Honeywell
1 April 2025

Noiseless InGaAs IR sensor firm Phlux raises £9m in Series A round

Funds to accelerate expansion into optical communications and sensing markets and boost R&D

31 March 2025

CISM at Swansea establishes UK’s first capability for 4-inch gallium oxide thin-film growth

Oxide and Chalcogenide MOCVD Laboratory uses new AIXTRON CCS deposition system

31 March 2025

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

For coverage of all the key business and technology developments in compound semiconductors and advanced silicon materials and devices over the last month

28 March 2025

Wolfspeed receives $192m in Section 48D cash tax refunds from IRS

Firm continues discussions with lenders, and remains in dialogue with US Department of Commerce on federal funding

28 March 2025

Mazda and ROHM jointly developing automotive components using GaN

Existing development of inverters using silicon carbide now complemented by gallium nitride power semiconductors

27 March 2025

Pragmatic launches NFC Connect RFID near-field connectivity product line

Ultra-thin and physically flexible IGZO-based chips enable integration even on curved surfaces

27 March 2025

UK welcomes Vishay’s planned £250m investment in Newport Wafer Fab for silicon carbide device production

Investment to directly support over 500 jobs in South Wales

27 March 2025

Wolfspeed appoints Robert Feurle as CEO & board member

Interim executive chairman Thomas Werner to return as chairman of board after transition

27 March 2025

CSA Catapult–Vector Photonics–Phlux consortium gains Innovate UK funding for QUDITS2 quantum communication project

Hardware demonstrator platform to use PCSELs and low-noise APDs

27 March 2025

Coherent selling epi fab in Champaign, Illinois

Former EpiWorks produces 2-inch to 6-inch InP and GaAs wafers

27 March 2025

METLEN investment in gallium production included in EU’s selected strategic projects for critical raw materials

Executive VP of European Commission visits Aluminium of Greece industrial unit

26 March 2025
Reducing energy costs for AI and data processing
Chinese–German research reduces SM-VCSEL energy per bit to 168fJ at 60Gbits/s.
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20 March 2025
Indium arsenide quantum dot VCSELs on InP(311)B substrate
Sony/NICT researchers claim first demonstration with communication and 3D sensing potential.
13 March 2025
Full-color monolithic micro-LED displays
Pixels combine RGB sub-pixels via stacking and selective material etch and regrowth
6 March 2025
Aluminium nitride template strategies for brighter UVC LEDs
Up to 90% efficiency boost from nanolayer modification, growth-mode modulation, and indium-doping methods
27 February 2025
Crack-free low threading dislocation density AlGaN for sub-365nm UV
Lowest defect density claimed for Al0.2Ga0.8N grown on unpatterned sapphire.
20 February 2025
AlScN-barrier GaN HEMT with record high on-current
Epitaxial high-k insulator enhancement enables 4A/mm density.
13 February 2025
Gallium oxide JFETs reach beyond 10kV breakdown
Researchers claim the first report of 250°C operation and 3kV reliability data
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31 March 2025

Gallium oxide JFETs reach beyond 10kV breakdown
Researchers claim the first report of 250°C operation and 3kV reliability data.

31 March 2025

GaN complementary logic circuit building blocks
Researchers claim breakthroughs for propagation delay and p-FET drain currents.

31 March 2025

Compound semiconductor market growing at nearly 13% CAGR to $25bn by 2030
Growth in the compound semiconductor market is being driven by the automotive, telecom and mobile sectors, notes Yole.

31 March 2025

Crack-free low threading dislocation density AlGaN for sub-365nm UV
Lowest defect density claimed for Al0.2Ga0.8N grown on unpatterned sapphire.

31 March 2025

InGaN laser diodes on c-plane lateral overgrowth material
Researchers demonstrate improved performance on high-quality crystal regions covering up to 88% of wafer.

31 March 2025

Gallium arsenide nano-ridge laser diodes on 300mm silicon
Researchers achieve record-low 6x104/cm2 misfit defect density.

3 March 2025

Red InGaN LEDs on scandium aluminium magnesium
An alternative substrate could enable future development of full-color displays.

3 March 2025

Near-room temperature 8μm interband cascade lasers
Researchers believe that room temperature operation is within reach.