by Semiconductor News | Jan 7, 2021 | Semiconductor News
News: Optoelectronics 7 January 2021 NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA, which specializes in high-power industrial blue lasers, has been awarded seven new patents, adding to its intellectual property portfolio in visible laser technology for applications across 3D...
by Semiconductor News | Jan 6, 2021 | Semiconductor News
News: Suppliers 6 January 2021 AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA – which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials – says that the second tranche of the private equity investment in its China-based wafer...
by Semiconductor News | Jan 5, 2021 | Semiconductor News
News: Markets 5 January 2021 Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global smartphone production fell by record 11% year-on-year (YoY) in 2020 to just 1.25 billion units, according to market research firm TrendForce. The top six smartphone brands ranked by...
by Semiconductor News | Jan 4, 2021 | Semiconductor News
News: Markets 4 January 2021 Market research and strategy consulting company Yole Développement says that its ‘Compound Semiconductor Quarterly Market Monitor’ on silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) applications evolved in fourth-quarter 2020 to...
by Semiconductor News | Dec 29, 2020 | Semiconductor News
News: Optoelectronics 29 December 2020 Alpine Optoelectronics Inc of Fremont, CA, USA (which was founded in 2017 and supplies high-data-rate silicon photonics optical engine chips) has begun production of its 400G PAM4 nCP4 optical engine on the PH18 silicon...
by Semiconductor News | Dec 28, 2020 | Semiconductor News
News: Microelectronics 28 December 2020 Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA — which designs and manufactures JEDEC- and AEC-Q101-qualified 650V and 900V gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) for high-voltage power conversion...
by Semiconductor News | Dec 23, 2020 | Semiconductor News
News: Microelectronics 23 December 2020 In partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced...
by Semiconductor News | Dec 23, 2020 | Semiconductor News
News: LEDs 23 December 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the LED industry in 2020, resulting in a considerable drop in market demand and projected annual revenue down 10.21% year-on-year to just $15.127bn, according to market research firm...
by Semiconductor News | Dec 23, 2020 | Semiconductor News
News: Microelectronics 23 December 2020 Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA — which designs and manufactures JEDEC- and AEC-Q101-qualified 650V and 900V gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) for high-voltage power conversion...
by Semiconductor News | Dec 22, 2020 | Semiconductor News
News: Photovoltaics 22 December 2020 The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have achieved record energy conversion efficiency for two-junction solar cells, creating a cell...
