For second-quarter 2013, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $190.1m. This is up 3% on $184.2m last quarter (although Q1 had been impacted by ...
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Laser markets keep on an even keel 31 Jul 2013 Longbow Research finds vendors reporting no rude surprises, while fiber laser players continue to tussle. Materials processing The fortunes of US laser vendors during the second quarter of ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,26 commodities increased in prices, 19 fell and 55 remained unchanged on 08/08/2013.The largest rises were BR (1.98%),Copper (1.61%),Natural rubber (1.53%),while the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,24 commodities increased in prices, 29 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 07/08/2013.The largest rises were Adipic acid (2.24%),SBR (2.14%),Sulfur (1.38%),while the largest ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,32 commodities increased in prices, 21 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 06/08/2013.The largest rises were BR (4.25%),SBR (3.88%),Phenol (3.00%),while the largest falls ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,34 commodities increased in prices, 13 fell and 53 remained unchanged on 05/08/2013.The largest rises were SBR (2.41%),LLDPE (1.71%),Tin ingot (1.44%),while the largest ...
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Major Chinese steelmaker Baosteel announced on August 8 that it has commissioned the third phase of grain oriented silicon steel project. The third phase with an annual production capacity of 300,000 mt helps Baosteel to reduce cost and ...
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Evonik Industries is now significantly expanding precipitated silica capacity at its Maptaphut site in Thailand. Funded by an investment in the lower double-digit million euro range, the expansion is to be completed in the first quarter of ...
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Researchers based in Belgium have developed gold-free nitride semiconductor Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) on 200mm-diameter silicon to complement metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MISHEMTs) previously ...
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For second-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $10.6m, down 38% on $17m ...
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The company made public today the foundation of its new LED business unit, called "Azzurro LED Technologies", dedicating more resources to migrate the LED industry to GaN-on-Si. The new business unit's strategy is to license Azzurro's ...
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Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc (AMEC) of Shanghai, China has been granted Validated End-User (VEU) status by the US Department of Commerce. AMEC makes dielectric and through-silicon via (TSV) etch systems, and at March's SEMICON ...
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ETH-Zurich has reported increased maximum oscillation frequency for its indium phosphide/gallium arsenide antimonide (InP/GaAsSb) double-heterostructure bipolar transistors (DHBTs) [Rickard L?vblom et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, ...
For second-quarter 2013, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for ...
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Researchers in China and Turkey have been using varying-thickness gallium nitride (GaN) barriers between indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) to improve hole distributions and thus to reduce efficiency droop effects ...
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