Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2014 of $392.9m, up 18% on $331.7m in 2013. Fourth-quarter 2014 revenue was $113.6m, up 22% on $93.3m last ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany claims that it has achieved one of the best values in the world in terms of forward voltage for blue high-current chips, leading to an increase in efficiency of up to 8%. Optimized ...
ProPhotonix Ltd of Salem, NH, USA, a designer and manufacturer LED illumination systems and laser diode modules for OEMs and medical equipment companies (as well as a distributor of laser diodes for Panasonic, Ushio, Osram, QSI, and Sony), ...
Tags: ProPhotonix, Visible Laser Diodes
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany is expanding its product range for horticultural lighting with a new type of its Oslon SSL LED. In addition to the existing hyper red (660nm) and deep blue (450nm) versions, firm has ...
Tags: Osram Oslon SSL, LED
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 27 December 2014), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $86.8m, down 15.6% on $102.9m a year ago and ...
Tags: end-market, Telecoms
Using a Camry hybrid prototype and a fuel cell bus, Tokyo-based Toyota Motor Corporation aims this year to conduct tests on the streets of Japan that will evaluate the performance of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, which could ...
Samsung and Apple continue to lead as top global semiconductor customers in 2014. The two companies consumed – together – 17 percent of the total semiconductor demand. Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top ...
Tags: semiconductor demand, pricing implications, Electrical
Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its Technologies Group experienced more than 20% growth in 2014, marking its third consecutive year of high growth. ...
Tags: synthetic diamond solutions, emerging markets, Electrical
In cooperation with international partners, Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland have presented what is claimed to be the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of ...
Tags: Group-IV Lasers, clock signal, Electrical
Despite a projected 5.4 percent increase in global semiconductor revenue in 2015, this is down from 7.9 percent growth in 2014, according to Gartner Inc. The forecast is also down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 5.8 percent ...
Tags: LED lighting, Electrical
CheckPoint Systems, a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has launched new RFID labels that are certified by ARC at the Auburn University RFID Lab for four apparel categories, in order to ...
Tags: apparel categories, retail industry, Textile
SAMCO Inc of Kyoto, Japan, a supplier of plasma etch, chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and surface treatment systems to compound semiconductors device makers, has announced metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) demonstration ...
Tags: metal-organic chemical, GaN-550 MOCVD system, Electrical
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for, RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has introduced a high-linearity 4W power amplifier, operating over ...
Tags: chip-set solution, Electrical
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc (MACOM) of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for, RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has released a high-power pulsed amplifier designed for ...
Tags: RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, Electrical
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has completed its acquisition (announced on 20 August) of International Rectifier Corp (IR) of El Segundo, CA, USA, following the approval of all necessary regulatory authorities and International ...