Toshiba and US-based Bridgelux will reportedly start volume production of 8-inch Si-substrate GaN wafers for use to make LED chips in the first quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based...
The high importance of GaN-on-Si technology for power conversion applications is by now evident, says Boris Petrov, managing director of the Petrov Group. It is driven by cost and...
GaN-on-Si is a new technology that has the potential to replace sapphire substrates in the LED supply chain. Erwin Ysewijn, vice president of sales and marketing at Azzurro Semiconductors,...
Veeco Instruments Inc. recently introduced three new models of its market-leading TurboDisc metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems for the production of high brightness...
AZZURRO Semiconductors, a pioneer and leader in GaN-on-Si technology has won two new members to its advisory board: the former CTO of Agilent Dr. Roland Haitz as well as former Siemens...
AZZURRO Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Erwin WOLF visited Taiwan and announced a variety of new advances in the GaN on Si. programs run by the company. On his trip AZZURRO's VP of...
Traditional silicon-based power semiconductors are reaching their theoretical limitations. Fortunately because of their superior material properties, wide-bandgap power semiconductor...
Japan-based Powdec has announced that together with Sheffield University, they have succeeded in developing breakthrough high-voltage GaN power transistors. This was realized by creating...
Epistar and Toyoda Gosei have entered a cross license agreement, allowing the companies and their subsidiaries the use of each other's patents for specific technologies in Group III-V...
Board of directors of Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore has decided to issue 50 million new shares worth NT$1.5 billion (US$47.38 million) to raise fund for equipment purchase.
The gallium nitride (GaN) power management semiconductor market is expected to reach US$183.6 million in revenues in 2013, up from virtually nil in 2010, according to iSuppli. The...
Although spending on RF power semiconductors in wireless infrastructure markets has continued to stagnate, other markets - notably the military - are seeing increased activity. Also,...
AIXTRON AG today announced that Taiwan-based High Power Opto has placed an order for one AIX 2800G4 HT MOCVD system in the second quarter of 2008. High Power Opto will receive the...
