For third-quarter 2012, 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 $19.9m, up 17% on $17m ...
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Quotes for sapphire wafers have decreased, with some Taiwan-based makers lowering prices for a 2-inch wafer from a negotiable level of around US$8 in September-October to below US$7.5 currently, according to industry sources in Taiwan. ...
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Rubicon Technology, a US-based sapphire substrates provider, has reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012. The firm reported that third-quarter revenue increased to US$19.9 million from US$17 million in ...
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Driven by market demand, the semiconductor industry progressed toward consensus on building-block standards for automating LED production on 6-in wafers at the Semicon West conference, explains PAULA DOE. ...
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Acme Electronics is expected to report flat or slight sequential growth in consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2012, buoyed by rising sales generated by sapphire ingot-making subsidiary USI Optronics, according to market sources. ...
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Sapphire substrate makers report mixed August revenues Siu Han,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 12 September 2012]Sapphire substrate firms such as Crystalwise and Crystal Applied have both reported on-month decreases in August ...
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For second-quarter 2012, 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 $17m, down 60% on $43m a ...
Toshiba plans silicon-based LED production; Azzurro installs Veeco MOCVD 31 Jul 2012 Veeco Instruments announced that Azzurro Semiconductors has commissioned a new Veeco MOCVD reactor for silicon-based LED production while Toshiba plans to ...
Soitec installation in Durban Soitec,the France-based company specializing in semiconductor materials and concentrated photovoltaics(CPV),says that it is focusing on cost control measures while it gears up for a ramp of production at its ...
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InfiniLED,backed by ScienceWorks Ventures plc and a Tyndall National Institute(UCC)spin-out,has signed an access agreement with Tyndall National Institute,Cork(Tyndall). Under the agreement,InfiniLED's engineers will work within the ...
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Wednesday,July 11 10:30am-3:30pm Enabling the Next Generation of HB LEDs We've invited industry experts from across the globe to talk about practical solutions for enabling the economics for the solid state lighting market to take ...
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As production of sapphire wafers by China-based makers will gradually increase, prices for the product in the second quarter of 2012 are expected to remain at current levels, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Taiwan-based makers have ...
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Taiwan-based makers of sapphire wafers suffered operating losses in 2011 due to stagnant demand for LED epitaxial wafers and chips, but are likely to turn profitable in the second quarter of 2012 as global demand for LED chips used for ...
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This 38-page report forecasts that GaN epiwafer production capacity in China will grow 300 percent from 2010 to 2012. SEMI (San Jose, CA and Shanghai, China), the global industry association of manufacturing suppliers to the ...
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Rubicon Technology says that it has shipped over 200,000 six-inch sapphire wafers to LED manufacturers worldwide. Rubicon Technology, Inc (Nasdaq:RBCN), a provider of sapphire substrates and products based in Bensenville, IL, says that it ...
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