MOCVD, lithography, plasma etching, PECVD & PVD tools to experience turbulent investment cycles in the coming years GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT INVESTMENT CYCLE The packaged LED market still presents significant opportunities for growth ...
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When the Chinese energy giant Hanergy decided last week to buy Miasole,a Silicon Valley-based thin-film solar company,at less than a tenth the amount venture capitalists had invested in the firm,it could have been making a savvy move.Though ...
UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments has been chosen by Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology to supply a FlexAL ALD (atomic layer deposition) system for installation in its cleanroom. FlexAL systems provide a ...
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Hittite Microwave Corp (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has promoted Gorkem Guven to the executive role of vice president, ...
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Taipei, Oct. 11, 2012 (CENS)--President Ma Ying-jeou asserted the principle of "normal opening and exceptional control" for foreign investments in Taiwan yesterday (Oct. 10), greatly lifting the restrictions on the entry of foreign capital ...
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Taipei, Oct.11, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan's 1,004 listed manufacturers spent some NT$148.9 billion (US$4.96 billion) in R&D in the first half, up 0.7% year on year (YoY), with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) leading with NT$18.4 ...
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Researchers in China have developed a low-cost, high-throughput photonic crystal (PhC) process for nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Tongbo Wei et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol101, p211111, 2012]. The process used ...
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Taipei,Oct.11,2012(CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)had consolidated sales revenue of NT$43.3 billion(US$1.44 billion at US$1:NT$30)in September,slipping an unexpected 12.4% from August and hitting a five-month low ...
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How quickly your skin will age? A British firm is ready to answer this question by launching the reportedly first in-store DNA tests. These tests will allow London shoppers to choose the cream and serum genetically suited to their skin ...
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Epistar,the Taiwan-based company that is ranked as one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-brightness LEDs,has become the latest major producer to hint at a transfer to a potentially much cheaper silicon platform. Currently the ...
More than 130 locations of convenience restaurant chain Sheetz, Inc. now feature state-of-the-art LED lighting by Cree. The installation of energy-efficient Cree interior and exterior lighting at Sheetz® retail gasoline locations is ...
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Back in 1960 Electronics Weekly was born into a ferment of III-V semiconductor research that within two years would produce the first practical LED. In 1960 Dr Nick Holonyak of General Electric was developing an unusual material,GaAsP,as ...
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Delta Microelectronics has become a Globalfoundries channel and Asic partner covering Europe,Middle East and Africa(EMEA). The semiconductor design and production services firm Delta will offer Globalfoundries semiconductor fabrication ...
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October 10,2012...Neubiberg,Germany–Infineon Technologies AG today introduced its LINLED driver family for automotive applications.The new TLD73xxEK system-on-chip devices make it possible to implement attractive multicolor ambient ...
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11 Oct 2012 The high-reliability semiconductor and imaging component manufacturer is expanding in Asia,but restructuring in the UK. e2v Technologies,the UK company that makes a range of semiconductor components including high-end ...