News Archive
March 2023
28 March 2023
Qorvo’s RF Fusion22 wins 2023 GTI Award
28 March 2023
SGL Carbon reaches long-term offtake agreement to supply graphite components to Wolfspeed
28 March 2023
VueReal to create 75 new jobs over three years, aided by Invest Ontario and SDTC funding
28 March 2023
ACM receives first purchase order for Ultra C SiC substrate cleaning tool
27 March 2023
Ruggedness of CGD’s ICeGaN technology proven by Virginia Tech
24 March 2023
Cree LED launches record-efficacy 228lm/W high-power LED
23 March 2023
GaN on silicon through surface-activated bonding
23 March 2023
CSA Catapult celebrates fifth anniversary
23 March 2023
ROHM’s ultra-high-speed control IC technology maximizes performance of GaN switching devices
22 March 2023
Navitas launches GaNSense Control ICs
22 March 2023
ST extends VIPerGaN power converter range to 65W and 100W
22 March 2023
ams OSRAM adds OSLON UV 3535 series to mid-power UV-C LED range
22 March 2023
22 March 2023
NUBURU expects revenue to double to over $3m for 2023
22 March 2023
Aehr receives volume production order for WaferPak full-wafer Contactors
22 March 2023
EPC adds 15A and 25A devices to 100V power stage IC range
21 March 2023
onsemi launches simulation tools to bring complex power electronics applications to market faster
21 March 2023
Transphorm releases 3kW inverter board with Microchip’s digital signal controller
21 March 2023
Power Integrations launches 900V GaN flyback switcher ICs
21 March 2023
Veeco releases new sustainability report
21 March 2023
Navitas surpasses 75 million GaN power shipments
21 March 2023
Oxford Instruments accelerating qualification programs for Plasma Polish production ramp in 2023
21 March 2023
GaN Systems unveils 11kW/800V on-board charger reference design
20 March 2023
ROHM’s silicon carbide devices chosen by Apex for new power module family
20 March 2023
ams OSRAM launches compact surface-mount edge-emitting laser with narrow 110µm aperture
20 March 2023
Vishay showcasing power management solutions at APEC
20 March 2023
Silanna launches its first 100W multi-port fast charger reference design
20 March 2023
Infineon providing CoolSiC MOSFETs for Infinitum’s air-core motor drive
16 March 2023
onsemi showcasing intelligent power technologies at APEC
16 March 2023
Tower announces first heterogeneous integration of QD lasers on SiPho foundry platform
16 March 2023
First transverse DUV-LEDs without n-AlGaN layers
16 March 2023
Lumentum receives Excellent Core Partner Award from FiberHome
16 March 2023
Richardson to distribute Navitas’ SiC power semiconductors in Americas
16 March 2023
CSconnected highlighted in UK’s new £2.5bn Quantum Strategy
15 March 2023
NUBURU appoints laser industry veteran as chief marketing & sales officer
15 March 2023
SHARGE chooses EPC’s GaN FETs for 67W USB PD charger
15 March 2023
Aehr receives $6.7m order for FOX WaferPak full-wafer contactors
14 March 2023
CrayoNano’s CrayoLED H-series UV-C LEDs enter 100mW and 5% efficiency performance class
14 March 2023
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor to demo power management solutions at APEC
14 March 2023
Mitsubishi Electric to build new 8-inch SiC fab to boost power semi production
13 March 2023
13 March 2023
BluGlass grows customer base with two additional purchase orders for commercial lasers
13 March 2023
10 March 2023
Opportunities for UK companies to collaborate with Taiwan
10 March 2023
GaN Systems presenting products and strategies at APEC
10 March 2023
Keysight introduces new method to accelerate power amplifier digital pre-distortion test speeds
10 March 2023
9 March 2023
MOVPE core–shell AlGaN nanorods for UV emission
9 March 2023
9 March 2023
SiC power device market to grow 41.4% to $2.28bn in 2023
9 March 2023
8 March 2023
Avicena partners with ams OSRAM on production of ultra-low-energy chip-to-chip optical interconnects
8 March 2023
Avicena demos optical link operating at record temperature of 235°C
8 March 2023
ELPHiC samples high-speed EML at 224Gb/s-per-lane for data centers
8 March 2023
Lawrence Livermore chooses SemiQ’s silicon carbide diodes for particle accelerator project
8 March 2023
Sivers demos CW-WDM MSA-compliant DFB laser arrays at OFC
7 March 2023
NI acquires SET to accelerate power semi and aerospace/defense test system development
7 March 2023
ROHM’s SiC SBDs chosen by Murata for data-center power supply units
7 March 2023
Ranovus demos 800G Ethernet interoperable link to scale AMD adaptive SoCs for AI/ML
7 March 2023
onsemi’s EliteSiC technology to be used in BMW’s EV drivetrains
7 March 2023
Lumentum introduces full-band tunable optical transceivers
7 March 2023
7 March 2023
Arelion and Infinera set benchmark for 400G ZR+ deployments in live network field trial
7 March 2023
POET and Vanguard Automation collaborate on solutions for co-packaged optics and AI–ML applications
7 March 2023
OpenLight demos 224G InP-based modulator for Tower’s PH18DA platform
6 March 2023
CSA Catapult appoints Nick Singh as CTO
6 March 2023
Vector Photonics’ board gains executive chair
6 March 2023
Vector Photonics commercializing uncooled 1W, 1310nm CW PCSEL for cloud data centers
6 March 2023
Alfalume samples 1.3μm high-power uncooled InAs/GaAs QD DFB lasers
6 March 2023
CGD presents GaN-based power electronics at APEC
6 March 2023
Transphorm presenting at APEC 2023
6 March 2023
Lumentum presenting at Optical Fiber Communication conference
6 March 2023
Lumentum introducing latest solutions and showcasing technology and partner demos at OFC
6 March 2023
MACOM showcasing optical and high-speed analog and mixed-signal solutions at OFC
6 March 2023
QSFP-DD MSA to extend module bandwidth to 1.6Tbps
6 March 2023
Transphorm and Weltrend partner to release integrated GaN system-in-package
6 March 2023
Infinera unveils coherent optical subsystems and pluggable optical engines
6 March 2023
Guerrilla RF completes final closing of $9.2m private placement equity financing
3 March 2023
Casela demos external laser source module for 1310nm and CWDM4 wavelengths
3 March 2023
3 March 2023
Crystal IS and Asahi Kasei announce lifetime characterization data for Klaran LA UVC LED
3 March 2023
NS Nanotech opens Canadian R&D center in Montréal
3 March 2023
Infineon to acquire GaN Systems for US$830m
3 March 2023
Mitsubishi Electric develops 200Gbps (112Gbaud PAM4) EML chip supporting four CWDM signals
2 March 2023
Porotech opens new UK and Taiwan facilities
2 March 2023
Green exciton emission from nanowire micro-LEDs
2 March 2023
Casela launches 1310nm CW-DFB lasers for silicon photonics-based transceivers
2 March 2023
Smartphone shipments to fall 1.1% in 2023, rather than prior forecast of 2.8% growth
2 March 2023
Gallium Semiconductor releases nonlinear model library for GaN product portfolio
2 March 2023
Sivers Photonics to demo CW-WDM MSA-compliant DFB laser arrays at OFC
2 March 2023
SweGaN to build new HQ and GaN-on-SiC epiwafer production facility
2 March 2023
Scintil demos first single-chip 100GHz DFB comb laser source
2 March 2023
OpenLight announces availability of first PDK sampler to accelerate component testing
2 March 2023
MACOM to demo 100G/lane optical link with linear drive interface at OFC
1 March 2023
Ayar demos first 4Tbps optical solution, paving way for next-gen AI and data-center designs
1 March 2023
Quantifi Photonics launches first CW-WDM MSA-compliant laser test source
1 March 2023
BluGlass appoints president Jim Haden as CEO
1 March 2023
Silicon Ranch commits to extra 1.5GW of First Solar’s PV modules
February 2023
28 February 2023
PRFI moves to larger lab and office premises
28 February 2023
Adoption of 800V in mass-market EVs to boost transition of power electronics to SiC
28 February 2023
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
28 February 2023
Lightsource bp orders 4GW of First Solar modules, for US projects in 2026-2028
28 February 2023
EPC launches reference design for high-power-density, low-profile DC-DC converters
24 February 2023
Navitas’ Q4 revenue up 68% year-on-year, boosted by acquisitions
24 February 2023
Lumentum appoints sustainability and innovation expert as independent board member
23 February 2023
Indium arsenide quantum dot lasers on silicon with simple GaAs buffer
23 February 2023
Bridgelux responds to Nichia’s Japan patent lawsuit against CoreStaff targeting F90 LEDs
23 February 2023
5N Plus appoints Blair Dickerson to board
23 February 2023
Transphorm’s product revenue grows 25% in December quarter
23 February 2023
Coherent introduces 1300nm high-power DFB lasers for silicon photonics-based transceivers
22 February 2023
POET to design optical engines for Beijing FeiYunYi’s 100G optical transceiver modules
21 February 2023
TRUMPF showcasing updated 25G and 56G VCSEL technology and portfolio at OFC
20 February 2023
20 February 2023
Microchip investing $880m to expand SiC and silicon capacity in Colorado Springs
20 February 2023
BluGlass secures first customer purchase orders for 405nm and 420nm commercial lasers
20 February 2023
Riber receives order for MBE 6000 production system
17 February 2023
Veeco grows revenue 11% in 2022, despite 10.5% dip in Q4 driven by smartphone-related 5G RF weakness
16 February 2023
InGaN micro-LEDs for full-color passive-matrix displays
16 February 2023
RF front-end market growing at 5.8% CAGR to $26.9bn in 2028
16 February 2023
Emcore announces pricing of public offering
16 February 2023
Germany’s President visits Infineon’s Kulim 3 fab site in Malaysia
15 February 2023
Lumentum’s quarterly revenue up 13.3% year-on-year to $506m
15 February 2023
Gallium Semiconductor opens Philippines manufacturing facility
15 February 2023
Lumentum awarded EcoVadis Platinum Medal for sustainability performance
15 February 2023
VisIC demos efficient GaN-based 3-phase traction inverter with automotive-grade PMSM motor
14 February 2023
POET to demo 800G optical engines and light source products at OFC
14 February 2023
Cree LED launches high-brightness SMD LEDs for large-format, high-resolution video screens
14 February 2023
Navitas fast charges global launch of OnePlus 11 5G flagship smartphone
13 February 2023
Wolfspeed expands senior leadership team to support growth
13 February 2023
NUBURU showcases new BL-Series blue laser at Photonics West
10 February 2023
k-Space co-founder Roy Clarke named AAAS Fellow
10 February 2023
Transphorm GaN FET designed into HP’s 65W USB-C PD/PPS power adapter
9 February 2023
InGaAs QW HEMT for 6G communications
9 February 2023
Skyworks’ quarterly revenue falls during Android-related inventory consumption
8 February 2023
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor announces silicon carbide license deal and supply agreement
8 February 2023
7 February 2023
European project PowerizeD kicked off, targeting intelligent power electronics
7 February 2023
ams OSRAM qualifies Aixtron’s G5+ C and G10-AsP systems on 200mm wafers for micro-LEDs
6 February 2023
6 February 2023
MIT-led team demos full-color, vertically stacked RGB micro-LEDs
3 February 2023
Qorvo introduces three-stage power solution for phased-array radar
3 February 2023
Pilot Photonics announces availability of nanosecond-switching narrow-linewidth widely tunable laser
3 February 2023
pSemi’s high-linearity sub-6GHz RF switches reach volume production
3 February 2023
MACOM to acquire OMMIC for €38.5m
2 February 2023
Riber’s full-year revenue falls 11% to €27.8m, constrained by electronic component sourcing
2 February 2023
Surge handling of GaN polarization superjunctions
2 February 2023
POET announces availability of 400G and 800G receive optical engines
2 February 2023
ZF invests in Wolfspeed to support construction of largest SiC device fab
2 February 2023
Wolfspeed chooses Germany for site of largest silicon carbide device fab
2 February 2023
ams OSRAM to benefit from Apple adopting micro-LEDs
1 February 2023
NUBURU and Tailwind finalize business combination
1 February 2023
Imec co-integrates SiN waveguide technology with active silicon photonics platform
1 February 2023
MICLEDI highlights micro-LEDs for ultra-compact displays at SPIE AR-VR-MR
1 February 2023
Veeco acquires silicon carbide CVD system maker Epiluvac
1 February 2023
TRUMPF industrializing high-volume production of InP-based SWIR VCSELs above 1300nm
1 February 2023
January 2023
31 January 2023
Lumotive and Lumentum introduce reference design for faster adoption of 3D LiDAR
31 January 2023
Navitas’ GeneSiC MOSFETs used in KATEK’s 4.6kW Steca solar inverters
31 January 2023
EPC launches 200V, 10mΩ GaN FET
31 January 2023
BluGlass launches suite of 405nm, 420nm and 450nm single- and multi-mode lasers
31 January 2023
Diodes Inc launches its first silicon carbide Schottky barrier diodes
30 January 2023
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
30 January 2023
Vector Photonics receives over £2.4m of equity investment
30 January 2023
Rosati retires from Aehr’s board
30 January 2023
New customer selects Aehr’s FOX system for wafer-level test and burn-in of SiC devices for EVs
26 January 2023
Wolfspeed and ZF to build SiC device fab in Germany, says Handelsblatt
26 January 2023
Enhancing interband cascades for longer wavelengths
26 January 2023
Quarterly smartphone shipments fall a record 18.3% year-on-year to 300.3 million in Q4/2022
26 January 2023
Aixtron launching G10-AsP system at Photonic West
26 January 2023
Wolfspeed appoints Stacy Smith to board
25 January 2023
onsemi and VW collaborate on silicon carbide for next-gen EVs
25 January 2023
OIF hosting largest ever multi-vendor interoperability demo
24 January 2023
Oxford Instruments receives tier-1 orders for InP high-volume manufacturing equipment
24 January 2023
EPC adds 80V, 11mΩ, AEC-Q101-qualified GaN FET
23 January 2023
23 January 2023
POET completes amendment of warrant terms
23 January 2023
TRUMPF Venture invests in InP PIC-based quantum technology startup Quside
20 January 2023
Navitas acquiring remaining stake in silicon control IC JV
20 January 2023
GaN lasers from BluGlass’ Silicon Valley fab meeting or exceeding performance benchmarks
19 January 2023
Lumentum listed among America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2023
19 January 2023
Integrating nanowire lasers in hybrid polymer-SiN waveguides
19 January 2023
Altum RF achieves expanded scope of registration to ISO 9001
19 January 2023
NEC achieves record output power in 150GHz band using mass-producible GaAs technology
19 January 2023
Dutch consortium invests €3.5m in LioniX
19 January 2023
CEA and Renault develop wide-bandgap-based bidirectional on-board charger for EVs
18 January 2023
Silanna UV introduces TO-can package for SF1 235nm- and SN3 255nm-series UV-C LEDs
18 January 2023
OpenLight appoints Adam Carter as CEO
18 January 2023
Luminus releases MP-7070 mid-power LEDs
18 January 2023
POET collaborates with ADVA on highly integrated 4x100G solutions
18 January 2023
III-V Epi appoints Neil Gerrard as director of epitaxy
18 January 2023
NUBURU launches compact blue laser with third-generation light engine
18 January 2023
18 January 2023
Vector Photonics appoints factory applications engineer
17 January 2023
EPC expands GaN ToF laser driver IC family to 80V, 15A for higher-density, lower-cost LiDAR
17 January 2023
Coherent launches first commercially available 50W pump laser diodes for fiber lasers
17 January 2023
UK’s CML buys Silicon Valley’s Microwave Technology for $18m
17 January 2023
Mini-LEDs to challenge OLEDs in high-end display market
17 January 2023
TRUMPF and RSP partner to miniaturize non-invasive wrist-worn blood glucose sensor
17 January 2023
k-Space launches XRF thin-film metrology tool
13 January 2023
SmartKem creates first monolithic micro-LED display using organic thin-film transistors
13 January 2023
GaN Systems named to 2023 Global Cleantech 100
13 January 2023
First Solar completes sale of 141MW Luz del Norte power plant to asset manager Toesca
13 January 2023
Cree LED releases Pro9 versions of XLamp LEDs
12 January 2023
ROHM appoints new director for its Application and Technical Solution Center in Europe
12 January 2023
Richtek and EPC collaborate to create small 140W fast-charging solution
12 January 2023
Camtek receives $18m order from compound semiconductor manufacturer
12 January 2023
Infineon signs new SiC material multi-year supply and cooperation deal with Resonac
12 January 2023
Coherent appoints Beck Mason as executive VP, Telecommunications
12 January 2023
Amorphous p-NiO/n-Ga2O3 crystal solar-blind detection
12 January 2023
onsemi’s EliteSiC MOSFETs being used in Ampt’s DC string optimizers
12 January 2023
Finwave joins American Semiconductor Innovation Coalition
11 January 2023
CVD Equipment receives extra order for ten PVT-150 systems for SiC growth
11 January 2023
ROHM’s fourth-gen SiC MOSFETs to be used in Hitachi Astemo’s EV inverters
11 January 2023
Coherent launches 905nm triple-junction edge-emitting lasers for industrial LiDAR
11 January 2023
Wolfspeed appoints Elif Balkas as chief technology officer
11 January 2023
10 January 2023
III-V Lab chooses Riber MBE 412 to expand opto and microelectronic manufacturing platform
10 January 2023
Odyssey shipping vertical GaN product samples to customers from Q1
9 January 2023
Cornell to lead SRC-sponsored SUPREME research center
6 January 2023
Aehr receives follow-on production order from second major SiC customer
6 January 2023
Transphorm releases compact 240W power adapter reference design with TO-220 GaN FETs
6 January 2023
SemiLEDs more than halves net loss to $512,000
6 January 2023
MICLEDI demos red AlInGaP micro-LEDs at CES, completing portfolio of RGB micro-LEDs
5 January 2023
Room-temperature continuous-wave UV-C laser diode
5 January 2023
Micross acquires RF and microwave product maker KCB Solutions
5 January 2023
Guerrilla RF announces initial closing of $5m in private placement equity financing
4 January 2023
Onsemi’s silicon carbide power module selected for traction inverter in Kia’s EV6 GT model
4 January 2023
Wolfspeed to supply silicon carbide devices for future Mercedes-Benz EV platforms
4 January 2023
4 January 2023
Onsemi showcasing EliteSiC family of devices at CES
3 January 2023
Lumentum names Caroline Pan as senior VP& chief marketing officer
3 January 2023
GaN Systems unveils annual power semiconductor predictions for 2023
3 January 2023
Navitas presents partner insights at CES
2 January 2023
Arizona State University developing transistors made of diamond and boron nitride