News Archive 2007

NOV 2007	OCT 2007	SEPT 2007	AUG 2007
JULY 2007	JUNE 2007	MAY 2007	APRIL 2007
MAR 2007	FEB 2007	JAN 2007	2006

December 2007

31 December 2007
‘Third-wave’ solar panels power Nanosolar’s first contract

27 December 2007
Nasdaq gives WJ six months to recover to $1 share price

27 December 2007
Riber sells production reactor to Asia; 2007 sales reach €17m

26 December 2007
5N completes $34.5m IPO to fund German CdTe plant

19 December 2007
Avago launches first 8Gb/s SFP transceiver for Fibre Channel

19 December 2007
Gold Canyon closes private placement for $3m

18 December 2007
AXT receives IQE GaAs order worth up to $18.6m

18 December 2007
Ascent installs 1.5MW CIGS PV production line

17 December 2007
Emcore raises fiscal 2008 guidance due to PV revenue doubling

14 December 2007
Automotive LED market to double in 10 years

12 December 2007
NGST reports record-speed terahertz transistor

12 December 2007
3S enters terrestrial pump laser module market

12 December 2007
Emcore to supply 60MW of CPV systems to Ontario

12 December 2007
Goldeneye unveils EpiChip LED

12 December 2007
Ulvac dry etch tool boosts LED/laser throughput fivefold

11 December 2007
SDK to double red/yellow LED chip capacity

11 December 2007
Dow Corning wins further Navy funds to develop 4” SiC

11 December 2007
Filtronic returns to short-term profit

11 December 2007
Automotive demand to drive LED market

11 December 2007
Seoul introduces industry's thinnest LED chip

10 December 2007
Another Taiwanese LED maker selects GPT hydrogen purifiers

10 December 2007
New Sanyo laser diode catalog released

10 December 2007
Mimix launches 13.5-17.0/27.0-34.0GHz GaAs MMIC

7 December 2007
Ostar LED research team wins German Future Prize

30 November 2007
Filtronic negotiating sale of compound semiconductors division

30 November 2007
Raytheon sues RFMD for patent infringement

29 November 2007
China’s GaN LED production to overtake Japan in 2010, reckons CSA

29 November 2007
Microsemi acquiring MDT for $7.8m

29 November 2007
Entrepix to market Rudolph AutoEL Series ellipsometers

29 November 2007
In brief: Riber; JDSU; Gold Canyon

28 November 2007
Kopin expects WiMAX to revive its HBT sales in 2008

23 November 2007
More LED power and efficiency needed to profit from general lighting market

13 November 2007
Nitronex launches 5W GaN-on-Si pre-driver to complete amplifier line-up

13 November 2007
SiCED expands to 10 x 100mm reactor for SiC power electronics

13 November 2007
GreenVolts raises $10m in Series A funding

12 November 2007
Wakonda named Clean Energy Entrepreneur of the Year and awarded $900,000 DOE funding

12 November 2007
QPC raises full-year 2007 revenue guidance to 2.5x 2006

12 November 2007
BluGlass announces reactor sale, uniform large-area plasma generation, and Technical Advisory Committee

12 November 2007
SiC electronics market to reach $800m by 2015

12 November 2007
Modulight launches TO-can high-power red lasers

9 November 2007
Finisar’s revenues dip due to 10/40Gbps shipment glitches

9 November 2007
In-brief: Cree, Axiom and Emcore

9 November 2007
StratEdge expands to new HQ

8 November 2007
Aixtron buys Nanometrics VerteX PL mapping system

8 November 2007
NXP’s SiGe:C BiCMOS process challenges GaAs for wireless applications

8 November 2007
Kotura appoints semiconductor industry veteran as VP of operations

8 November 2007
Infineon targets radar ICs at mid-range cars

8 November 2007
Skyworks orders second Tegal 6500 system for etching SiN and other thin films on GaAs substrates

7 November 2007
First Solar adds fourth CdTe PV plant in Malaysia following new long-term module supply agreements

7 November 2007
Bookham prices offering of common stock to raise $41m

7 November 2007
CyOptics acquires Inplane Photonic for silica-on-silicon PLCs

7 November 2007
TranSiC launches first SiC switching power transistor in TO-220 package

7 November 2007
Intense adds senior sales and business development executives

7 November 2007
WJ loss widens in Q3 despite cost savings

7 November 2007
Osram joins pilot LED street lighting project in Banff

6 November 2007
Nitronex qualifies Durham wafer fab for volume production

6 November 2007
LLF raises $16.5m to expand product line and accelerate R&D

6 November 2007
NEC C&C prize awarded to VCSEL inventor Kenichi Iga

6 November 2007
Aixtron’s Q3 order intake rises 39% on Q2, raising full-year expectations

6 November 2007
Spire receives Army STTR contract to develop room-temperature terahertz light source

5 November 2007
Q3 cell-phone shipments of 285m led by Nokia in emerging entry-level GSM markets and Samsung in 3G

5 November 2007
JDSU ships 400,000th 980nm pump laser

5 November 2007
Opnext grows 38% year-on-year, driven by 10Gb/s

5 November 2007
SiGe expands Asian design & application capabilities in Hong Kong

2 November 2007
Micromem’s GaAs MRAM device processed at GCS

2 November 2007
Emcore completes financial restatement and files SEC reports

2 November 2007
Appeals court reverses outcome of Osram-Dominant dispute

2 November 2007
Skyworks double earnings, driven by multi-mode FEMs and linear products

1 November 2007
Avanex returns to profitability

1 November 2007
Honeywell targets Lumileds, Cree with LED patent lawsuit

1 November 2007
China's largest maker of UHB-LED wafer and LED chips expands ROY HB-LED capacity

1 November 2007
JDSU’s profit margins boosted by agile products and cost cutting

1 November 2007
Oplink completes acquisition of OCP

October 2007

31 October 2007
Osram agrees laser and LED patent exchange with Toyoda Gosei; wins patent dispute against Kingbright

31 October 2007
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

31 October 2007
RFMD’s acquisition of Sirenza approved by stockholders

31 October 2007
Opnext appoints former HP executive as COO

31 October 2007
DayStar prices public offering to raise $63.8m

31 October 2007
Johnson Matthey GPT expands European distribution and service network

30 October 2007
QPC wins $750,000 contract for fiber-laser pump engines

30 October 2007
Alcatel-Lucent extends supply agreement with Avanex as it sells stake to Pirelli

30 October 2007
University of Virginia orders Thomas Swan CCS MOCVD reactor

29 October 2007
Microsemi wins $1.6m AFRL contract to develop SiC RF power semiconductor technology

29 October 2007
Skyworks sees 200% unit growth in 3G

26 October 2007
GeneSiC wins SBIR and STTR grants from DoE

26 October 2007
AXT’s 6” GaAs sales dip due to BiFET transition

26 October 2007
Hittite’s revenue approaches $40m in Q3 as steady growth continues

26 October 2007
Seoul wins appeal for damages and injunction against Itswell

26 October 2007
Kopin granted until 17 December to regain Nasdaq compliance

25 October 2007
Cree lights up 2008 Olympics

25 October 2007
Bookham begins fiscal 2008 buoyed by 20% revenue increase

25 October 2007
3S Photonics heads into profit as it cuts costs and launches new products

25 October 2007
Skyworks converting GaAs HBT fab to 6-inches and partnering with Taiwanese foundries

25 October 2007
TriQuint makes gains, despite cost of Peak Devices acquisition

24 October 2007
MBE systems ramp for alternative energy applications

24 October 2007
Anadigics’ margins dip during accelerated capacity ramp

24 October 2007
Infinera heads into underlying profit as it diversifies customer base

23 October 2007
RFMD’s 21% sequential growth driven by Polaris 3 shipments to Nokia and Motorola recovery

23 October 2007
Veeco losses lead to job cuts, despite booming MOCVD sales

23 October 2007
Epistar orders multiple Aixtron reactors to boost GaN LED capacity

22 October 2007
JDSU invests in Mintera to partner on complete 40Gb/s solution

22 October 2007
HelioVolt raises second-round funding by $24m to over $100m

22 October 2007
Epistar sues Lumileds for breach of settlement agreement

19 October 2007
Cree’s rising expenses lead to operating loss

19 October 2007
Lumileds’ CTO wins Economist innovation award

19 October 2007
Quanlight reports dilute nitride LEDs with improved stability

19 October 2007
Seoul defeats white LED patent actions by AOT and Itswell

18 October 2007
Hittite licenses Northrop Grumman's Velocium MMICs

18 October 2007
Axiom shipping more than 1 million CMOS PAs monthly

17 October 2007
Ann Arbor joins LED City initiative

16 October 2007
In brief: Huga Optotech; Momentive Performance Materials; SMI's largest GaN system

16 October 2007
Cree and Duke Energy collaborate on LED lighting

15 October 2007
Emission wavelength of nonpolar blue laser raised to 463nm

15 October 2007
AFRL increases funding of Ascent's tandem PVs

15 October 2007
Cree launches 100mm Zero Micropipe SiC

12 October 2007
GaAs pHEMT switch market tempered by captive producers and CMOS

12 October 2007
NIST demos first transistor-based single-photon detector

12 October 2007
WIN closing gap to TriQuint in GaAs foundry market

11 October 2007
Emcore grows 12% quarter-to-quarter, but loss more than doubles

11 October 2007
Thin-film chip technology pioneers nominated for German Future Prize

11 October 2007
Kopin starts shipping 6-inch HBT wafers produced in IC MOCVD systems

11 October 2007
Cree launches 8A rectifier to boost efficiency in server farms

11 October 2007
Nichia files second Korean patent lawsuit against Seoul Semi

11 October 2007
WJ’s third quarter revenue hit by operational challenges

11 October 2007
Velox wins $2m ATP funding for 1200V, 100A GaN-on-Si transistors

10 October 2007
HexaTech awarded $2m ATP grant for high-efficiency UV-LEDs

10 October 2007
Luminus recruits sales director to target solid-state lighting market

10 October 2007
Veeco appoints executive VP of worldwide sales & service

10 October 2007
CrystalQ and Aixtron develop 6-inch GaN-on-sapphire wafer

10 October 2007
Poland’s ITE orders sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems

9 October 2007
Veeco launches E475 MOCVD system for R/O/Y HB-LEDs and solar cells

9 October 2007
Kotura and CyOptics secure NIST-ATP award to develop TERAPICS

9 October 2007
nLight acquires fiber maker Liekki

9 October 2007
Toshiba presents GaN power FET with record Ku-band output power

9 October 2007
Kyma’s PolyGaN targets expanding range

9 October 2007
JPSA recruits application and process engineering specialist

8 October 2007
TriQuint celebrates 100 millionth transmit module

8 October 2007
Aixtron enters carbon nanotube market

8 October 2007
STS centralizing European operation in UK

8 October 2007
Lumileds refutes Epistar’s claims of US Customs clearance for Phoenix and Aquarius LEDs

5 October 2007
Sandia demos high-quality GaN growth on Aonex’s A-GaN substrates

5 October 2007
Compound acquisitions reach $2bn, driven by IP and product portfolio expansions

5 October 2007
Firms position for WiMAX

4 October 2007
TriQuint ships 5 millionth Quantum module to ZTE for Vodafone’s ultra-low-cost handsets

4 October 2007
TriQuint launches 3G base-station amplifiers that halve waste heat

4 October 2007
QPC expects Q3 revenues to rise 125% year-on-year

4 October 2007
WJ mourns death of board member Holmstrom

3 October 2007
Appeals court denies Epistar’s request for stay of ITC exclusion order

2 October 2007
Nitronex expands Richardson distribution agreement to Americas and Asia

2 October 2007
Oxford Instruments launches OpAL ALD system

2 October 2007
First Solar adds third CdTe PV plant to Malaysia expansion

2 October 2007
Spire receives $1m SBIR contract for high-power red diode lasers

2 October 2007
Tokuyama starts up Aixtron reactor for UV LED development

1 October 2007
LBO raises $26m to speed laser-based projection system development

1 October 2007
Freescale launches multi-stage LDMOS RFICs for 2.7 and 3.5GHz WiMAX base-station PAs

1 October 2007
In brief: SAFC Hitech, Emcore and Cree/Arrow

1 October 2007
Crystal IS wins $2m ATP award for deep UV LEDs

SEPTEMBER 2007

28 September 2007
RFMD expands to accommodate cellular and multi-market demand . . . More

28 September 2007
WIN appoints Plextek as approved third-party design house . . . More

28 September 2007
Advanced Photonix closing Dodgeville assembly facility . . . More

27 September 2007
Raytheon awarded $6.5m for integration of compound semiconductors on CMOS silicon . . . More

27 September 2007
VT raises $3.3m to develop SiGe chips for WiMAX . . . More

27 September 2007
Seoul’s LEDs selected by SureFire for flashlights . . . More

27 September 2007
Nasdaq board stays Kopin delisting . . . More

27 September 2007
Crystal IS appoints Mueller . . . More

26 September 2007
Nitronex unveils GaN-on-Si broadband Doherty PA reference design for WiMAX . . . More

26 September 2007
QPC’s first Gen III laser ships to US medical customer . . . More

26 September 2007
Alcatel-Lucent reports integrated optoelectronics developments . . . More

25 September 2007
LED makers report progress at ICNS . . . More

25 September 2007
NTT Photonics Laboratories orders Aixtron reactor to develop InP optical and microelectronic devices . . . More

25 September 2007
First optical transceiver for broad wireless base-station market . . . More

25 September 2007
Bookham plans full-band 10Gb/s long-reach tunable pluggable transceiver . . . More

25 September 2007
Advanced Photonix awarded $1m contract for night vision system . . . More

24 September 2007
First blue and first cw AlGaN-cladding-free blue-violet nonpolar InGaN/GaN lasers . . . More

24 September 2007
Seoul unveils 420 lumen LED . . . More

24 September 2007
WIN orders second Vistec e-beam writer . . . More

24 September 2007
CIP launches record-speed SOA for 100Gb/s all-optical networks . . . More

21 September 2007
Optium's Q4 revenues drop 22.5% sequentially; Q1 rebound expected. . . More

20 September 2007
Micromem engages GCS as foundry for MEMS . . . More

20 September 2007
Pirelli begins volume shipments of ITLA to Huawei . . . More

19 September 2007
Chinese university orders Thomas Swan CCS reactor for GaN R&D . . . More

19 September 2007
Nichia expands cross-license with Cree; files patent lawsuit against Seoul in Korea . . . More

19 September 2007
CyOptics launches low-cost 1310nm FP & DFB TOSAs for 10Gb/s enterprise applications . . . More

18 September 2007
Eblana ships ultra-narrow linewidth, low-noise 1310 and 1550nm lasers . . . More

18 September 2007
TDI demos prototype nonpolar GaN substrates . . . More

18 September 2007
Avanex expands 10G tunable transponder portfolio with optical duo-binary modulation . . . More

17 September 2007
Innolume launches high-power 1.2 micron broadband gain chip . . . More

17 September 2007
First hot-swappable 10Gb/s tunable transceiver for DWDM . . . More

17 September 2007
Opto-enabled product and component market to grow at 7.7% annually to 2017 . . . More

14 September 2007
Pirelli adds full L-band coverage to DWDM tunable range, and launches 120km XFP optical transceiver . . . More

14 September 2007
Seoul launches 50% brighter Acriche AC emitter . . . More

14 September 2007
OIDA launches Silicon Photonics Alliance, led by Luxtera . . . More

13 September 2007
Cree reports record efficacy for power LEDs . . . More

13 September 2007
Bookham’s tunable transmitter assembly reaches full Telcordia qualification . . . More

13 September 2007
Sumitomo aiming to buy back control of STS . . . More

13 September 2007
Anadigics appoints former Maxim fab manager as senior VP of operations . . . More

12 September 2007
Anadigics ships dual-band 802.11n PA to NXP for WLAN module . . . More

12 September 2007
Rubicon files for $100m IPO . . . More

12 September 2007
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available . . . More

11 September 2007
THELEDS adds two more Aixtron reactors for blue LEDs . . . More

11 September 2007
Bookham expands discrete optics portfolio with 2.5Gb/s TOSA . . . More

11 September 2007
First FP-based optical components for 10GBASE-LRM applications . . . More

10 September 2007
Kyma partners with Caracal and EOC to improve nonpolar GaN substrates . . . More

10 September 2007
Cree achieves 1000 lumens from single-die LED . . . More

10 September 2007
JDSU appoints senior VP of Optical Communications Operations . . . More

10 September 2007
JDSU demos tunable ‘transmitter-on-a-chip’ PIC technology . . . More

7 September 2007
Riken and Saitama University develop UV LED emitting at 227.5nm . . . More

7 September 2007
BluGlass awarded $5m in government funding . . . More

7 September 2007
Bookham qualifies submarine pump laser and starts volume shipments . . . More

6 September 2007
TDI starts production of 100mm GaN and AlN epiwafers . . . More

6 September 2007
Avanex cuts losses despite dip in revenue . . . More

6 September 2007
Anadigics acquires Fairchild’s RF Group design center . . . More

5 September 2007
Tanya Paskova joins Kyma Technologies . . . More

4 September 2007
Emcore aims for annual savings of $7m through consolidation . . . More

4 September 2007
JPSA appoints Larry Roberts as director of engineering . . . More

3 September 2007
Tunable laser manufacturer Syntune raises $7.1m in second-round funding . . . More

3 September 2007
Seoul signs LED patent cross-license agreement with Osram; Nichia lawsuit dismissed in US . . . More

AUGUST 2007

31 August 2007
Riber slipped to operating loss in first-half 2007 . . . More

31 August 2007
Osram and LSG co-developing LED fixtures for City of Raleigh . . . More

31 August 2007
Osram supplying LEDs for streetlights . . . More

30 August 2007
NSF grant for integration of compound semiconductor devices on silicon . . . More

30 August 2007
ITC denies Epistar's motion to stay exclusion order . . . More

29 August 2007
Emcore receives record concentrator photovoltaic cell order . . . More

29 August 2007
Cree SiC MESFETs used in MILMEGA's UHF power amplifiers . . . More

29 August 2007
Edwards selling Kachina parts cleaning division to Applied . . . More

28 August 2007
Intel demos first 40GHz hybrid InP/silicon laser . . . More

28 August 2007
Ascent Solar awarded DoE contract for CIGS process development . . . More

27 August 2007
RRFC receives US National Security Administration accreditation . . . More

27 August 2007
ESA development contract for Intense 808nm high-power laser diode arrays . . . More

24 August 2007
Aixtron becomes first foreign guest member of China Solid State Lighting Alliance . . . More

24 August 2007
Intel claims “first high-performance compound devices on silicon” . . . More

24 August 2007
Veeco launches thermal deposition sources for CIGS solar cells . . . More

23 August 2007
Cree to triple white XLamp LED capacity . . . More

23 August 2007
JDSU grows 16% year-on-year, despite transitions at optical communications customers hitting last quarter . . . More

23 August 2007
TDI demonstrates first HVPE-grown blue and green InGaN LEDs . . . More

23 August 2007
BAE wins $8m US defense contract to develop GaN amplifier . . . More

22 August 2007
Nasdaq issues further warnings to Kopin and Emcore . . . More

22 August 2007
IQE wins multi-year contract as preferred epi supplier to Anadigics . . . More

21 August 2007
Oplink’s revenues grow more than 80% year-on-year . . . More

21 August 2007
TriQuint acquiring Peak Devices for wide-bandwidth amplifier design . . . More

21 August 2007
EpiValley ramps up production for BLU side-view LEDs with three new CRIUS systems . . . More

20 August 2007
DARPA selects Goodrich for continued development of InGaAs-based night-vision technology . . . More

20 August 2007
Forepi expands blue HB-LED capacity with two new MOCVD reactors . . . More

20 August 2007
Handset advances to drive RF semiconductor market . . . More

20 August 2007
Backlighting semiconductor market to grow to $4.5bn by 2012 . . . More

20 August 2007
Group IV wins Applied funding for silicon-based solid-state lighting . . . More

17 August 2007
TDI introduces InGaN substrates l . . . More

16 August 2007
Nitronex’s 100W GaN-on-Si HEMT now production qualified . . . More

16 August 2007
Advanced Photonix’s telecom and medical revenue growth offsets military order delays . . . More

16 August 2007
HelioVolt raises $77m in second-round funding for CIGS . . . More

15 August 2007
Kyma launches larger native SI GaN substrates . . . More

15 August 2007
JDSU doubles power of its 808nm lasers for non-telecom applications . . . More

15 August 2007
AOT loses Taiwan patent invalidation action against Seoul Semiconductor . . . More

14 August 2007
QPC’s revenues triple year-on-year . . . More

14 August 2007
Skyworks receives certification for automotive quality standard . . . More

14 August 2007
Kopin expanding Taunton production center . . . More

13 August 2007
RFMD diversifies by acquiring Sirenza . . . More

13 August 2007
Microsemi enters SiC epiwafer supply agreement with SemiSouth . . . More

13 August 2007
Luminus expands PhlatLight LED product line for microdisplays . . . More

10 August 2007
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available . . . More

10 August 2007
RFMD, Skyworks and Triquint grew GaAs device market share to 55% in 2006 . . . More

10 August 2007
Christmas is coming: litigious Nichia settles differences with Argos . . . More

9 August 2007
Sirenza banks record quarter . . . More

8 August 2007
Kopin expects strong III-V revenues to end 2007 . . . More

8 August 2007
Toshiba doubles brightness of white LEDs . . . More

8 August 2007
Cree’s fiscal 2007 revenue down 7% . . . More

7 August 2007
Global cell phone shipments show slight increase, as Samsung grabs second largest vendor title from Motorola . . . More

7 August 2007
BridgeLux raises $23m in third-round financing . . . More

7 August 2007
Mainland China’s SCNU installs Aixtron MOCVD system . . . More

6 August 2007
Emcore claims record efficiency for volume-production, multi-junction solar cell aimed at terrestrial applications . . . More

6 August 2007
Royal Academy of Engineering honours Intense’s John Marsh . . . More

6 August 2007
Nanometrics appoints CEO . . . More

3 August 2007
Opnext’s sales for 10-40Gbps products rise 88% year-on-year . . . More

3 August 2007
Bruker introduces D2 Cryso for GaAs, SiC and more . . . More

3 August 2007
Infinera moves into underlying profit . . . More

3 August 2007
Inventory reduction programs continue to “hurt” Bookham. . . More

2 August 2007
Arasor set to acquire Alfalight and AOFR to bring laser and coupler components in-house . . . More

2 August 2007
AXT's second-quarter growth fuelled by strong demand for GaAs substrates and raw gallium . . . More

2 August 2007
Aixtron’s Q2 order growth driven by demand for LED production equipment . . . More

1 August 2007
OCP elects Oplink CEO as non-executive chairman . . . More

1 August 2007
ACCO raises $10m in first-round funding for RF CMOS PAs . . . More

1 August 2007
C9 to build fab based on isotopic SiC technology . . . More

JULY 2007

31 July 2007
Suss MicroTec launches coating cluster for wafer bumping and LED manufacturing . . . More

31 July 2007
Anadigics expands wireless and broadband US sales force . . . More

31 July 2007
Seoul Semiconductor signs-up European distributor . . . More

31 July 2007
Optium hit by drop in sales of high-end 300-pin products to main customers. . . More

30 July 2007
JM launches hydrogen purifiers targeted at high-volume compound semiconductor and silicon fabs . . . More

30 July 2007
Veeco’s booming HB-LED equipment sales compensate for data storage slump. . . More

30 July 2007
Award-winning two-colour thermal imaging chip uses Wafer Technology's GaSb substrates . . . More

30 July 2007
PANalytical introduces analytical software for epi-layers . . . More

27 July 2007
UK supporting LED-based NoveLELS solid-state lighting project . . . More

27 July 2007
Increased international sales and new product launches drive Hittite’s second quarter growth. . . More

27 July 2007
Riber reactor shipments slip to second-half 2007 . . . More

26 July 2007
TriQuint’s profits slashed despite growth in WLAN, WCDMA/EDGE and transmit modules . . . More

26 July 2007
Riber receives order for its volume-production MBE 6000 system . . . More

26 July 2007
RFMD begins production of Polaris 3 . . . More

25 July 2007
RFMD ships 100 millionth WCDMA cellular front end . . . More

25 July 2007
RFMD’s revenues fall 11%, but forecasts 9-16% bounceback this quarter . . . More

25 July 2007
Anadigics reports ninth quarter of growth, up 8.7%, driven by 3G . . . More

25 July 2007
Teledyne wins AFRL contract to develop focal plane arrays for space defense systems . . . More

25 July 2007
Nitronex appoints director of marketing . . . More

24 July 2007
Crystal IS buys MOCVD reactors to develop UV LEDs . . . More

24 July 2007
QPC appoints director of market development to drive medical business . . . More

24 July 2007
Demand grows for SI GaAs bulk substrates . . . More

24 July 2007
Arima orders an Aixtron AIX 2800G4 HT for UHB-LEDs . . . More

23 July 2007
Filtronic forecasts return to profit this year, pending sale of Compound Semiconductors division . . . More

23 July 2007
NWR launches automated, higher-throughput LED wafer-scribing systems . . . More

23 July 2007
US appeal court temporarily blocks ITC’s exclusion order on Epistar . . . More

20 July 2007
GaN-based LEDs the main consumer of nitride materials . . . More

20 July 2007
NIEC to launch SiC Schottky diodes in Japan using Cree’s chips . . . More

19 July 2007
BOC Edwards re-brands as Edwards . . . More

19 July 2007
Skyworks grows profit, driven by linear product launches and 3G ramps . . . More

19 July 2007
Intense launches high-power, single-mode 830nm diode lasers . . . More

19 July 2007
BluGlass recruits business development executive . . . More

18 July 2007
Tekcore adds wafer processing equipment amid investment speculation . . . More

18 July 2007
Osram settles patent dispute as Citizen licenses white LED IP . . . More

18 July 2007
SAFC Hitech unveils five-year MOCVD and ALD roadmap for 32nm and beyond . . . More

18 July 2007
SDK expanding monthly blue LED chip capacity to 200m units by June 2008 . . . More

18 July 2007
Applied recruits Nanosolar’s chief scientist and CIGS PV expert Eberspacher to lead solar R&D . . . More

18 July 2007
TriQuint cuts Q2 income guidance from $6m to $1-2m . . . More

17 July 2007
HC SemiTek gears-up for production of GaN-based HB-LEDs . . . More

17 July 2007
RFMD expands Beijing assembly facility’s capabilities . . . More

17 July 2007
Osram breaks ground on Malaysia LED chip fab . . . More

17 July 2007
Axiom expands into new headquarters, driven by accelerated adoption of CMOS PA . . . More

17 July 2007
EVG to distribute SemiProbe’s wafer probing systems . . . More

17 July 2007
Finisar receives Nasdaq staff determination notice for last fiscal year . . . More

16 July 2007
First Nano launches solid-source deposition systems for nanowire production . . . More

16 July 2007
Wafer World appoints Don Capo to head-up business development . . . More

16 July 2007
Lasertel awarded $3m military aerospace targeting contract by SELEX . . . More

16 July 2007
QPC announces first shipments of BrightLase Seed Laser to defense customer . . . More

16 July 2007
Luminus relocates HQ and expands manufacturing operations . . . More

16 July 2007
Handset PA suppliers set for consolidation . . . More

13 July 2007
Analysts forecast seven-year wait before LEDs penetrate home lighting market . . . More

13 July 2007
ITC’s US exclusion order comes into force on Epistar’s MB, GB and OMA LEDs, just as new Phoenix and Aquarius LEDs launched . . . More

12 July 2007
Emcore revenues rise, but terrestrial solar development costs increase losses . . . More

12 July 2007
SoloPower raises $30m in funding following $2.37m DoE grant award . . . More

12 July 2007
Bookham appoints new president & CEO; Bordui remains chairman . . . More

11 July 2007
Toronto joins LED City initiative . . . More

11 July 2007
Global Solar modules certified to US military MIL-STD-810E standard . . . More

11 July 2007
Ascent Solar raises over $20m from warrant conversion . . . More

11 July 2007
Lumileds boosts Luxeon Rebel LED to 100lm . . . More

10 July 2007
WIN opts for Aixtron AIX 2600G3 IC system for production of triple junction solar cells . . . More

10 July 2007
SiGe appoints ex-Bell Labs research director as CTO . . . More

10 July 2007
Avago launches 1W warm-white Moonstone power LED for solid-state lighting . . . More

10 July 2007
GPT grows sales of hydrogen purifiers to Chinese LED epiwafer and chip makers . . . More

10 July 2007
Advanced Photonix wins contract for anti-tank missile program . . . More

10 July 2007
P+E delivers triple order for hydrogen purifiers to LED maker . . . More

9 July 2007
Anadigics breaks ground for 6” GaAs fab in China . . . More

9 July 2007
Norstel and ETRI/AIST collaborate on SiC materials development . . . More

9 July 2007
IQE’s revenues move ahead of first-half forecasts . . . More

9 July 2007
Handset sales to grow 4% through to 2012 . . . More

6 July 2007
GaN-based laser diode market to more than double annually through to 2011 . . . More

6 July 2007
Avago launches power PLCC-4 SMT LEDs for automotive and ESS applications . . . More

5 July 2007
SAFC’s Hitech segment focusing on semiconductor sector . . . More

5 July 2007
Seoul’s new flash LED to replace xenon lamps in digital cameras . . . More

5 July 2007
Osram doubles OSTAR Headlamp LED brightness to 620 lumens . . . More

4 July 2007
Avanex acquires Essex Corp’s Commercial Communication Products Division . . . More

3 July 2007
SiGe Semiconductor appoints ex-Motorola president Shlapak as chairman . . . More

3 July 2007
Arima orders additional Aixtron AIX 2600G3 MOCVD system . . . More

2 July 2007
BridgeLux appoints new CEO . . . More

2 July 2007
Philips opts out of GaAs . . . More

2 July 2007
QPC introduces BrightLase seed laser . . . More

JUNE 2007

29 June 2007
Nitronex appoints Palmieri as quality assurance manager . . . More

28 June 2007
Osram demonstrates brighter red and green LED chips . . . More

28 June 2007
Start-up QuantaSol generates £1.35m investment for GaAs-based photovoltaic cells . . . More

28 June 2007
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available . . . More

27 June 2007
RFMD moves up the rankings . . . More

27 June 2007
Cree pumps-up the volume with 100-lumen XLamp LEDs . . . More

27 June 2007
Anadigics ships InGaP-based AWT6223 PA for Samsung’s SGH-I520 handset . . . More

26 June 2007
EntreMetrix seeks China-based partner for GaN manufacturing JV . . . More

26 June 2007
Changelight steps-up to mass production of red LEDs with Aixtron AIX 2600G3 systems . . . More

26 June 2007
Photonic Products launches ‘Near End of Life Detection’ laser module . . . More

25 June 2007
Avago launches high-brightness warm-white through-hole LEDs for solid-state lighting . . . More

25 June 2007
Alfalight launches 808nm wavelength-stabilized lasers for wide-temperature-range systems . . . More

25 June 2007
Filtronic to cut 115 jobs as RFMD decides to cease buying GaAs pHEMT switches in September . . . More

22 June 2007
Blue-laser-based optical disk drives to take 20–30% of ODD sales in 2010 . . . More

22 June 2007
Ascent Solar shareholders approve increase in Norsk Hydro stake from 23% to 35% . . . More

22 June 2007
Fujitsu claims record with GaN HEMTS that will operate at over 200°C for 1m hours . . . More

21 June 2007
Photonic crystal yields high-efficiency room-temperature CW GaInAsP nanolaser . . . More

21 June 2007
MBE pioneer Alfred Cho honoured with U.S. National Medal of Technology . . . More

21 June 2007
BOC Edwards launches Spectra-G exhaust abatement system for MOCVD processes . . . More

20 June 2007
Cree introduces brighter blue XLamp XR-E LEDs; lights Croatian Riviera . . . More

20 June 2007
Oplink signs definitive agreement to acquire remaining shares of OCP . . . More

20 June 2007
Toshiba’s CMOS single-chip 60GHz millimeter-wave receiver challenges GaAs . . . More

19 June 2007
Royal Philips Electronics strengthens position in SSL market with Color Kinetics acquisition . . . More

19 June 2007
Philips Lumileds orders an Aixtron AIX 2600G3 IC system for AlInGaP red-emitting HB-LEDs . . . More

19 June 2007
Intense launches Nd:YAG-replacement and eye-safe range-finding diode lasers . . . More

19 June 2007
Osram Opto launches smallest cw high-power laser . . . More

19 June 2007
Cree XLamp LEDs designed into Coleman’s camping lanterns . . . More

18 June 2007
Laser diode maker eagleyard Photonics appoints sales agents . . . More

15 June 2007
JPSA highlights new IX-4000 series; appoints Brun as QA manager . . . More

15 June 2007
Bookham claims record power-to-size ratio for VHB laser diode bar . . . More

15 June 2007
CMOS PA supplier Axiom appoints APAC sales director and Taiwan distributor . . . More

14 June 2007
Nitronex launches its first 48V GaN-on-Si RF power transistors . . . More

14 June 2007
Anadigics PAs specified for Beceem WiMAX and Qualcomm CDMA reference designs; ships PAs for Huawei’s WCDMA 3G handset . . . More

14 June 2007
Finisar’s record year tempered by last-quarter . . . More

14 June 2007
UK’s DTI funding laser projection display technology development by Swansea University . . . More

13 June 2007
Lumination launches violet-chip-based warm-white LED for lighting applications . . . More

13 June 2007
Honda starts selling CIGS solar cells . . . More

12 June 2007
Riber receives order from European research institute . . . More

12 June 2007
Taiwan forms LED alliance for standards and quality . . . More

12 June 2007
Johanna Solar’s CIGSSe modules to be distributed by aleo . . . More

12 June 2007
Cree XLamp LEDs used in Beta LED’s lighting fixtures. . . More

11 June 2007
Disco’s blade-saw and Synova’s water jet-guided laser technologies to form hybrid dicing tool . . . More

11 June 2007
Infinera’s $182m IPO exceeds expectations . . . More

11 June 2007
Advanced Photonix opens consolidated silicon and III-V opto fab . . . More

11 June 2007
Cree’s XLamp power LEDs to be distributed by Anglia in UK and Ireland . . . More

11 June 2007
UQM wins $750,000 USAF contract to develop SiC electric motor controller . . . More

8 June 2007
RFMD ships second RF382X GaN PowerIC broadband PA to military supplier . . . More

8 June 2007
OptoGaN raises €5m in funding for its GaN-based LED technology . . . More

7 June 2007
UK government grants £3m to develop GaN LEDs on 6” silicon for low-cost solid-state lighting . . . More

7 June 2007
BinOptics produces first short-cavity cw GaN blue laser using etched facets . . . More

7 June 2007
BluGlass produces first blue light emission from GaN on 6” glass wafer . . . More

7 June 2007
RFMD launches family of 48V high-power GaN transistors . . . More

7 June 2007
Nitronex introduces 4W GaN on Si pre-driver power transistor . . . More

6 June 2007
Oplink closes purchase of Furukawa’s stake in OCP and agrees to acquire remaining shares . . . More

6 June 2007
Toshiba launches X-band GaN HEMT for radar and medical applications . . . More

5 June 2007
Cree samples new GaN HEMTs for WiMAX and launches AWR PDK for high-power GaN MMIC process . . . More

5 June 2007
Fox Group’s LEDs to be distributed by AP Technologies in UK and Ireland . . . More

4 June 2007
UCSB and IQE achieve record fmax of 780GHz for an HBT . . . More

4 June 2007
TriQuint launches single-chip VSAT HPAs for ground-terminal RF chipsets . . . More

4 June 2007
Cree and RFMD showcase GaN HEMTs at IEEE MTT-S 2007 . . . More

4 June 2007
Sirenza adds to SUF family of E-Mode pHEMT wideband amplifiers . . . More

4 June 2007
QPC hires VP of manufacturing as it transitions to commercial production . . . More

4 June 2007
Nextreme adds high-power packaging expert as VP of marketing & business development . . . More

1 June 2007
Samsung joins SiGe Semiconductor in $20m funding round . . . More

1 June 2007
Optium banking on 40Gb/s acquisition to boost growth . . . More

MAY 2007

31 May 2007
BOC Edwards independent again after nearly 40 years . . . More

31 May 2007
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available . . . More

31 May 2007
BOC Edwards targets compound semiconductor MOCVD with Helios 6 gas abatement system . . . More

31 May 2007
TriQuint launches packaged versions of RF circuits for digital radio and sat-coms. . . More

31 May 2007
GCS and RFIC Solutions ally on design services . . . More

31 May 2007
QPC raises a further $9.5m in financing . . . More

30 May 2007
Nitronex adds link in the supply chain . . . More

30 May 2007
JDSU completes acquisition of Picolight . . . More

30 May 2007
Furukawa packs OCP’s board to facilitate its sale to Oplink . . . More

29 May 2007
Sharp sets July date to begin mass producing blue-violet lasers using a 3.3mm diameter CAN package . . . More

29 May 2007
Quanlight attracts $3m funding to commercialize dilute nitride material system for LEDs . . . More

28 May 2007
AXT appoints Wei senior director of technology; explores LEC technology for GaP substrate growth . . . More

28 May 2007
Infinera prices IPO to raise $139m . . . More

25 May 2007
WJ Communications enters technology license and foundry agreement; sells wafer manufacturing equipment . . . More

25 May 2007
Nitronex appoints Doru Roll as director of RF product development . . . More

25 May 2007
CIGS PV maker HelioVolt gains two VPs to guide manufacturing and operations . . . More

24 May 2007
SRC and NSF grants $2m to next-generation logic nanoelectronics programs . . . More

24 May 2007
Anadigics appoints broadband cable expert to board and launches single-chip RF amp for CATV . . . More

24 May 2007
Osram Opto Semiconductors signs-up Laser Components as regional distributor of high-power laser diode products . . . More

24 May 2007
EpiLEDs orders two Aixtron MOCVD systems for GaN-based HB-LEDs . . . More

23 May 2007
Cree demos 100mm zero-micropipe SiC substrates . . . More

23 May 2007
Emcore begins shipping products from its China plant . . . More

23 May 2007
Osram introduces general-purpose white LED to its Golden Dragon ARGUS range . . . More

23 May 2007
Semiconductor Today and Yole Développement announce collaboration . . . More

22 May 2007
TriQuint unveils ‘RF vision’ for simplifying connectivity in next-generation wireless networks . . . More

22 May 2007
QPC quadruples revenue on transition to production . . . More

22 May 2007
Anadigics launches Linear EDGE PA module for 2.75G and 3G phones, PDAs, and wireless PC cards . . . More

22 May 2007
RFMD supplies EDGE PA for Samsung’s E250 slider phone . . . More

22 May 2007
Anadigics ships PAs for Samsung's F500 video phone and SPH-m610 3G EVDO handset . . . More

21 May 2007
Nichia partners with Stanley on white LEDs . . . More

21 May 2007
Nichia sues Seoul Semiconductor's Japanese subsidiary over white LEDs . . . More

21 May 2007
Court denies Oplink’s request to expedite proceedings against OCP . . . More

21 May 2007
Opel shows concept car with all-LED exterior lighting . . . More

21 May 2007
Emcore achieves 31% efficiency for new space solar cells . . . More

21 May 2007
Kopin expects HBT sales to recover in second-half 2007 . . . More

18 May 2007
Optium completes acquisition of Kailight . . . More

18 May 2007
Veeco appoints John Peeler as CEO; receives Q1 orders of almost $11m for K-Series MOCVD systems . . . More

18 May 2007
DOE awards third-round SSL project funding worth $13.3m . . . More

17 May 2007
Nitronex launches 100W GaN-on-Si HEMT power transistor for WiMAX . . . More

17 May 2007
OCP losses worsen as it gears for China manufacturing transfer . . . More

16 May 2007
Albis starts shipping GaAs photodiode arrays . . . More

16 May 2007
EpiValley starts 30x2 inch epiwafer production . . . More

15 May 2007
Osram sampling 1000lm OSTAR LED for general lighting . . . More

14 May 2007
Sofradir wins Raytheon contract to supply MCT detectors to US Army . . . More

14 May 2007
LLF receives first patent . . . More

14 May 2007
Laser 2000 to distribute Intense’s lasers in Europe . . . More

14 May 2007
Aviza reports second consecutive profitable quarter on revenue up 70% year-on-year . . . More

11 May 2007
Riber grows sales 19% year-on-year . . . More

11 May 2007
Rohm’s PicoLED-eco halves energy consumption . . . More

11 May 2007
Bookham appoints technical sales manager for high-power laser diode business in Europe . . . More

11 May 2007
ITC extends Lumileds’ patent ruling and exclusion order from Epistar's MB LED products to OMA and GB LED products . . . More

11 May 2007
LBO and Thales to develop laser projection displays for aerospace & defence applications . . . More

10 May 2007
Oplink files suit to challenge OCP’s ‘poison pill’ . . . More

10 May 2007
Anadigics ships low-profile AWT6310R dual-band CDMA PA for LG’s 3G and TV-capable phones . . . More

10 May 2007
Camera flash to counteract decline in LED revenue from cell-phone handset applications . . . More

10 May 2007
Finisar cuts revenue forecast due to excess inventories . . . More

9 May 2007
Photodigm launches high-power, single-frequency diode laser platform . . . More

9 May 2007
Osram Opto expanding with new LED chip fab in Malaysia . . . More

9 May 2007
Indium Corp hires Guckes to develop gallium and germanium business . . . More

8 May 2007
LED market drives Rubicon to expand sapphire substrate capacity . . . More

8 May 2007
Asian LED makers drive doubling of Aixtron revenues, but slowing orders flag weak second-half 2007 . . . More

7 May 2007
RFMD and Skyworks gain share in handset PAs: further consolidation likely . . . More

7 May 2007
Nichia to start mass producing 250mW blue-violet laser next January . . .