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Wednesday 26 October 2022
Epi-wafer suppliers cautious about demand for handset PAs
InP-based epitaxial wafer suppliers are uncertain whether their operations will bottom out in the fourth quarter of 2022 as weak demand for handset-use power amplifiers (PAs) casts...
Thursday 1 September 2022
InP epi-wafer demand promising for niche-market applications
InP-based epitaxial wafer demand will be promising for niche-market applications, particularly optical communication uses bolstered by continuous construction of large-size datacenters...
Thursday 30 June 2022
IntelliEPI upbeat about InP epi-wafer demand for 5G device apps
Epitaxial wafer supplier Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI) expects robust InP-based epi-wafer demand for 5G related device applications to drive its revenue growth this...
Wednesday 22 June 2022
BYD invests in SiC epitaxial wafer maker Tianyu Semiconductor
After seeing its market valuation top CNY1 trillion (US$148.9 billion) in early June, BYD has joined Huawei on the list of investors of SiC epitaxial wafer manufacturer Tianyu Semi...
Wednesday 4 May 2022
GCS eyeing gains from investment in Unikorn Semiconductor
Pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) expects to start generating gains from its investment in Unikorn Semiconductor, a compound...
Friday 4 March 2022
Ennostar to step up compound semiconductor deployment
Ennostar, a holding company jointly established by upstream LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and downstream LED packager Lextar Electronics, is looking to accelerate its...
Friday 28 January 2022
LandMark Optoelectronics sees rebounding demand in China 5G telecom market
Beginning in January 2022, LandMark Optoelectronics (LMOC), a maker of III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers on GaAs and InP substrates, has seen rebounding demand for epitaxial...
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Tight supply of MOSFET may ease in mid-2019
The ongoing tight supply of MOSFET chips may last at least until mid 2019 though shortages of some key upstream materials have started to see improvements, according to industry so...
Monday 7 May 2018
Taiwan GaAs foundries expanding capacity on robust VCSEL demand
VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) has emerged as a crucial light source component for 3D sensors increasingly applied to smartphones and other consumer electronics devices,...
Monday 17 November 2014
IntelliEPI set for higher gross margin
Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies epitaxy-based compound semiconductor epi-wafers to the electronics and optoelectronics industries, has reported record...
Friday 23 December 2011
China to begin making MOCVD equipment in early 2012
To promote its LED industry, China will begin to manufacture MOCVD equipment within its own territory in early 2012 - a move which will lower the costs for the production LED epitaxial...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Total sales of LED firms decline in 3Q11
Combined revenues of listed LED companies, including LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers and LED packaging firms, in Taiwan totaled NT$24.92 billion (US$819.74 million) in the third...
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Taiwan makers aims to raise yield rates for high-end LED wafers to 70-80% in 2Q11
Taiwan-based makers of LED epitaxial wafers are making efforts to increase yield rates from an average of 60% currently to 70-80% by the end of second-quarter 2011, as Korea-based...
Friday 1 April 2011
LED chipmaker Tekcore to set up epitaxial wafer plant in Nanjing, says paper
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore has signed an agreement with the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone to set up an epitaxial wafer plant in Nanjing, China, according...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Powerchip considers using epi wafers if Japan supply squeezes
Taiwan-based DRAM maker Powerchip Technology reportedly is considering adopting epitaxial wafers if supplies of wafers by major producers such as Shin-Etsu Handotai remain disrupted...