With the purchase of Elpida Memory, the third-largest DRAM maker, Micron Technology not only becomes a Tier 1 supplier, but also catapults itself into the mobile space as a supplier to leading smartphone and tablet makers, including Apple. ...
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$4 billion agreement will see the world's leading chip maker fund R&D and take an equity stake in ASML. Eric Meurice:pushing Moore's law Intel is set to acquire up to a 15%equity stake in the semiconductor equipment specialist ...
Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has more than doubled production of bonded silicon-on-sapphire ...
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N-type mono-crystalline solar cells have high production costs, making them less competitive. Nevertheless, China-based firms have been eager to enter the market. The cost of N-type mono-crystalline solar cells is high due to immature ...
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Following a built up of 60 percent capacity expansion in 2011, LED fab investments will slow down somewhat with expected capacity expansion of 39 percent and 26 percent in 2012 and 2013, respectively. The slowdown follows the strong build ...
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LED semiconductor lighting is the fourth revolution in the way of human lighting after the incandescent lighting, fluorescent lighting and energy saving lamp lighting. Because of energy saving, environmental protection, long life, rich ...
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10 October 2012 Shenyang Silicon Technology opts for EV Group's EVG850LT 300-mm SOI production bonding system EV Group(EVG)of St Florian,Austria,a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment,says that China-U.S.joint-venture ...
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Slow start but a strong ending to come for 2012 China solar market,says IMS Research Press release;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 11 October 2012]China's domestic solar market made a slow start to the year,with just 720MW installed in the ...
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GET defers plans to rent solar wafer capacity in China Nuying Huang,Taipei;Adam Hwang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 11 October 2012]Taiwan-based solar-grade polysilicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology(GET)has deferred plans to rent production ...
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Brolis Semiconductors Ltd. and Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Brolis has received shipment of a Veeco GEN200® Edge™ Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) production system for installation at their new epitaxial ...
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Brolis Semiconductors Ltd of Vilnius, Lithuania says it has received shipment of a Veeco GEN200 Edge molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) production system from Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA. The system will be installed at Brolis' ...
Everspin Technologies today announced what it is calling the industry's first Spin-Torque Magnetoresistive RAM(ST-MRAM)chip,which offers an alternative to non-volatile DRAM sub systems. Everspin said the new memory type is not targeted to ...
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The next technological challenge for the Solid-state lighting industry is the transition to silicon wafers. Everybody knows that silicon offers many advantages in terms of cost and availability. Nevertheless, the changeover bears many ...
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In 2010, the future of the Chinese LED market was looking brighter than ever. The world economy was recovering from the "Great Regression," new environmental and efficiency initiatives outlined in the country's twelfth five‐year plan ...
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Taipei,Sept.5,2012--J.K.Wang,Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s vice president for operations/300mm fabs,yesterday said the company,currently the world's No.1 pure silicon foundry,will begin volume production of chips on 450mm silicon ...
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