Semiconductor Today: April 2008

April 2008 issue

News:
LEDs to replace CCFLs in notebook-PC backlights • GaAs demand from digital cable to top $100m by 2012 • Solar VC investment reaches record in Q1 • RFMD consolidating production test in Beijing; first Polaris 3 Silver orders • AWR and TriQuint JumpStart GaAs MMIC design • Skyworks extends Kopin HBT supply deal • Nitronex collaborating with Merrimac and Nujira • Raytheon demos GaN in radar components • E-mode SiC JFETs boost solar inverters efficiency • Bede bought by x-ray metrology equipment maker Jordan Valley • Aviza cuts DRAM dependence • Saint-Gobain buys GaN supplier Lumilog • Energomera acquires sapphire substrate maker Atlas PCF • Oxford Instruments acquires TDI • TSMC backs $40m Bridgelux funding • LED University launched • Osram opens Regensburg expansion and Asian HQ • Seoul and Everlight settle with Rothschild • BRILASI raises bar for high-power lasers • DILAS opens China plant • Sharp targets 400mW Blu-ray laser for 8–12x recording by 2010 • Syntune takes over chip supplier Svedice • BeamExpress raises firstround funds • Innolume launches O-band WDM comb laser • Emcore adds Intel’s optical datacoms group • Emcore wins $4.6m follow-on order for CPV assemblies • Spectrolab wins 350MW CPV assembly order from Australia

Technology Focus:
Infinera targeting PICs of 4Tb/s within 10 years

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