The global market for radio-frequency (RF) power semiconductor devices – spanning silicon (LDMOS), gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) – will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 12% during ...
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Guardian Optical Technologies announced the launch of breakthrough, patent-pending sensor technology for automobile manufacturers, supported by $5.1m in Series A funding from Maniv Mobility and Mirai Creation Fund. The company will use ...
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After being showcased at the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017) in Washington DC, USA (17-22 September), Tokyo-based Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (SEI) has launched the EpiEra high-quality ...
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Gogoro Inc, a Taiwanese-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, has raised another US$300 million (NT$9 billion) as it looks to further expand to new regions and product ...
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The 100G Lambda Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Group has announced their intent to develop specifications based on 100Gbps per wavelength optical technology. Under the MSA, 22 participating companies are addressing the technical challenges ...
Tags: Nokia, Microsoft, Optical Links
Tokyo-based Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) says that, by the end of January 2018, it will acquire assets from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co Ltd (NSMAT) concerning the ...
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The market for global diamond materials for semiconductor applications will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.26% over 2017-2021, forecasts a report by Technavio. Diamond materials for semiconductors are crystalline or ...
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The LED materials market is increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% from 2016 to $12.55bn in 2021, forecasts a report from MarketsandMarkets. The market is driven by the growing demand for LED materials in general ...
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Japanese beer maker Asahi Group said it will take on EUR7.4bn in bank loans to finance its purchase of SABMiller's former Central & Eastern European beer assets. Asahi said its board agreed to the loan, from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui and ...
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Sumitomo has entered into an agreement to acquire Irish fruit grower Fyffes for €751m to increase its fruit imports in Japan. The global trading company which imports about 30% of bananas to Japan has offered to buy each of the ...
iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus & Apple Watch Series 2 to Support FeliCa, Giving Users an Easy, Fast & Secure Way to Pay & Commute Apple Pay will let iPhone 7 users in Japan commute quickly and easily with Suica. San Francisco — Apple ...
The 4WDM MSA (4-wavelength Wavelength Division Multiplexing Multi-Source Agreement) Group has announced its formation as an industry consortium dedicated to defining optical specifications and promoting the adoption of interoperable 100G ...
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Even with the well-publicized consolidation of RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor, Infineon's acquisition of International Rectifier (IR) and most-recently Wolfspeed, and NXP Semiconductors' acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor, ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2016 (to 30 June), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – ...
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – has completed its strategic review and will ...
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