Raytheon UK's semiconductor business unit in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK has embarked on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project, in conjunction with researchers at Newcastle University, to enhance the performance of silicon carbide ...
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has appointed industry veteran Emad Afifi to the newly created role of senior ...
Tags: GigOptix, Senior Director, Electrical
The gallium arsenide integrated circuit market will grow to $8bn in 2017, according to a new report ‘The GaAs IC Market’ by The Information Network. The biggest enabler of the mobile data increase and the most important driver ...
For its fiscal first-quarter 2015 (to 28 June 2014), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $316.3m, up 23.6% on $256m last quarter and up 8% on $293m a year ago (and well above the $305m forecast at the ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog, RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has launched a new high-power gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
Tags: M/A-COM, Radar, MMIC Amplifier
RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reached a defense production milestone, completing the Defense Production Act Title III Gallium Nitride on Silicon Carbide (GaN ...
Tags: TriQuint, GaN, RF, GaN-on-SiC
IBM is investing $3bn over the next 5 years in two broad research and early-stage development programs to push the limits of chip technology needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and ‘big data’ systems. The ...
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RF Micro Devices, Inc. a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, reported financial results for the Company's fiscal 2015 first quarter, ended June 28, 2014. Quarterly Highlights: ...
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For second-quarter 2014, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics PICs, Electrical, Electronics
Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has received the National Technology and Innovation (PNTi) award from Mexico in two categories: Technology Management and Process Innovation. The PNTi is one of four ...
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For first-quarter 2014, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed ...
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have designed integrated circuits that can survive at temperatures greater than 350°C (about 660°F). Funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), their work could improve the ...
Tags: SiC Power electronics HEV, Electrical, Electronics, circuits
Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems) has announced its entry into the monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) market. Building on ...
Tags: Microsemi MMIC, MMIC Market
Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says that its AWL9281 front-end integrated circuit (FEIC) is enabling WiFi connectivity in Huawei’s new Ascend P7 smartphone. The ...
Tags: Ascend P7, Huawei, Smartphone
RF, microwave and millimeter-wave product maker Pasternack Enterprises Inc of Irvine, CA, USA has launched a new family of low-noise amplifiers (LNA) capable of high gain and broadband performance between 9kHz and 18GHz frequencies, which ...
Tags: LNA GaAs pHEMT, Electrical, Electronics