarbons
13 March 2012
GT completes $75m accelerated share repurchase program
13 March 2012
LED phosphor maker Intematix receives $16.2m in funding for growth capital
13 March 2012
TriQuint’s human resources VP named ‘HR Leader of the Year’
12 March 2012
InAs nickelide meets 12nm ITRS requirements
12 March 2012
HB-LED market grew 4.3% in 2011 to $12bn
12 March 2012
CIGS PV firm SoloPower recruiting for high-volume factory in Oregon
12 March 2012
First Solar to build 26MW Avra Valley PV project for NRG
12 March 2012
NextEra completes acquisition of 40MW Ontario solar projects from First Solar
9 March 2012
Nitride HEMT with p-GaN back-barrier and recessing
9 March 2012
Graphensic spun off from Sweden’s Linköping University for graphene-on-SiC epi
9 March 2012
Kopin’s III-V revenue grows 12% in Q4/2011 to $17.4m
9 March 2012
Heliotrop announces over 70MW of projects, including 20MW of 1024-sun CPV units
9 March 2012
Molex partners with Altera and Gennum to demo 28G VSR interconnect interoperability
9 March 2012
Molex and TE Connectivity reach high-speed interconnect second-source agreements
8 March 2012
Sheffield University LED spin-off Seren Photonics raises £1.8m
8 March 2012
PVthin association formed to promote technical, environmental and socio-economic benefits of thin-film PV
8 March 2012
CIGS PV firm MiaSolé raises a further $55m from VC investors
8 March 2012
GaN power electronics market may top $1bn in a few years
8 March 2012
8 March 2012
China’s Quantum Wafer orders three more Aixtron MOCVD systems to ramp up production
8 March 2012
RFMD launches 4-4.5V, 915MHz ISM-band transmit/receive module
8 March 2012
Finisar demos 28Gb/s VCSEL for next-gen32G Fibre Channel
8 March 2012
Finisar launches 100G coherent OIF transponder and DWDM CFP modules
8 March 2012
Built-in SiC inverter halves size of Mitsubishi Electric’s EV motor system
8 March 2012
3SPGroup launches 14xx Raman pump and 100km EML TOSA
7 March 2012
Meaglow launches nitrogen-rich InN wafers
7 March 2012
US Department of Energy grants $300,000 for CdTe PV research
7 March 2012
TriQuint opens International Headquarters in Singapore
7 March 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches 100G modulator drivers optimized for size, power and performance
7 March 2012
Vitesse and JDSU demo EDC-enabled 100km-reach DWDM links with 10GBASE-ZR SFP+ transceivers
7 March 2012
Vitesse and Molex demo 14G technology for data-center connectivity
7 March 2012
7 March 2012
JDSU launches 40G coherent DP-QPSK transponder incorporating ClariPhy SOCs
7 March 2012
Distributor Heilind now stocking FCI’s MergeOptics products
7 March 2012
GigOptix ramps production of GX6262 28G modulator driver for 40/100G applications
7 March 2012
Owens Design delivers customized automated film frame handlers to semiconductor and LED customers
6 March 2012
Oclaro and Huawei collaborate on PPXC technology using ultra-fast-switching lasers
6 March 2012
GigOptix’s TFPS-based 100G MZM integrated with DFB laser in small-form-factor TOSA
6 March 2012
Fabrinet to manufacture OneChip’s PIC-based PON transceivers
6 March 2012
Oxford Instruments hosting Nanoscale Plasma Processing Seminar in Shanghai
6 March 2012
PLANSEE launches MoCu composite wafer substrate to prevent cracks in LED chips
6 March 2012
NeoPhotonics launches multicast switch for ‘CDC’ ROADMs in 100G coherent networks
6 March 2012
Skyworks supporting first commercially available 802.11ac platforms
6 March 2012
Intense appoints director of European sales
6 March 2012
Shares from Aixtron stock option program to be traded under separate ISIN
6 March 2012
Emcore samples micro-ITLA tunable laser for coherent applications
6 March 2012
Emcore launches 40 and 100G CFP transceiver modules for Ethernet applications
6 March 2012
GigOptix ships production quad TIA receiver arrays for 40G QSFP+ long-reach module
6 March 2012
6 March 2012
Opnext commercializes 100G coherent modules and subsystems
6 March 2012
Opnext’s QSFP+ 40GBASE-LR4 transceiver enters volume production
6 March 2012
Infinera’s DTN-X for multi-terabit C&W Europe Persia Express Gateway network
5 March 2012
QD solar cell beats short-circuit current of reference GaAs device
5 March 2012
CEA-Leti and III-V lab demo fully integrated silicon photonics transmitter
5 March 2012
Finisar’s quarterly datacom sales growth offsets drop for telecoms sales
5 March 2012
GigOptix reports record revenue after 37% growth in 2011
5 March 2012
OFS, IBM and Emcore demo record 120Gb/s transmission over 100m on single multimode fiber
5 March 2012
Luxtera raises $21.7m; board gains ex-Broadcom executive
5 March 2012
Luxtera’s silicon photonics IP to be developed by ST for high-volume 300mm fab
5 March 2012
Infinera gives first public demo of 2Tb/s small-form-factor DTN-X platform
5 March 2012
OIF demos multi-vendor interoperability; hosts panels on high-speed interconnects and dynamic OTN
5 March 2012
Avago modules interoperable between 40G QSFP+ and 10G SFP+ components verified to 400m
3 March 2012
Opnext demos 100Gbps coherent OIF MSA module interoperability
3 March 2012
Opnext to demo first 40G CFP interoperability achieving expanded reach
3 March 2012
Oclaro delivers first 1x23 WSS with 10x faster switching speeds
3 March 2012
Oclaro’s new tunable 100G DWDM CFP transceiver boosts spectral efficiency by 2.5x
3 March 2012
Sanmina-SCI and GigOptix expand design partnership for 100G modulator
2 March 2012
Aixtron reports loss in Q4 on revenue down 38% year-on-year
2 March 2012
Emcore-San'an CPV joint venture Suncore opens 200MW factory
2 March 2012
Southwest to commercialize dense array CPV module with help of MaxQ’s cold-plate liquid cooling
2 March 2012
Silicon photonics firm Kotura unveils low-power 100Gb/s optical engine
2 March 2012
HRL makes GaN transistor technology available to commercial customers
2 March 2012
BridgeWave using IBM’s SiGe to enable low-cost 70/80GHz transmission products for next-gen backhaul
2 March 2012
2 March 2012
Oclaro launches first family of intra-node amplifiers for next-gen ROADM network architectures
2 March 2012
Oclaro showcasing 100G coherent solutions at OFC/NFOEC
1 March 2012
Chevron and Bridgelux team on street-light initiative
1 March 2012
First Solar’s sales fall 34% in Q4/2011, limiting full-year growth to 8%
1 March 2012
Tokyo Institute of Technology installs EVG wafer cleaning system for advanced optical IC R&D
1 March 2012
Bridgelux LED arrays used by Borden Lighting to illuminate San Francisco’s Presidio
1 March 2012
CIGS PV firm DayStar appoints entrepreneur to board
FEBRUARY 2012
29 February 2012
Graphene-nanorod hybrid layer improves light emission and injection
29 February 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
29 February 2012
Abound to accelerate production of next-gen 12.5-13%-efficienct CdTe PV modules by end-2012
29 February 2012
Epistar receives its first Aixtron CRIUS II-XL MOCVD system
29 February 2012
Osram boosts Oslon SSL LED efficiency and luminous flux temperature stability
29 February 2012
Infinera top in North American long-haul WDM market in 2011
29 February 2012
GigOptix books $1.8m order for 100G coherent drivers for tier-1 DWDM system
29 February 2012
OPEL selected for second year as member of TSX Venture 50
29 February 2012
RFMD adds 3G/4G antenna control solutions
29 February 2012
Skyworks honours TowerJazz with Innovation Award
29 February 2012
Skyworks enhances portfolio of antenna switch modules and LTE switch solutions
29 February 2012
Avnet Electronics Marketing appointed as Osram’s preferred global partner
28 February 2012
Calyxo reaches CdTe PV module efficiency of 13.4%
28 February 2012
Solar Frontier sets record thin-film CIS PV efficiency of 17.8%
28 February 2012
Anadigics receives China ACE ‘RF/Wireless Product of the Year’ award for ALT6738 HELP4 PA
28 February 2012
Optogan launches 500W COB LED lighting module delivering up to 50,000lm from single component
28 February 2012
Skyworks powers chipsets targeting smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices
28 February 2012
RFMD powering multiple devices for top-tier smartphone maker
28 February 2012
RFMD expands PowerSmart product family
27 February 2012
Infrared nitride nanocolumn LEDs
27 February 2012
Emcore’s quarterly revenue falls 28% due to Thailand flood
27 February 2012
Sonnedix completes 7.5MW solar farm in Thailand, largest First Solar plant in South-East Asia
27 February 2012
First Solar to install PV array as part of the Energizing Taliesin West initiative
27 February 2012
CLP names First Solar as 2011 Safety Partner of the Year
27 February 2012
Emcore completes 4:1 reverse stock split
27 February 2012
Keith Jackson joins Veeco’s board of directors
27 February 2012
Anadigics’ HELP4 and HELP3E PAs power Samsung Galaxy Note in China and Korea
27 February 2012
Skyworks unveils family of PAs and front-end modules for data-intensive mobile platforms
27 February 2012
RFMD adds 2nd-generation ultra-high-efficiency PAs for LTE
27 February 2012
RFMD announces multimode reference design win for 2nd-generation ultra-high-efficiency PAs
24 February 2012
Rubicon’s revenue falls 42% in Q4 after LED makers delay 6” transition
24 February 2012
Toyoda Gosei files GaN LED patent infringement lawsuits against Forepi
24 February 2012
Black Sand adds 3G bands to BST34 CMOS PA family to enable global take up
23 February 2012
Flattening transconductance profiles in nitride HEMTs
23 February 2012
AXT reports revenue up 9% for full-year 2011, but down 25% in Q4
23 February 2012
Anadigics’ Q4 sales down 2% as broadband constraints offset wireless growth
23 February 2012
Fujitsu launches multimode, multiband transceiver IC for 2G/3G/4G mobile products
23 February 2012
Firecomms launches transceiver providing full Gigabit Ethernet over 30m GI and 5m SI POF cables
23 February 2012
IIT Pisa orders two Aixtron BM Pro systems for graphene deposition
23 February 2012
OPEL grants additional incentive stock options
22 February 2012
TriQuint’s latest QUANTUM Tx claimed to be smallest 3G/4G transmit modules
22 February 2012
Infinera appoints new vice president of global professional services
21 February 2012
Avoiding high temperatures and plasma improves InGaAs MOSFET performance
21 February 2012
NeoPhotonics reports record revenue of $57.2m in Q4
21 February 2012
Oxford Instruments’ plasma systems chosen for UK’s Lancaster Quantum Technology Centre
21 February 2012
AZZURRO’s advisory board gains industry veterans Roland Haitz and Karl Platzoeder
21 February 2012
Anadigics launches dual-band PAD front-end modules
21 February 2012
Cree to install LED lighting at five U.S. embassies in Europe
21 February 2012
Black Sand appoints VP Worldwide Sales
21 February 2012
Nujira launches handset RF power amplifier characterization system
21 February 2012
GigOptix to showcase 40G and 100G TFPS modulators and drivers at OFC/NFOEC
20 February 2012
Ceres acquires Veeco’s CIGS PV equipment assets
20 February 2012
Thorlabs completes new headquarters
20 February 2012
CIGS PV firm Nanosolar raises $20m
20 February 2012
Lake Shore launches cryogen-free probe stations
20 February 2012
Japan’s Mt Komekura PV project activated after Solar Frontier supplies 10MW of CIS modules
20 February 2012
TriQuint launches TRITIUM Duo, smallest dual-band PA for 3G and 4G smartphones
20 February 2012
Kotura stresses role of government initiatives in opto manufacturing at OFC/NFOEC workshop
20 February 2012
RFMD launches quad-band GSM/GPRS Tx modules with UMTS transmit/receive ports
20 February 2012
RFMD launches 1W linear high-power amplifier
17 February 2012
16 February 2012
Green LEDs benefit from graded blocking
16 February 2012
Anadigics launches MMPAs for quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band WCDMA/LTE
16 February 2012
RFMD announces retirement of Compound Semiconductor Group head Van Buskirk
16 February 2012
RFMD responds to Peregrine’s patent infringement claim
16 February 2012
Solar Frontier ships 13.2MW of CIS PV modules to NRG
16 February 2012
Seoul Semiconductor receives UL recognition for Acrich2 modules
16 February 2012
GigOptix expands 100G DP-QPSK portfolio by sampling coherent TFPS MZ modulator
16 February 2012
OIF to demo multi-vendor interoperability of chip-to-module electrical interfaces for 28G VSR
15 February 2012
Nano-textured ITO improves light extraction in nitride LEDs
15 February 2012
NASA’s QWIP-based Thermal Infrared Sensor to be integrated into Landsat satellite
15 February 2012
Peregrine files patent infringement complaint and lawsuit against RFMD and Motorola
15 February 2012
OPEL and Aquarion complete solar tracker plant
14 February 2012
Nitride Solutions finalizes Series A funding round at $2.5m
14 February 2012
Hittite’s profit and margins trimmed as revenue falls 11.6% in Q4
14 February 2012
Advanced Photonix’ quarterly revenue dips by 23%
14 February 2012
Black Sand closes $10m Series C funding round
14 February 2012
Cree LED Lighting luminaires used to upgrade petroleum station
14 February 2012
Cree debuts 230V LMH2 LED modules for Europe and Asia markets
14 February 2012
Anadigics adds small-cell wireless infrastructure PAs for E-UTRA Band 7 WCDMA/LTE
14 February 2012
QD Laser achieves ISO 9001:2008 certification
14 February 2012
Nextreme’s thin-film thermoelectric surpasses 60°C temperature differential of bulk thermoelectric
13 February 2012
Bridgelux gains $25m from China’s Kaistar
13 February 2012
HB-LED market to grow 13.4% from 2011’s $8.9bn to $10.1bn in 2012
13 February 2012
TriQuint’s quarterly revenue rises more-than-expected 5%
13 February 2012
Opnext’s quarterly revenue falls 38% due to Thailand flooding
13 February 2012
Peregrine ships billionth CMOS-on-sapphire RFIC, driven by new STeP5 RF switches
13 February 2012
University of Illinois’ James Coleman elected to National Academy of Engineering
13 February 2012
Laser diode firm Power Technology adds Europe sales office
10 February 2012
Longer-wavelength lasing in gallium antimonide heterostructure diodes
10 February 2012
UCSB’s Steven DenBaars elected to National Academy of Engineering
10 February 2012
GT to provide 6-inch cores for Silian’s sapphire substrate production
10 February 2012
Soitec secures financing for 50MW CPV power plant in South Africa
10 February 2012
Verticle announces mass production of first hexagonal LED chip
10 February 2012
Riber sells Compact21 MBE research system to lab in Argentina
10 February 2012
ProPhotonix adds Opnext’s HL65051DG single-mode 660nm laser to its portfolio
9 February 2012
Rubicon’s largest customer agrees new $20m contract for 2012
9 February 2012
IQE raises £10.5m and invests in CPV cell developer Solar Junction
9 February 2012
CyOptics launches compact 40Gbps TOSA and ROSA for QSFP+ transceivers
9 February 2012
Sofradir becomes top supplier of cooled MCT IR detectors for military applications
9 February 2012
SEMI-GAS offers semi-automatic gas cabinets to reduce cost for low-flow applications
9 February 2012
Opnext appoints The Optoelectronics Company as laser diode distributor in Europe and North America
9 February 2012
9 February 2012
Aixtron forms strategic alliance with Minsheng Financial Leasing in China
9 February 2012
NeoPhotonics completes Phase I production expansion for narrow-linewidth tunable lasers
8 February 2012
Veeco’s revenue falls 28% in Q4/2011 due to MOCVD down 32%
8 February 2012
Soraa introduces ‘LED 2.0’ GaN-on-GaN technology
8 February 2012
GaAs device revenue grows 6% in 2011, returning to historical averages
8 February 2012
SemiSouth launches 1200V normally-on SiC JFET with ultra-low switching losses
8 February 2012
8 February 2012
7 February 2012
Tri-gate applied to make normally-off nitride semiconductor transistors
7 February 2012
Plessey acquires Cambridge GaN-on-Si HB-LED spin-off CamGaN
7 February 2012
Cambridge’s new form of hafnium oxide boosts dielectric constant from 20 over 30
7 February 2012
EVG launches 2nd-gen EVG620HBL mask alignment system for LED making
7 February 2012
SemiLEDs qualifies Veeco K465i MOCVD system for high-volume LED production
7 February 2012
Cree’s new XLamp XT-E white LED doubles lm/W of XP-E
7 February 2012
SemiSouth announces demo board showcasing SiC JFETs in cascode half-bridge configuration
7 February 2012
OPEL announces management change
7 February 2012
OIPT receives ISO14001 certification
7 February 2012
MiaSolé appoints VP of global business development & sales
6 February 2012
Transphorm unveils first qualified 600V GaN product
6 February 2012
Alta’s single-junction GaAs solar panel verified by NREL as 23.5% efficient
6 February 2012
Abound Solar produces 82.8W CdTe PV module
6 February 2012
GT’s sapphire furnaces counteract dip in polysilicon equipment revenue
6 February 2012
Infinera’s revenue rebounds 7.7% in Q4/2011 despite Thailand flooding
6 February 2012
LG Siltron selects Veeco K465i MOCVD system for GaN-on-Si epi production
6 February 2012
Epistar chooses Veeco K465i MOCVD system for GaN-on-Si LED development
6 February 2012
Cree releases SPICE Model for SiC Power MOSFET
6 February 2012
LED lighting power supply market to reach $10bn in 2016
6 February 2012
Advanced Photonix establishes credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank
6 February 2012
CIGS PV panel market to grow rapidly to $4.4bn by 2017
4 February 2012
Lumileds launches LUXEON H LED for space-constrained bulbs
4 February 2012
Manz gives update on CIGSfab at Thin-Film Conference
3 February 2012
Astrium installs millionth solar cell as it delivers its 300th array
3 February 2012
TriQuint’s foundry supports Durham-based start-up Sarda’s market entry
3 February 2012
SemiLEDs achieves 40% external quantum efficiency for UV LED chips
3 February 2012
Osram Oslon SSL LEDs in Arquiled’s luminaires illuminate Portuguese supermarkets
3 February 2012
Javelin first fully qualified CMOS PA supplier shipping in 3G smartphones
3 February 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches high-linearity 1.2W GaAs PA for point-to-point applications
3 February 2012
Palomar develops wire-bond-free direct attach for LEDs
2 February 2012
CIGS PV firm MiaSolé hits 17.3% efficiency with champion module; 14% now in production
2 February 2012
RFMD launches 3.3–4.0V 433–470MHz and 470–510MHz transmit/receive front-end modules
2 February 2012
Inphi appoints Ford Tamer as CEO as president & CEO Sohn retires
2 February 2012
Ascent appoints TFG executive director as CEO as it focuses on Asia
2 February 2012
Skyworks ramps GPS/GNSS receive-only front-end for Samsung
2 February 2012
EPC publishes first application-focused GaN transistors textbook
2 February 2012
TI extends family of GaN FET driver ICs with low-side gate driver
2 February 2012
SSEC adds semiconductor industry veteran David Lam to board
1 February 2012
CPV firm Semprius sets record 33.9% solar module efficiency
1 February 2012
Inphi and NeoPhotonics collaborate on 100G optical modules
1 February 2012
Cree launches packaged 1700V SiC Schottky diodes
1 February 2012
MidAmerican completes acquisition of 550MW Topaz Solar Farm from First Solar
1 February 2012
Soitec completes acquisition of Altatech
JANUARY 2012
31 January 2012
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
31 January 2012
North Carolina Water Reclamation Facility chooses Cree LED Lighting
31 January 2012
Lumileds launches LUXEON K arrays for retrofit and downlight LED lighting
31 January 2012
Skyworks launches GaAs LNAs for 1.6–3.0GHz receiver applications
31 January 2012
Avago launches high-efficiency front-end module for WiFi 5GHz access points
31 January 2012
NTU Singapore orders Aixtron Black Magic system for high-frequency electronics CNT project
31 January 2012
RFaxis celebrates 4-year anniversary by shipping 4 millionth RFeIC
31 January 2012
Testing completed on Next Generation Jammer array transmitters using GaN-based PAs
31 January 2012
First Solar co-sponsors Chipotle cycle team
30 January 2012
Increased mobility and reduced residual electron concentration indium nitride
30 January 2012
Oclaro’s quarterly revenue down 28% year-on-year
30 January 2012
Emcore announces 4:1 reverse stock split
27 January 2012
Year-on-year handset shipment growth of 11% in Q4 takes 2011 to 1.55 billion units
27 January 2012
RFaxis granted four patents for single-chip RF front-end IC technology
26 January 2012
SiO2/GaN nano-rods give new base for high light output power
26 January 2012
Nanosolar’s EVP of engineering & operations transitions to CEO
26 January 2012
Amonix achieves ISO 9001-2008 and IEC 62108 certifications
26 January 2012
Powerex launches low-profile SiC MOSFET modules with multiple circuit topologies
25 January 2012
RFMD’s quarterly revenue falls 19% year-on-year to $225.4m
25 January 2012
CIGS PV maker NuvoSun chooses FactoryLOOK and VistrianMES systems
25 January 2012
Optical transport system maker Optelian acquires Versawave
25 January 2012
Lumileds launches LUXEON M for outdoor and industrial LED lighting
25 January 2012
Intense extends 808nm pump module range to 30W for defense, medical & industrial applications
25 January 2012
GreenVolts partners with Independent Solar Developers to provide CPV to agriculture
25 January 2012
Magnolia presents limits of InGaAs quantum well solar cell performance at Photonic West
24 January 2012
AXT to establish second substrate-making facility in China
24 January 2012
AQT readies ‘CIGS 3.0’ CZTS thin-film PV cells for commercialization
24 January 2012
3S Photonics Group becomes 3SPGroup
24 January 2012
CIGS PV market to nearly double to $2.35bn and 2.3GW in 2015
24 January 2012
Soitec and Sumitomo Electric demonstrate 4”- and 6” GaN engineered substrates
24 January 2012
24 January 2012
Intense launches 10W version of 793nm pump module for thulium and holmium pulsed laser systems
24 January 2012
24 January 2012
Naval Research Laboratory’s Brian Bennett made Fellow of American Physical Society
24 January 2012
Xenics launches low-noise SWIR detectors for semiconductor inspection and fault localization
23 January 2012
Honeycomb sweetens nitride solar cell performance
23 January 2012
Opto Diode launches wide-emission, high-power IR LEDs
23 January 2012
Oclaro samples 20G VCSEL; ships more than 500,000 10G VCSELs
23 January 2012
23 January 2012
M/A-COM Tech launches products for networks and aerospace & defense applications
23 January 2012
Oclaro laser diodes enable development of first 15kW direct-diode laser systems
20 January 2012
Aluminum oxide passivation reduces off-current in AlN/GaN transistors
20 January 2012
Skyworks’ 17% year-on-year revenue growth beats guidance
20 January 2012
QD Laser exhibits compact prototype 100mW, 532nm green laser module with high efficiency and high-speed modulation capability
20 January 2012
Microsemi earns ZTE's ‘2011 Best Delivery Support’ award
20 January 2012
NXP’s SiGe LNA enhances reception and range of NorthVu’s indoor digital TV antenna
19 January 2012
Albemarle launches Electronic Materials business unit
19 January 2012
Riber’s revenue grows 40% to €29m in 2011
19 January 2012
Seoul Semiconductor registers 10,000 LED patents domestically and internationally
19 January 2012
Opnext adds high-power 660nm red laser with built-in monitor photo diode capability
18 January 2012
Low-cost direct LED backlights to reduce premium for LED-backlit LCD TVs
18 January 2012
Cree’s 13% quarterly growth driven by lighting acquisition
18 January 2012
IQE reports year-on-year growth in revenue and profits
18 January 2012
AOS and SemiSouth demo 1200V Si/SiC stack-cascode MOSFETs
18 January 2012
18 January 2012
Avago’s small-footprint auto-focus auxiliary flash LEDs enable thinner digital cameras
17 January 2012
All-silicon light emission through nanocrystal confinement
17 January 2012
Japan’s Solar Frontier to supply 100+MWp of CIS PV modules to enXco
17 January 2012
Packaged GaN LED market falls 6% in 2011 to $8bn on backlighting weakness
17 January 2012
First Solar raises CdTe PV module efficiency record from 13.4% to 14.4%
17 January 2012
United Silicon Carbide to develop next-generation SiC devices using Aixtron SiC Planetary reactor
17 January 2012
Plasma-Therm awarded five-star rating by VLSIresearch
17 January 2012
Packaged HB-LED consumption to grow from $10.77bn in 2011 to $69.7bn in 2021
17 January 2012
Intense first to provide 300mW laser at 980-780nm
17 January 2012
Renesas samples low-loss SiC power devices integrating power conversion circuit on-chip
16 January 2012
NICT demonstrates first gallium oxide transistors
16 January 2012
GaN could save US mobile operators $2bn annually
16 January 2012
China’s Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics signs off Vistec e-beam litho system
16 January 2012
Sharp launches 2nd generation of 10W Mini Zeni LED arrays
16 January 2012
CdTe PV maker Abound and Solarsis announce commissioning of 1MW plant in Andhra Pradesh, India
13 January 2012
Growth-mode transition to higher UV output
13 January 2012
SemiLEDs revenue rebounds by 27%, driven by lower-price indoor components
13 January 2012
Osram’s GaN LED chips on 150mm silicon enter pilot stage
13 January 2012
SSEC adds industry veterans to boost sales force in critical regions
13 January 2012
Microsemi receives Strategic Partner award from FiberHome
13 January 2012
Frontier adds Infinera ATN platform to existing DTN network
13 January 2012
Javelin adds to Band 1 CMOS PAs with 3G Band II PA
13 January 2012
Anadigics receives 2011 Best Comprehensive Performance Supplier Award from ZTE
12 January 2012
CPV module maker Semprius raises $3m in funding
12 January 2012
CIGS PV firm AQT secures $18.7m in Series B funding round
12 January 2012
Teledyne and Zephyr partner on optical interconnect fiber-optic products
12 January 2012
Luminus demos latest technology at CES, from 50lm pico projector to 4000lm hybrid projector
12 January 2012
Agilent announces availability of Mitsubishi Electric’s nonlinear RF model library for ADS
12 January 2012
Aixtron installs another Black Magic system for CNT and graphene deposition at Portugal’s INESC
11 January 2012
Asahi Kasei acquires Crystal IS
11 January 2012
GaAs IC market growth slows to 1% in 2011
11 January 2012
Soraa demonstrating high-power blue lasers in desktop projector at CES
11 January 2012
CVD Equipment's orders grow 44% in 2011 to $36m
11 January 2012
Cree launches XB-D lighting-class LED on new platform that doubles lumens-per-dollar
10 January 2012
EVG collaborating with Eulitha on low-cost nanopatterning for HB-LEDs
10 January 2012
TriQuint begins Phase II of DARPA’s ‘NEXT’ GaN R&D program ahead of schedule
10 January 2012
Plasma-Therm named finalist for 2011 Manufacturer of the Year Award
10 January 2012
RFMD expands portfolio of 2.4GHz front-end modules for ZigBee/HAN applications
10 January 2012
Microsemi launches SiGe platform for 4G RF front-end module development
10 January 2012
Skyworks completes tender offer for remaining Advanced Analogic Technologies shares
9 January 2012
IMEC/AMAT produce first crack-free MOCVD nitride DH-structures on 200mm Si
9 January 2012
GaN nanowires show six-fold stronger 3D piezoelectric effect than bulk GaN
9 January 2012
Lumileds appoints Pierre Yves Lesaicherre as CEO as Michael Holt retires
9 January 2012
Anadigics ships production volumes of HELP3E PAs for Samsung’s new Galaxy Nexus smartphone
6 January 2012
InGaAs gate all-arounder demonstrates shortest channel to date
6 January 2012
AIP sells MFC maker Brooks Instrument
5 January 2012
China creates its first high-performance InAlN HEMTs on sapphire
5 January 2012
SMG Indium Resources announces $7.5m private placement
5 January 2012
LED fab equipment spending to fall 18% in 2012
5 January 2012
American Industrial Partners sells Ichor systems
5 January 2012
RFMD’s December-quarter revenue 10% below forecast
5 January 2012
Oclaro’s preliminary quarterly revenue of $86m beats $75-85m guidance
5 January 2012
KTH spin-off Nocilis launches Si- and SiGeSnC-based epi foundry
5 January 2012
GigOptix samples 28G modulator driver for 40G & 100G applications
5 January 2012
RFMD to showcase ZigBee front-end solutions at CES
5 January 2012
Amonix CEO Brian Robertson killed in light aircraft crash
4 January 2012
InGaAs buffer/channel structure boosts effective mobility 4.2x that of silicon
4 January 2012
Samsung LED to be merged into Samsung Electronics
4 January 2012
GaN gaining traction in commercial applications
4 January 2012
TFG increases stake in Ascent Solar from 20% to 41%
3 January 2012
Zinc oxide transparent conduction on semipolar nitride LEDs boosts EQE
3 January 2012
Chalmers demos first subharmonic graphene FET mixer at microwave frequencies
3 January 2012
Emcore’s quarterly revenue grows 5% sequentially to $52.1m
3 January 2012
AWR hosts three-city high-frequency design seminar tour in India
3 January 2012
Epistar launches 100, 120 and 150lm/W LED chipsets for warm-white lighting
2 January 2012
Opnext’s 10G module production at Thailand’s Fabrinet transferred from Chokchai
2 January 2012
2 January 2012
Tegal sells NLD portfolio; Cu barrier and low-k dielectric patents still under auction
