Semiconductor Today: May/June issue

May / June
2009 issue

News:
LED market to exceed $33bn by 2013 • Bulk GaN to expand from blue lasers to LED lighting and power electronics • RFMD seeing better-than-expected orders • WIN opens fab B • Skyworks acquires Axiom • ‘Radar on Chip for Cars’ project formed • Veeco & Aixtron revenues fall 43–44% • Aviza files for Chapter 11 • OIPT launches HVPE reactor • BluGlass expands to PVs • Cree’s June-quarter boosted by lighting and notebook PCs • Crystal IS and China’s Sanan to co-develop UV-C LEDs • Nichia pushes InGaN lasers nearer to green via 515nm emission • Bookham swaps New Focus for Newport high-power diode laser unit • French government fund takes stake in 3S • QPC buy-out allows continued operations • Luxtera claims first commercial silicon CMOS photonics fabrication process • Emcore sees late-quarter pick-up • Cyrium claims record efficiency for commercial multi-junction PVs • Showa Shell to spend $1.7bn on CIS capacity • Solyndra signs $115m contract • Ascent’s CIGS PVs to be designed into hybrid UAVs • First Solar agrees multi-year supply contract with Pfalzsolar • Abound signs deals with Wirsol and juwi • Sunovia wins $33m order for EPIR’s MWIR wafers

Conference:
CS MANTECH report

Conference:
OFC 2009 report

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Conference Report: CS MANTECH 2009

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