Manz AG of Reutlingen, Germany, which supplies integrated production lines for crystalline silicon solar cells and thin-film solar modules (as well as lines flat-panel displays), says it is demonstrating the standards of its CIGSfab ...
Tags: PV modules, solar cells, solar modules
For 2012, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has reported record full-year revenue of £88m, consisting of £69m (79%) from Wireless, £18m (20%) from Photonics, and £0.95m (1%) from ...
Tags: IQE, Electrical, Electronics
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) says that, in the next few years, the use of patterned sapphire substrates (PSS) ...
Tags: LayTec, Electrical, Electronics
Aledia, a developer of LEDs-based on disruptive microwire GaN-on-Silicon technology, announced today that it has made its first LEDs on 8-inch (200mm) silicon wafers. The cost of Aledia’s LED 3D chips based on microwires is expected ...
Tags: Aledia, LED, Silicon Wafers, Microwire Technology
Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers are expected to have 2013 revenues decreasing by 10% from 2012 because many China-based fellow makers will bring production capacities into operation in 2013 and this will cause price drops, according to ...
Tags: Sapphire Wafer, Sapphire ingot, Sapphire
In its efforts to explore methods of computing without silicon, IBM has found a way to make transistors that could be fashioned into virtual circuitry, mimicking the way in which the human brain operates. The proposed transistors would be ...
Tags: IBM, computer processors, computer
TSMC Solid State Lighting (SSL) plans to introduce LED chip products that do not require packaging, with brightness reaching 130lm/W in the second half of 2013. The new product is likely to save 20-40% of packaging costs, hence TSMC SSL may ...
Tags: LED chips, LED, LED chip products
China-based Suntech Power Holdings announced the insolvency of its China subsidiary, Wuxi Suntech. Industry sources noted that Suntech executives will arrive in Taiwan next week to meet with strategic partners. Taiwan-based solar firms ...
Tags: Suntech, solar firms, solar
Almelo, the Netherlands: PANalytical, the world's leading supplier of analytical X-ray equipment and software, is set to launch its new software for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems. PANalytical developed Stratos, a brand new software ...
Tags: software, XRF systems, coatings, surface layers
TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL) announced today that its laboratory was accredited as a LM-80 qualified lab by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF). At the same time, all of its LED product series have been tested in the lab and will ...
Tags: Solid State Lighting, Lighting, LED product
STMicroelectronics has parftnered with CMP (Circuits Multi Projects) in France to make its THELMA MEMS manufacturing process available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies through a multi-project wafer ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Exploring methods of computing without silicon, IBM has found a way to make transistors that could be fashioned into virtual circuitry that mimics how the human brain operates. The proposed transistors would be made from strongly ...
OneChip Photonics Inc of Ottawa, Canada, which designs optical chips and transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated circuits (PICs) fabricated in indium phosphide (InP), says that it is working with both pure-play epiwafer foundry ...
Seven O-S-D product categories and device groups reached record-high sales in 2012 compared to 14 new records being set in 2011, according to data shown in the 2013 edition of IC Insights’ O-S-D Report, A Market Analysis and Forecast ...
Tags: opto sensor, Optoelectronics, sensor
As sapphire substrate makers brace for a year of consolidation, 2013 could deliver the killer application, reports Compound Semiconductor. Will 2013 be a year of two halves for manufacturers of sapphire substrates? Overcapacity and falling ...
Tags: sapphire substrate, raw material