Toshiba and Bridgelux plan to develop GaN-on-silicon LEDs on 8-inch wafers, making use of Toshiba's capabilities in silicon-based device manufacturing. Toshiba, the Japan-based industrial giant and lighting manufacturer, has made an equity ...
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Wah Lee benefiting from TSMC,UMC full capacity Patty Wang,Taipei;Adam Hwang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 16 May 2012]Wah Lee Industrial,a Taiwan-based distributor of electronic materials,has obtained growing orders for silicon wafers,photo resist ...
''Gallium nitride power transistors are poised to move out of the labs and into mains PSUs and motor drives,'' was one message from the PCIM power show in Nuremberg this month. ''Only if the price drops and designers can bear the ...
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Total solar wafer and module shipments in first-quarter 2012 were 466MW,exceeding the firm's guidance and representing an increase of 37.1%from 339.9MW in fourth-quarter 2011 and an increase of 41%on year.The sequential increase in solar ...
Synova SA of Ecublens-Lausanne, Switzerland has reorganized its business according to market segments, forming three business units Diamonds, Semiconductor, and Industry. The firm says that this should allow it to focus on the specific ...
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Bridgelux,a leading developer and promoter of LED lighting technologies and solutions,and Toshiba Corporation,a world-leading semiconductor manufacturer,today announced that Bridgelux and Toshiba have achieved the industry's top class 8"GaN ...
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Sales of CMOS image sensors will grow 8%this year to$6.3bn compared to$5.8bn in 2011,when the market climbed 29%from$4.5bn in 2010,says IC Insights. The 2011 increase pushed CMOS image sensor sales above the previous record of$4.6bn set ...
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Holy Sunergy to raise US$11.5 million for capacity expansion Nuying Huang,Henan;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 10 May 2012]Holy Sunergy,a solar wafer maker funded by Taiwan-based firms,will raise additional capital of US$11.5 million to ...
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Dow Corning of Auburn,MI,USA has extended its silicon carbide(SiC)epitaxy capability with an order for two additional AIX 2800G4 WW Planetary Reactor platforms from Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany,due to be commissioned in Q2/2012.The ...
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Trinity Material in China has cooperated with ARC Energy to use ARC Energy's CHES furnaces for sapphire production. The two companies are paving the way for new industry expectations and opportunities based on c-axis growth orientation ...
28nm is the first process shrink which doesn't deliver a cheaper chip,says Scott McGregor,CEO of Broadcom. According to McGregor,not only is 28nm more expensive than 40nm now,as might be expected at the start of a node,but that,on ...
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NGK Insulators, Ltd. claims has to have developed gallium nitride (GaN) wafers that double luminous efficiency of a LED light source compared to conventional materials. NGK says that its GaN wafers created with its original liquid phase ...
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NGK Insulators, Ltd. claims has to have developed gallium nitride (GaN) wafers that double luminous efficiency of a LED light source compared to conventional materials. NGK says that its GaN wafers created with its original liquid phase ...
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Rubicon Technology,Inc.(NASDAQ:RBCN),a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED,RFIC,semiconductor,and optical industries,today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31,2012.The Company reported ...
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In preliminary results for first-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 ...
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