http://www.semiconductor-today.com/rss/news.xml News for the compound semiconductor and advanced silicon industry Semiconductor Today Magazine Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:25:01 +0100 Super Simple RSS http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/TRIQUINT_040811.html For first-half 2011, RF front-end product and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc has reported revenue of $453.1m. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:23:16 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/KYMA_040811.html Kyma Technologies Inc has launched its n+ c-plane bulk GaN substrate product line. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:21:55 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/FIRSTSOLAR_040811.html Pacific Gas and Electric Company of San Francisco, CA, USA (a subsidiary of PG&E Corp) and Sempra Generation (a subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra Energy) have entered into a 25-year contract for 150MW of renewable power from an expansion of Sempra Generation s Copper Mountain Solar complex in Boulder City, NV. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:20:20 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/PHOENIXSOLAR_040811.html Singapore-based Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd, the Asia-Pacific subsidiary of photovoltaic system integrator Phoenix Solar AG of Sulzemoos, near Munich, Germany, has signed two contracts to install a total of 2 megawatts peak power (MWp) of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) PV capacity in the states of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, India. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:19:38 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/TEKTRONIX_040811.html Tektronix Inc has launched four new DPO/DSA70000D Series oscilloscope models with real-time sampling rates up to 100GS/s on two channels and 33GHz analog bandwidth on four channels. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:16:58 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/TOWERJAZZ_040811.html Specialty foundry TowerJazz says that its 0.13µm silicon germanium (SiGe) technology (SBL13) has been successfully transferred from the fabrication plant of its US subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:15:27 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/RFMD_040811.html RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA says that, at its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, all agenda items were approved by the shareholders. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:15:01 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/BRIDGELUX_030811.html LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc has raised $60m in a Series E financing round led by Los Angeles-based Craton Equity Partners. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:11:59 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/GIGOPTIX_030811.html For second-quarter 2011, GigOptix Inchas reported total revenue of $7.6m (up 21% on $6.3m a year ago but down slightly on $7.7m last quarter). Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:10:15 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/OCLARO_030811.html For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 (ended 2 July), optical component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro Inc has reported revenue of $109.2m. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:07:23 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/MSA_030811.html The 10x10 MSA (multi-source agreement), an ecosystem of organizations creating 100Gbps solutions, has announced the public availability of 10km and 40km specifications to expand into new applications. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:06:21 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/NEOPHOTONICS_030811.html NeoPhotonics Corp has announced sample availability of its first extended-reach XG PON1 transceiver module for 10G passive optical network (PON) applications in an XFP form factor. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:04:50 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/AGILENT_030811.html Measurement equipment maker Agilent Technologies Inc and the University of California, Davis (UCD) are to establish the Davis Millimeter Wave Research Center (DMRC) as an industry-university cooperative research program focusing on advancing technology in millimeter-wave and terahertz (THz) systems for radar, imaging systems, sensors, wireless communications and integrated passive devices found in electromagnetic metamaterials and antennae. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:03:37 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/CREE_030811.html LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc has announced the commercial availability of a XLamp XT-E Royal Blue LED optimized for use in remote-phosphor lighting and other applications with similar requirements. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:01:51 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/TIN_020811.html The rapid increase in the market for LEDs used in applications such as notebook backlights and automobile headlights is spurring heavy capital investments by LED makers. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:00:07 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/ARCENERGY_020811.html Advanced RenewableEnergy Company LLC (ARC Energy) has signed $96.9m in additional new contracts with two leading Asian manufacturers. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:59:03 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/OIPT_020811.html UK-based Oxford Instruments says that industry and academia came together at the University of Southampton recently to demonstrate the success of an industrial collaboration that is creating the nanotechnology needed for smaller, low-power devices. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:55:10 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/SPTS_020811.html European private equity backer Bridgepoint and the management of etch, deposition and thermal processing equipment maker SPP Process Technology Systems Ltd (SPTS) of Newport, Wales, UK have completed the acquisition of the latter from former parent firm Sumitomo Precision Products Co Ltd (SPP). The deal (which was announced on 27 June) closed with an enterprise value of nearly $200m. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:51:45 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/OPEL_020811.html OPEL Solar International Inc says that, due to unanticipated personal circumstances, Chris Grasset has withdrawn from serving on its board of directors. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:50:34 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/LUMILEDS_020811.html LED maker Philips Lumileds says that its LUXEON Rebel LEDs were honored in Paris, France with the Electron D Or award from ElectroniqueS magazine. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:48:37 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/EMCORE_020811.html Emcore Corp says that a pair of its Inverted Metamorphic Module Quadruple-Junction (IMM4J) solar cells carried on a platform were released into low-earth orbit (LEO) from the Space Shuttle Atlantis cargo bay on 20 July after Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station during its historic final mission. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:48:35 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/VEECO_010811.html For second-quarter 2011, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc has reported revenue of $264.8m. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:46:46 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/SA2_010811.html Despite multiple debt crises and economic volatility worldwide, global handset shipments grew 13% year-on-year to 361 million units in second-quarter 2011. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:45:36 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/SA_010811.html Global smartphone shipments grew 76% year-on-year to a record 110 million units in second-quarter 2011, according to a report from market research firm Strategy Analytics Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:44:19 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/MACOM_010811.html M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc has launched an 8-way active splitter for CATV applications. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:43:17 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/CREE2_010811.html LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched what it claims is the first system-level LED downlight for the international 80-100mm MR16 market. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:42:15 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/CREE_010811.html LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has unveiled a concept LED light bulb from its lighting R&D team that delivers more than 1300 lumens at a luminous efficacy of 152 lumens per watt (LPW) using Cree TrueWhite Technology. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:40:58 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/INFINERA_010811.html Infinera Corp has announced the first global 5x 100Gb/s optical transmission trial over a distance of 1732km. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:39:49 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/AUG/AVAGO_010811.html Avago Technologies has launched a Fast Ethernet transceiver for providing reliable data transmission over plastic optical fiber (POF) link lengths up to 50m (NA0.5) or 70m (NA0.3). Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:39:17 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/THERMALTECHNOLOGY_300711.html Thermal Technology LLC, which designs and manufactures crystal growth systems and high-temperature vacuum and controlled-atmosphere furnaces for the processing of metals, ceramics, glass and quartz, has recently added a new production facility, tripling its manufacturing space. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:35:44 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/SEMISOUTH_300711.html SemiSouth Laboratories Inc has launched a new family of low-cost SiC junction field-effect transistors (JFETs) with what is claimed to be very good linearity targeted at high-end audio applications. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:34:42 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/HKUST_290711.html Researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have produced high-performance metamorphic high-electron-mobility transistors (mHEMT) with indium aluminum arsenide (InAlAs) barriers and indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) channels using GaAs substrates and metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:33:16 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/AXT_290711.html For second-quarter 2011, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which makes gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium substrate and raw materials, has reported revenue of $30m, up 29.6% on $23.2m a year ago. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:31:29 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/MSA_290711.html Mitsubishi Electric Corp, OKI Semiconductor Co Ltd, Opnext Inc, Renesas Electronics Corp and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd have announced a transmitter optical sub-assembly (TOSA) and receiver optical sub-assembly (ROSA) multi-source agreement (MSA) targeting 40Gbps pluggable transceiver modules. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:30:24 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/IDC_290711.html Despite a weaker feature-phone market (which declined for the first time since Q3/2009), worldwide mobile phone vendors shipments grew 11.3% year-on-year from 328.4 million units in second-quarter 2010 to 365.4 million units in second-quarter 2011. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:29:03 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/KOPIN_290711.html For second-quarter 2011, Kopin Corp of Taunton, MA, USA has reported revenue of $31.4m, up 4% on $30.2m a year ago but down 10% from last quarter’s record $34.9m. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:27:32 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/RFMD_280711.html For its fiscal first-quarter 2012 (ended 2 July 2011), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported revenue of $214.2m, down 21.8% on $273.8m a year ago but up 0.4% on last quarter’s $213.3m in contrast to the expected 5% drop. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:23:58 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/CHINALED_280711.html China s LED industry has seen significant development after the initiation of the National Semiconductor Illuminating Project in 2003, says Beijing-based CCID Consulting Co Ltd. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:21:22 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/CRYSTALIS_280711.html Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA and US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) claim record output power for single-chip ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes with peak wavelength less than 265nm. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:20:32 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/OPEL_280711.html OPEL Solar International Inc has signed an agreement with LIMEN SA of Geneva, Switzerland (a joint-stock company operating in real-estate and renewable energies) to supply two HCPV solar utility power plants for Sicily, Italy (each about 1MW in size, and worth $5m in revenue combined). Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:19:43 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/UCSB_270711.html University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has reported on its first demonstration of hot-electron transistors (HETs) built with the aluminium gallium nitride material system. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:16:16 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/AXT_270711.html AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which manufactures gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium substrates and raw materials, has filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:14:46 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/RIBER2_270711.html For second-quarter 2011, Riber S.A. has reported revenue of €7.2m, compared with €5.7m in Q1/2011 and just €1.5m in Q2/2010. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:13:18 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/RIBER_270711.html Riber S.A. says that it has sold a Compact 21 MBE system to a US-based photovoltaic solar module maker, for use in developing new thin-film structures for solar cells. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:11:52 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/IMS_270711.html Sales of smart-phones will exceed 420 million devices in 2011, accounting for nearly 28% of the entire global handset market, according to market analyst firm IMS Research. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:10:19 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/EVG_270711.html EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system), nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, says that earlier this month it broke ground on an expansion of its manufacturing capacity at its headquarters in St Florian, Austria. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:09:25 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/FIRSTSOLAR_270711.html First Solar Inc says that its cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules have received a new international certification confirming that its technology can be used in a variety of operating conditions, including coastal environments. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:07:48 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/SEMICONDUCTORTODAY_260711.html For coverage of all the key business and technology developments in compound semiconductors and advanced silicon materials and devices over the last month, see the new issue of Semiconductor Today magazine. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:07:01 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/DATABEANS_260711.html Optoelectronics still comprises the fastest-growing individual semiconductor product segment and, as a result, is being entering many new end-markets, comments market research firm Databeans Inc. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:05:39 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/SKYWORKS_260711.html For its fiscal third-quarter 2011 Skyworks Solutions Inc has reported revenue of $356.1m (with linear high-performance analog representing just over 25% of revenue, and handsets just under 75%). Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:04:22 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/COMPSANDMARKS_260711.html Out of a global CPV cumulative installed capacity of currently 23MW, in 2010 Spain dominated the CPV market with about 16MW (70% of the global CPV installed base), according to a new report. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:03:11 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/FIRSTSOLAR_260711.html First Solar Inc has set a new record for CdTe solar cell efficiency, reaching 17.3% with a test cell constructed using commercial-scale manufacturing equipment and materials. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:01:54 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/AQUIONICS_260711.html Aquionics Inc has signed a joint development agreement with LED specialist Dot Metrics Technologies Inc of Charlotte, NC, USA to develop a new line of UV-LED disinfection products. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:00:35 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/AMONIX_260711.html Amonix Inc has agreed an exclusive partnership for Thermax Ltd of Pune, India to be the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner providing its turnkey concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems to customers in India. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:59:10 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/NEOPHOTONICS_260711.html NeoPhotonics Corp has announced sample availability of its first 40G transceiver module for high-speed Ethernet client-side applications. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:57:47 +0100 http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/JULY/FIRSTSOLAR_250711.html First Solar Inc has sold a 9.9MW (DC) solar power plant near Zamora, Spain to European Solar Power Fund. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:56:35 +0100