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 ...
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Growth drivers in 2012 were LEDs, laser transmitters for high-speed optical networks, MEMS-based acceleration/yaw sensors, CMOS imaging devices and power transistors for energy-saving electronics and battery management, says IC Insights in ...
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In booth 1136 at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2013) at the Anaheim Convention Center, California (17–21 March), micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti ...
For its fiscal third-quarter 2013 (ended 27 January), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, has reported revenue of $238.4m, a drop of almost 5% on fiscal Q3/2012's $243m a year ago but ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has received the 2012 Foundry ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has announced significant ...
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Swiss researchers have worked with IBM to design a very high speed data converter which will operate at speeds up to 100Gbit/s. IBM Research has worked with Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland on ...
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A quartet of low-cost but feature-packed gadgets to make life that little bit more exciting. ASUS MEMOPAD ($199) ASUS's new ultra-cheap yet feature-packed 7-inch Android tablet has a 1024x600 pixel, 10-point multi-touch LED-backlit ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), is to collaborate with Murata Manufacturing Company on a multisource arrangement for ...
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Nikon today released two new compact cameras, adding to its fast-growing list of products under the COOLPIX camera range. The COOLPIX A, is the first COOLPIX compact digital camera equipped with a DX-format CMOS sensor. This means it ...
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Japanese camera manufacturer Canon has developed a large sensor chip for shooting video in extremely dim conditions. The company said its new 35mm CMOS sensor can shoot high-definition video in environments with 0.03 lux of illumination, ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT – says that it has achieved Milestone 4 ...
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EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system), nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, says that it is developing equipment and process ...
AKHAN Technologies Inc of Hoffman Estates, IL, USA has been granted exclusive diamond semiconductor application licensing rights to low-temperature diamond deposition technology developed by the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the ...
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Microchip has developed a capacitive contactless identification system that relies on near-field effects around the human body. A $1 fob or token, carried about a person, sets up a field that extends to the wearers fingertips, allowing ...
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