DECEMBER 2006

29 December 2006

Philips takes full owership of Lumileds

29 December 2006

Riber continues penetration of China’s R&D market

28 December 2006

Avnet to distribute for Seoul Semiconductor

27 December 2006

Common platform for 10Gb/s transceiver development to cut design cycle time and costs

27 December 2006

Skyworks launches Helios II-Plus EDGE Radio for quad-band, multimedia handsets

26 December 2006

Asahi Kasei starts up fab for Hall-effect devices

26 December 2006

Emcore and Finisar receive Nasdaq delisting notices

22 December 2006

IQE acquires Singapore epiwafer foundry MBE Technology for £7.5m

22 December 2006

Nichia develops record 150lm/W white LED

22 December 2006

Acquicor closes $145m private placement to fund Jazz acquisition

21 December 2006

Tegal receives etch system order from Skyworks

21 December 2006

Osram licenses Coherent’s OPSL technology for displays

21 December 2006

LBO secures extra $1m and full-color laser projection license

21 December 2006

Element Six sets up Diamond Microwave Devices subsidiary to collaborate with Filtronic

21 December 2006

Emcore makes Ortel manager president and COO; CTO steps down from board

20 December 2006

AXT raises $24.2m in public offering

19 December 2006

WiMAX growth in China depends on how industry deals with barriers

19 December 2006

Survey ranks Asia GaAs epi suppliers highest; Hitachi Cable overtakes FCM for substrates

19 December 2006

GaAs defense market to grow at 9% to 2010 before shift to GaN

18 December 2006

WJ introduces a 4W 28V InGaP HBT (GaAs) PA module for WCDMA infrastructure systems

18 December 2006

Record efficiency nonpolar and semipolar GaN LEDs

18 December 2006

BluGlass strengthens team in preparation for commercialization

18 December 2006

Normally-off GaN power transistor with low on-state resistance

18 December 2006

OCP grows revenue 28.3% quarter-to-quarter; makes management changes; launches XFP 10km temperature options

15 December 2006

Cellular backhaul point-to-point radio GaAs market to peak in 2007

15 December 2006

Nanosolar selects manufacturing sites in California and Germany

15 December 2006

Metryx receives mass metrology production tool order from US GaAs manufacturer

15 December 2006

Arima ramps-up for auto LED applications with Veeco’s largest capacity MOCVD system

14 December 2006

Nichia loses Korean design patent rights for backlighting side-view white LED

13 December 2006

MIT demonstrates InGaAs transistors that could succeed silicon

13 December 2006

RFMD opens customer support center in Shanghai

13 December 2006

Cree extends litigation against BridgeLux to further patents

12 December 2006

Record 845GHz transistor reported by UIUC’s Feng

12 December 2006

Novalux delivers 1.5W prototype red laser arrays for RPTV

12 December 2006

Filtronic shaves around £5m off expansion plan

12 December 2006

IMEC reports record-performance Ge pMOS FETs using Si-compatible processing

12 December 2006

Firecomms appoints VP of European sales

11 December 2006

Cree cuts revenue forecast on lower LED chip sales

11 December 2006

EPIC celebrates three years of helping build Europe’s photonics industry

11 December 2006

Apogee to introduce uncooled 20Gb/s and 25Gb/s 1310nm CWDM lasers for emerging 100GbE optical standards

8 December 2006

Optium reports record revenues

7 December 2006

WJ lowers Q4 revenue guidance from $12-12.5m to $10.8-11.3m

6 December 2006

Spectrolab’s new terrestrial solar cell smashes 40% efficiency barrier

6 December 2006

New roles at Veeco for Benjamin Loh Gek Lim and John Bulman

6 December 2006

Microsemi’s InGaP HBT technology supports latest 802.11n WLAN platforms

5 December 2006

Seoul Semiconductor claims record with 100 lm/W @ 350 mA P4 LED

5 December 2006

BOC Edwards makes moves to increase presence in compound semiconductor market

5 December 2006

SDK expands capacity for AlGaInP ultra bright LED chips

5 December 2006

NSTR opts for BedeScan X-ray Defect Detection and Inspection system

4 December 2006

Qualcomm specifies Anadigics’ PAs

4 December 2006

RFMD to sell Bluetooth assets for $39m to Qualcomm and collaborate on complementary cellular products

4 December 2006

Luminus makes available PhlatLight LED chipset evaluation kits

4 December 2006

Honda establishes Soltec CIGS solar cell subsidiary

1 December 2006

NL Nanosemiconductor acquires Zia Laser

1 December 2006

Finisar reports 13th quarter of growth, but reviews stock option grant practices

1 December 2006

Emcore buys $18m stake in terrestrial solar-power firm WorldWater & Power and signs $100m supply contract

1 December 2006

USAF contract for SUI to develop SWIR sensor for unmanned aerial vehicles

NOVEMBER 2006

30 November 2006

Emcore's PhotoVoltaics wins $41m multi-year order for communications satellites

29 November 2006

Sandia demonstrates reduced-bowing GaN growth on Aonex's sapphire-on-AlN substrates

29 November 2006

Aviza Japan president appointed

29 November 2006

Rudolph appoints SEMATECH’s VP of Strategy as chief operating officer

28 November 2006

DayStar appoints CEO to succeed founder and chairman

28 November 2006

Q-Cells forms JV to commercialize Solibro’s CIGS PV technology

28 November 2006

Global Solar to expand CIGS PV production

28 November 2006

Veeco receives four orders for R&D MBE systems

27 November 2006

AXT founder Morris Young plans retirement

27 November 2006

RFMD ships 50 millionth Polaris RF Solution

27 November 2006

Kopin on notice from NASDAQ pending review of stock option practices

27 November 2006

RFMD is Lenovo's 'Best Supplier' for second consecutive year; launches GPS solution; announces Bluetooth collaboration

24 November 2006

Second order for Riber's Compact12 research MBE reactor

24 November 2006

Sharp enters blue laser production

24 November 2006

TEM sample prep system with adaptive ion milling technology

23 November 2006

Innos supporting SiNANO project

23 November 2006

Nichia reports white LEDs producing 138lm/W at 20mA; over 90lm/W at 350mA

23 November 2006

Veeco plans leadership succession

22 November 2006

Avago ships 600 millionth optical mouse sensor

21 November 2006

BluGlass scales up GaN deposition to 4-inch substrates

21 November 2006

Shimei to produce GaN-on-silicon LEDs for blue, then green and red emission; developing blue lasers

21 November 2006

Handset shipments 259m in Q3; still on course for 1bn in 2006, says Strategy Analytics

21 November 2006

LED headlamps for automotive forward lighting

20 November 2006

Smallest 0.5W HB-LEDs for exterior auto lighting in PLCC-4 SMT LEDs

20 November 2006

LED lighting for direct connection to AC supply

20 November 2006

Aviza achieves operating profit one quarter ahead of forecast

20 November 2006

Tegal's revenues down 20%, but costs cut

18 November 2006

STS announces board and management changes

17 November 2006

TranSiC raises €0.44m in first-round financing

17 November 2006

Johnson Matthey hydrogen purifier for EpiLEDS

16 November 2006

RFMD introduces GaN wideband power amplifier ICs

16 November 2006

BinOptics to accelerate blue laser development with $6m funding

15 November 2006

Bandwidth’s parent announces Q3/2006 financial results

15 November 2006

TriQuint introduces new GaAs products for digital radio and sat-com

14 November 2006

Mitsubishi develops new GaAs FETs for WiMAX base transceiver stations

14 November 2006

Arima Opto to expand AlGaInP LED chip capacity to 1bn in 2007

14 November 2006

Toshiba announces record-breaking GaN power FET

14 November 2006

STMicroelectronics and Velox enter dual-source agreement

13 November 2006

Bandwidth expands wafer production with multiple Veeco TurboDisc E450 As/P MOCVD systems

13 November 2006

Auto industry's first LED for resistor drive applications

13 November 2006

RFMD elects CEO of eSilicon Corp to board

10 November 2006

TriQuint launches high-efficiency GaAs PA for enhanced-data-rate, longer-range Bluetooth with longer battery life

10 November 2006

Matheson Tri-Gas boosts arsine capacity

10 November 2006

Bede ships system for controlling strain and relaxation in SiGe to US manufacturing consortium

10 November 2006

New arsenic cracker source for MBE

9 November 2006

HYPHEN program indicates GaN HEMTs on composite substrates more reliable than on silicon

9 November 2006

Alfalight expands sales and support network to UK and Israel

9 November 2006

Finland's VTT orders flip-chip die bonder from Laurier

9 November 2006

Epitech orders three Aixtron AIX 2600G3 systems for HB-LEDs

8 November 2006

TDI samples 4-inch AlN-based semi-insulating wafers

8 November 2006

Sofradir building new fab using MBE to double third-generation IR detector production

8 November 2006

Kopin revenues fall during transition to higher-margin products

7 November 2006

Emcore lowers revenue forecast from $40m to $35m

7 November 2006

Bookham's declining Nortel sales offset by Cisco

6 November 2006

JDSU's optical communications business turns operating profit

6 November 2006

Avanex's revenues up 12%, but losses continue

3 November 2006

WJ reports sales up 57% year-on-year and plans to go fabless; launches first 28V InGaP HBTs for 3G

3 November 2006

X40 MSA launched to improve multi-rate 40Gb/s optical transceiver reach and cost

3 November 2006

Skyworks revenues and operating profits rise, excluding base-band shutdown costs

2 November 2006

OCP subcontracts to SAE China for high-volume manufacturing

2 November 2006

GaN HEMTs for general purpose broadband systems

2 November 2006

Aixtron raises full year guidance after profitable Q3

1 November 2006

UK’s Photonic Products Ltd acquired by StockerYale

OCTOBER 2006

31 October 2006

MBE awards for Horikoshi and Hoke

31 October 2006

GaAs inflates AXT’s Q3 revenue to $12.5m, but new tax regulations in China could burst bubble

30 October 2006

RoseStreet Labs establishes JV with Sumitomo

30 October 2006

Hittite’s Q2/2006 revenue up 63.5%

30 October 2006

Synova appoints Philippe Senn as COO

27 October 2006

Nitronex launches power transistors for broadband

27 October 2006

Cree announces first power switch and diode co-pack

27 October 2006

BridgeLux lights-up mobile applications market

27 October 2006

Cree's GaN HEMT WiMAX devices used for airborne broadcasting

26 October 2006

OIPT on the move

26 October 2006

Spectrolab produces two millionth multi-junction solar cell

26 October 2006

TriQuint handset revenues grow 57%, driving increased profits

26 October 2006

Osram introduces new generation of side-emitting LEDs

26 October 2006

CNU adds second Thomas Swan MOCVD system

25 October 2006

Anadigics sales up 53.2% year-on-year yield pro forma net profit

25 October 2006

RFMD's record revenues to continue, driven by cell-phone chip demand

24 October 2006

Mobile shipments top 245m in Q3/2006; on target for 1bn by year end

24 October 2006

Veeco boosted by HB-LED/wireless markets

24 October 2006

TDI to sample InGaN epi in early 2007, for small-scale production in Q3

23 October 2006

Cree and Micronetics: new appointments

23 October 2006

Modeling metal-induced reconstruction of surfaces

20 October 2006

FOREPI orders hydrogen purifiers from Johnson Matthey

20 October 2006

Cree's profits fall; sales flat year-on-year

20 October 2006

Saint-Gobain to develop substrates for BluGlass’ GaN-on-glass devices

20 October 2006

Sony Ericsson takes 'fastest growing vendor' title

19 October 2006

Welsh Assembly Government grants Aviza £1.2m for investment in Newport facility

19 October 2006

Nanometrics introduces VerteX; plans R&D expansion at York facility

18 October 2006

Renesas introduces a 2.4GHz/5GHz dual-band SiGe MMIC power amplifier

18 October 2006

BridgeLux bites back

18 October 2006

Avago claims first "Plug and Play" high-power RGB LED lighting modules

18 October 2006

European RF wireless chip foundry takes on IQE as preferred external supplier of epi-wafers

17 October 2006

Mitsubishi launches 15mW laser for G-PON FTTH

17 October 2006

Ultra-wideband for short-range automotive radar sensors

13 October 2006

NIST releases standard for AlGaAs epilayers

13 October 2006

K&S to enter die bonder market

12 October 2006

TDI demos technology for GaN and AlGaN QWs and Superlattices

11 October 2006

NAMBE awards Raytheon's Hoke and Bell Labs' Hock Ng

11 October 2006

Nitronex's GaN-on-Si process now qualified; launches RF power transistors for WiMAX

11 October 2006

VPEC orders two further MOCVD reactors

10 October 2006

Photolithography for HB-LEDs

10 October 2006

Cree claims first 160 lumen white power LED

10 October 2006

Finisar unveils expanded plant in Texas as it ships 50 millionth VCSEL

10 October 2006

Osram's OSTAR lighting products used in new LED floodlights

10 October 2006

Analysts warn of threat to Freescale's RF Business

10 October 2006

UK's DTI funds QC laser development for oil and gas prospecting

9 October 2006

Army funds Kyma to develop non-polar GaN substrates

9 October 2006

Cree samples 15W GaN HEMT for North American WiMAX

6 October 2006

US DOE selects Sandia as National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting R&D and announces more funding

6 October 2006

WLAN chip market to grow at 17% to $3.2bn by 2010

6 October 2006

Skyworks exits baseband business and focuses on GaAs

6 October 2006

Kopin lowers Q3/2006 revenue guidance from $19-20.5m to $14-15m

5 October 2006

Improved magnetic-semiconductor bilayer for room-temperature spintronics

5 October 2006

Mitsubishi launches high-output InGaP HBT amplifiers for WiMAX terminals

5 October 2006

SemiLEDs adds capacity with Aixtron’s AIX 2600G3 HT

4 October 2006

OSRAM's North American partnership for Nu Horizons

4 October 2006

STS sales up 37% year-on-year

4 October 2006

OSRAM launches Platinum Dragon LED

4 October 2006

Congress awards Microsemi $1.8M to develop SiC for defense avionics

4 October 2006

RFMD moves up the rankings

3 October 2006

Cree grants license to Lite-On Technology

3 October 2006

Filtronic ends wireless infrastructure business; focus switches to compounds

3 October 2006

Market for GaN and AlN substrates forecast to exceed $440m by 2010

2 October 2006

SWIR cameras from XenICs and SUI

2 October 2006

EPSRC’s National Centre for III-V Technologies moves to new £10m facility

2 October 2006

WiMAX and WLAN: the future for GaAs (part 2)

2 October 2006

CCT to hold grand opening

SEPTEMBER 2006

29 September 2006

Riber's first half sales mark return to operating profit

29 September 2006

Sawtek name cut in TriQuint re-brand

29 September 2006

Epistar to acquire Epitech and Highlink

29 September 2006

InGaP technology helps power Anadigics to 750m units milestone

28 September 2006

Opto Tech and Epistar secure new orders for LEDs

28 September 2006

September's key developments

28 September 2006

ITME turns to silicon carbide with new Epigress tool

27 September 2006

Shipments of Wi-Fi enabled consumer electronics devices to hit 249m by 2011

27 September 2006

OIPT appoints Mark Vosloo as sales director

27 September 2006

All that Jazz: Acquicor to acquire Jazz Semiconductor

26 September 2006

LEDtronics launches new range of LED light bulbs

26 September 2006

Broadcom selects Skyworks’ front-end module for Wi-Fi

26 September 2006

Riber develops new MBE research machine based on Kwansei Gakuin University patents

25 September 2006

WiMAX and WLAN: the future for GaAs

25 September 2006

Ed McIntyre joins QPC

23 September 2006

Teledyne acquires Rockwell Scientific for $167.5m

23 September 2006

Trion Technology introduces new photoresist stripper

22 September 2006

Miniature PA for 802.11b/g/n WLAN applications

22 September 2006

BluGlass lists at a 42.5% premium to offer price

22 September 2006

Bookham sells UK assembly and test plant for $9.5m

21 September 2006

BridgeLux responds to Cree lawsuit

21 September 2006

NXP appoints senior VP of Global Sales

21 September 2006

Dual-Mode cellular/Wi-Fi handset shipments to top 300m in 2011

20 September 2006

AOI launches 2.5Gbps DWDM lasers

20 September 2006

Suss extends Taiwan partnership with PhotonWealth

20 September 2006

Arima orders three more AIX 2600G3 systems as part of strategic expansion plan

20 September 2006

Indium and gallium deposits identified in Bolivia

19 September 2006

Avago sues Taiwan's Elan for patent infringement

19 September 2006

Base-station revenues to decline after 2008

19 September 2006

First electrically pumped hybrid silicon laser

19 September 2006

NanoWorld buys Suss MicroTec’s ELAN CB6L

18 September 2006

Unaxis changes name to OC Oerlikon

16 September 2006

Freescale to be acquired for $17.6bn

16 September 2006

Kyma introduces GaN and AlN templates

15 September 2006

Aixtron brings OVPD technology to OPAL 2008 project

15 September 2006

NXP announces board

14 September 2006

First DWDM-compatible XFP-E MSA-compliant transceiver module

13 September 2006

Photonics Center purchases Heidelberg’s DWL66 fs maskless laser lithography system

13 September 2006

Samsung opts for Anadigics’ InGaP-Plus technology

13 September 2006

HelioVolt and NREL extend CRADA to develop non-vacuum deposition for CIGS thin-film PVs

12 September 2006

Philips allies with UMS and Fraunhofer-IAF on GaN broadband PAs for wireless base-stations

12 September 2006

Cree files patent lawsuit against BridgeLux

12 September 2006

RFMD ships linear EDGE PA module to LG RFIC maker

12 September 2006

Market for HB-LEDs and substrates to reach $10.6bn by 2011

11 September 2006

TriQuint launches new GaAs HPAs at EuMW

11 September 2006

Nakamura receives €1m Millennium Technology Prize; will donate money for LED lighting in developing countries

8 September 2006

Anadigics ships HELP2 3G EV-DO PAs for Samsung's SCH-a870 handset

7 September 2006

BluGlass closes IPO fully oversubscribed; lodges supplementary prospectus

7 September 2006

Mobile infrastructure the wrong market for GaN?

7 September 2006

Filtronic's Wireless Infrastructure sale revised

7 September 2006

3G subscriptions to reach 285m by end-2006

7 September 2006

Anadigics begins shipping AWT6314 dual-band CDMA PAs for new 6215i handset

6 September 2006

Bookham raises $23.5m

6 September 2006

Cree names John Kurtzweil as CFO

6 September 2006

Philips to double power LED production with Singapore plant

6 September 2006

Finisar reports 12th quarter of growth

6 September 2006

Principia Lightworks inks contract with Bandwidth Semiconductor for III-V and II-VI wafers

4 September 2006

Formosa Epitaxy plans new LED plant

4 September 2006

Arima Opto receives large order for AlGaInP LEDs

2 September 2006

Cree doubles brightness of EZBright LED power chip for lighting applications

1 September 2006

SemiSouth raises $5m following SiC fab opening

1 September 2006

JDSU's optical communications sales up just 4%, while losses continue to shrink

1 September 2006

GE buys Emcore's stake in GELcore for $100m; partners with Nichia

AUGUST 2006

31 August 2006

IQE confirms 50% revenue rise

31 August 2006

Crystal IS raises $10.6m in second-round funding for AlN substrates

31 August 2006

NEC Electronics America awards Praxair a 10 year bulk gas contract NEC

30 August 2006

SiGe raises $19.5m after doubling revenues

30 August 2006

Norstel's new SiC plant inaugurated

30 August 2006

AFRL awards SemiSouth $3.95m of SiC power device contract worth up to $22.5m

30 August 2006

IMEC and Bede investigate new semiconductor materials at the 45nm technology node and below

29 August 2006

Boeing to provide 600,000 solar cells

26 August 2006

Mobile phone sales grew 18% in Q2/2006; Q3 to reach 238m units

26 August 2006

nLight acquires Flextronics Photonics for high-volume integration

25 August 2006

SemiSouth opens SiC manufacturing facility

25 August 2006

BluGlass extends IPO to accommodate international demand for oversubscriptions

24 August 2006

Evans Analytical Group acquires Applied Microanalysis Labs for III-V characterization expertise

24 August 2006

SSL Program awards $1.8m to boost green LEDs

23 August 2006

Skyworks powers smallest camera flip phone

23 August 2006

Modulight chairman relinquishes COO and marketing roles

22 August 2006

Top 10 GaAs device makers in 2005 joined by Hittite, Mitsubishi Electric and Toshiba at expense of Eudyna, Sony and NEC

22 August 2006

Dalian Meiming Epitaxy Technology expands opto capacity with multiple Aixtron systems

21 August 2006

IQE closes acquisition of EMD after raising £12m

19 August 2006

Synova raises $8m for micromachining centers

18 August 2006

NEC develops 400W GaN amplifier for 3G base-stations

18 August 2006

Fibre Channel at 8Gbit/s to meet same problems as 10Gbit/s Ethernet

17 August 2006

Vertilas to launch single-mode 1310/1550nm VCSEL for 10Gbit/s

17 August 2006

GaN sensor sensitive to UV-A/B/C radiation

16 August 2006

Self-calibrating metal evaporation source for MBE

16 August 2006

EpiValley boosts capacity with another Thomas Swan MOCVD reactor for Blue LEDs

15 August 2006

Thinnest Wi-Fi PA enhances battery life for portable electronics

15 August 2006

GaAs epi market grew 40% in 2005

14 August 2006

Gallium and indium production in CIS to grow

11 August 2006

Despite record annual sales, Cree's profits down after LED production problems

11 August 2006

Aviza’s sales rise 20% in June quarter; Tegal up 116% year-on-year

11 August 2006

Osram focusing R&D on OLEDs for general illumination

11 August 2006

Freiberger's managing director becomes CEO

10 August 2006

EXALOS launches 750nm SLEDs for biomedical applications

9 August 2006

Kopin's III-V sales flat on last quarter, but expanding HBT capacity by 50%

8 August 2006

Cree's new SiC and GaN microelectronics fab

8 August 2006

DOE awards seven SBIR grants for SSL development

8 August 2006

Osram's Advanced Power TopLEDs boosted by thin-film technology

7 August 2006

Kyma announces GaN FET R&D agreement with AFRL

7 August 2006

Higher-power 405nm blue-violet laser module

4 August 2006

Bookham diversification continues to grow sales, cut costs; secures $25m credit facility

4 August 2006

MBE Komponenten adds OBS to range

4 August 2006

Aixtron heads for break even point as order intake hits five-year high

3 August 2006

Anadigics ships PAs for ultra-thin Chocolate

3 August 2006

Avago introduces new line of white LEDs

3 August 2006

Emcore reduces losses as a result of ongoing consolidation

3 August 2006

AXT’s sales rise 22% quarter-to-quarter

3 August 2006

Skyworks launches GaAs attenuators for linear applications

2 August 2006

First GaN-on-diamond transistor announced by Emcore, Group4 Labs, and AFRL

2 August 2006

QinetiQ-led consortium wins contract

2 August 2006

3G wireless infrastructure market boosts WJ Communications’ Q2 figures

1 August 2006

Australian GaN-on-glass spin-off plans IPO

1 August 2006

Mitsubishi launches high-gain, low-noise GaAs HEMT for DBS/VSAT

1 August 2006

RFMD starts mass-production shipments of RF3159 linear EDGE PA to Samsung

1 August 2006

Mimix launches three stage balanced GaAs MMIC PA and complementary driver amplifier

JULY 2006

31 July 2006

Analysts forecast market growth for SI GaAs bulk substrates. . . More

31 July 2006

Avago launches first blue smart dot-matrix LED. . . More

29 July 2006

Emcore focuses on solar energy power systems. . . More

28 July 2006

TriQuint celebrates ‘largest operating income quarter since March of 2001’. . . More

28 July 2006

Hittite's Q2 revenue up 71.2% year-on-year. . . More

27 July 2006

Analysts back IQE's acquisition strategy. . . More

27 July 2006

RFMD hits $238.3m quarterly record . . . More

26 July 2006

Dr Robin Johnson joins STS as COO . . . More

26 July 2006

Future Lighting Solutions opens resource centers to develop Luxeon LED-based applications . . . More

25 July 2006

HB-LED and wireless markets help drive Veeco’s Q2/2006 revenues to $111.6m . . . More

25 July 2006

Riber wins orders for Compact21T and new Compact21TM research machines . . . More

25 July 2006

Anadigics reports Q2/2006 sales up 68% . . . More

24 July 2006

Philips Lumileds adds another Aixtron MOCVD system to its range . . . More

24 July 2006

TT electronics Optek Technology introduces 880nm IR LED with 100 ° inclusive beam angle . . . More

21 July 2006

AmberWave closes on $25m Series E funding . . . More

21 July 2006

Skyworks’ June-quarter sales of $197.1m yield pro forma operating income up 50% . . . More

20 July 2006

IQE acquiring Emcore's epi division for RF . . . More

19 July 2006

Osram teams-up with LSG for new LED-based . . . More

19 July 2006

InP optical chip maker CyOptics introduces 4Gbit/sec fiber channel TOSA at 80km . . . More

18 July 2006

LEDs replace conventional bulbs in automotive 'firsts' . . . More

18 July 2006

Osram launches flash LEDs for mobile phones and . . . More

17 July 2006

Soitec reports record sales up 67%; Picogiga up 110% . . . More

17 July 2006

Skyworks supplies Samsung's migration to EDGE . . . More

14 July 2006

Tekcore talking BLU . . . More

13 July 2006

TriQuint appoints VP for handset business . . . More

13 July 2006

SRC launches compound semiconductor research center . . . More

12 July 2006

Cree revenues down after LED production difficulties . . . More

11 July 2006

First commercial sSOI wafers for sub-65 nm processing . . . More

11 July 2006

Suss MicroTec introduces new BlueRay Probe System . . . More

11 July 2006

ZTE uses Anadigics’ InGaP-based PAs . . . More

11 July 2006

Fox Group introduces 350nm Ultraviolet LEDs . . . More

10 July 2006

TriQuint awarded Navy contract to develop GaAs high power technology . . . More

10 July 2006

AXT's Bob Ochrym promoted to VP of business development . . . More

10 July 2006

Shareholder demands sale of Vitesse . . . More

10 July 2006

Soitec expands to meet SOI demand . . . More

10 July 2006

Aixtron takes further steps into mainstream semiconductor processing . . . More

7 July 2006

BridgeLux’s 60-mil LED hailed as ''Bulb Buster'' . . . More

6 July 2006

SETI forms alliance with Seoul Optodevice . . . More

6 July 2006

SMI appoints sales representative in Korea . . . More

5 July 2006

Epitech opts for a new CRIUS . . . More

3 July 2006

SMI sells converted Emcore D180 nitride reactor . . . More

3 July 2006

sp3 wins Phase II SBIR for 100mm GaN-on-diamond development . . . More

3 July

NL Nanosemiconductor extends lasing spectrum . . . More

JUNE 2006

30 June

Awards for IQE and Wafer Technology . . . More

29 June 2006

Nichia and Intermatic end lawsuit with business . . . More

29 June 2006

SAIT opts for Suss MA200Compact mask aligner . . . More

29 June 2006

STS wins order for its VPX Pegasus system . . . More

29 June 2006

Mimix introduces new InGaP HBTs for WiMAX . . . More

28 June 2006

Matsushita introduces the world's first GaN vertical transistor for high-power switching . . . More

28 June 2006

Philips Lumileds establishes new benchmarks for LED luminance . . . More

28 June 2006

Tokyo Electron America orders BedeMetrix-L for SiC and SiGe . . . More

28 June 2006

TriQuint reaches High-Point . . . More

27 June 2006

Veeco and KOPTI collaborate to advance solid state lighting technology . . . More

27 June 2006

Market for converged Wi-Fi/cellular handsets to exceed 132m devices by 2010 . . . More

27 June 2006

UCSD opts for another Thomas Swan MOCVD . . . More

27 June 2006

EntreMetrix's nitride venture . . . More

27 June 2006

M/A-COM introduces telemetry transmitter for harsh environment applications . . . More

26 June 2006

Cree to acquire SiC substrates manufacturer Intrinsic Semiconductor . . . More

26 June 2006

LG Electronics selects InGaP HBTs from Anadigics . . . More

24 June 2006

AWSC to triple GaAs capacity . . . More

23 June 2006

OIPT launches FlexAL ALD system . . . More

22 June 2006

Avago joins high-power LED market . . . More

22 June 2006

Riber receives order for MBE research machine . . . More

22 June 2006

AXT to co-host Shanghai symposium . . . More

21 June 2006

Veeco backs awards for MBE innovators . . . More

21 June 2006

Highlink boosts GaN HB-LED capacity . . . More

21 June 2006

SiGe HBT sets new record above 500 GHz . . . More

20 June 2006

HB-LED market slows . . . More

20 June 2006

Cree sets new standard for white LEDs . . . More

20 June 2006

SMI expands facility following year of growth . . . More

19 June 2006

Nitronex raises $21.8m in VC funding . . . More

19 June 2006

Veeco to co-develop oxide-on-silicon MBE . . . More

19 June 2006

UMS and Ansoft collaborate on GaAs MMIC design methodology . . . More

17 June 2006

Lake Shore delivers range of new products . . . More

17 June 2006

Suss MicroTec introduces ‘repairable’ RF probe . . . More

16 June 2006

Nakamura’s LED revolution wins him Millennium Technology Prize . . . More

16 June 2006

Breakthrough CMOS on sSOI substrates . . . More

15 June 2006

VLSI’s 10 BEST awards . . . More

15 June 2006

2G survives in the developing world . . . More

15 June 2006

RFMD adds to LNA product family . . . More

15 June 2006

TriQuint: switches to amplifiers . . . More

15 June 2006

Quintessence introduces new line of 808nm high power single emitter lasers . . . More

15 June 2006

RoHS compliant 0.5 - 3.0 GHz switch . . . More

14 June 2006

Unaxis finances Novalux and strikes . . . More

14 June 2006

SiGe BiCMOS for RF design . . . More

14 June 2006

Cree demos 400-watt GaN S-Band transistor . . . More

14 June 2006

Two new GaAs switches from TriQuint . . . More

13 June 2006

Cree and AWR offer PDK for SiC process . . . More

13 June 2006

RFMD's GaN HEMTs for cellular infrastructure . . . More

13 June 2006

Avago's CoolPAM PA modules . . . More

13 June 2006

New SussCal software for RF and microwave . . . More

13 June 2006

Skyworks popular with infrastructure . . . More

13 June 2006

Military and HPE applications drive GaN market through to 2010 . . . More

12 June 2006

Filtronic plans expansion of its compound semiconductor division . . . More

12 June 2006

Taiwan’s LED manufacturers on the move . . . More

12 June 2006

Tekcore purchases third JM hydrogen purifier . . . More

12 June 2006

Hittite launch new product lines . . . More

10 June 2006

Cree’s new GaN HEMTs for WiMAX . . . More

10 June 2006

White HB-OLEDs set new records . . . More

9 June 2006

Microsemi’s silicon carbide on show . . . More

9 June 2006

IDC reports new high for converged mobile device shipments . . . More

8 June 2006

Far East HB-LED manufacturers opt for GaNzilla II . . . More

8 June 2006

Motorola plans manufacturing facility for India . . . More

8 June 2006

Laser chip breakthrough . . . More

8 June 2006

New product flurry from WJ Communications . . . More

7 June 2006

New customers for Veeco’s automated AFMs . . . More

7 June 2006

SEMCO finds success with LayTec’s EpiCurve . . . More

7 June 2006

RFMD assembles 100 millionth module in Beijing . . . More

6 June 2006

Luxeon K2 LEDs win award . . . More

6 June 2006

RFMD showcases GaN HEMT line-up . . . More

6 June 2006

Cree’s $180m LED deal with Sumitomo . . . More

6 June 2006

HFET foundry process for wireless infrastructure . . . More

6 June 2006

Rudolph launches new metrology systems  . . . More

5 June 2006

IQE eyes growth . . . More

5 June 2006

OMI releases new thermal deformation analysis software suite . . . More

4 June 2006

TDI scores first 4-inch AlN SI substrate . . . More

4 June 2006

Uni Light Technology purchases reactor for GaN . . . More

4 June 2006

Semiconductor Today launches web-site . . . More