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Friday 6 December 2013
GaN-on-silicon LEDs forecast to increase market share to 40% by 2020, says IHS
The penetration of gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers into the LED market is forecast to increase at a CAGR of 69% from 2013 to 2020, by which time they will account for...
Friday 18 October 2013
Sanan could lead in GaN LED wafer capacity by end of 2014, says IHS
China-based die vendor Sanan is projected to take the lead in GaN LED wafer capacity by the end of 2014, overtaking current leader Epistar of Taiwan, according to IHS.
Tuesday 25 June 2013
GaN LED shipments to exceed 100 billion units in 2013, says IHS
More than 100 billion gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (GaN LED) will ship in 2013 - the equivalent of 15 for every person on the planet using this particular type of lighting...
Thursday 25 April 2013
GaN and SiC Power IC market set to rise by factor of 18 from 2012 to 2022, says IHS
The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to grow a factor of 18 during the next 10 years, energized by demand from...
Monday 21 January 2013
Si-based GaN difficult to replace sapphire, says TSMC SSL president
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...
Monday 10 December 2012
GaN-on-silicon for power conversion, who are the likely winners in the commercialization race, asks Petrov Group
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...
Friday 9 November 2012
GaN-on-Si for LED: Q&A with Azzurro vice president of sales and marketing Erwin Ysewijn
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,...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Veeco introduces new suite of GaN MOCVD systems to extend industry leadership in LED manufacturing
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...
Friday 24 February 2012
AZZURRO advisory board extended with two industry experts
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...
Monday 6 February 2012
AZZURRO CEO visited Taiwan and discussed GaN on Silicon technologies
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...
Wednesday 16 November 2011
Explosive growth in next-generation power semiconductors expected, says Information Network
Traditional silicon-based power semiconductors are reaching their theoretical limitations. Fortunately because of their superior material properties, wide-bandgap power semiconductor...
Monday 28 March 2011
Powdec announces breakthrough GaN transistor design
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...
Thursday 16 September 2010
Epistar and Toyoda Gosei sign cross license agreement on LED-related patents
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...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Tekcore to raise fund for equipment purchase
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.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
GaN power management IC market set for boom, says iSuppli
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...