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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.8 · Issue 3 · April/May 2013 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> CMOS and GaAs<br /> power amplifiers<br /> Auger blamed for LED<br /> efficiency droop<br /> Spectrolab expands to<br /> 150mm wafers<br /> Avago buys Javelin; CyOptics ·GaN templates from Hitachi<br /> Toshiba buys Bridgelux's GaN-on-Si assets · CDFP MSA formed<br /> <br /> Light Up a Brighter World<br /> Introducing MaxBright MHP MOCVD System<br /> The Best in MOCVD Technology Just Got Better<br /> !""#$%&'("&)$*+,-.&+"/,"*&01&234!5&"67089"1'%&+/71#(".&/1$'("*&:*"/;'(*$7<(&<br /> 01&=0"+,&8"*>$*9/1#"?&'("&@7*:$50.#A&2/BC*0<('A&2DEF&234!5&G=.'"9%&/&(0<(&<br /> 8"*>$*9/1#"%&9$,7+/*&H"*.0$1&$>&'("&:".'I."++01<&2/BC*0<('J&K0'(&78&'$&LMN&)0'(01I<br /> )/>"*&)/H"+"1<'(&710>$*90'=&098*$H"9"1'%&OPN&01#*"/."&01&>$$'8*01'&">Q&#0"1#=&/1,&<br /> "1(/1#",&."*H0#"/:0+0'=%&'("&2/BC*0<a title="Semiconductor Today AprilMay 2013 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b78f229?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today AprilMay 2013 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b78f229?page=2"> Light Up a Brighter World Introducing MaxBright M</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today AprilMay 2013 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b78f229?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today AprilMay 2013 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b78f229?page=4"> 4 editorial CMOS silicon to complement GaAs in c</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today AprilMay 2013 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b78f229?page=5"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+ </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today AprilMay 2013 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b78f229?page=6"> 6 news LED lighting market consolidation to cont</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today AprilMay 2013 page 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